Real-time PV system data! (External Site) • see the power being generated, historical energy data, environmental benefits, and more!

Opening of the Climate Change Education Center • Orange County is marking its transition to a clean energy future with the grand opening of the Climate Change Education Center (CCEC) and the celebration of the new solar photovoltaic (PV) array, both at the OC Convention Center, during the Green Cities Florida conference May 20-21.  The PV project is the largest rooftop solar array in the southeast, inhabiting the space of five football fields and generating 1,300 megawatt-hours of electricity per year, without producing any greenhouse gases. The CCEC will offer visitors a unique look at some of the latest energy efficiency and alternative energy technologies. For CCEC operating hours, please contact Environmental Protection by calling 407-836-1400 or via e-mail at OrangeToGreen@ocfl.net.

Mayor Richard T. Crotty is taking an energy challenge (PDF - 674KB) and would like to encourage local businesses to join him in these efforts to reduce energy consumption in our community.  Visit the BOMA 7-Point Challenge (External Site) to see how you can participate.

• Experience the Power of the Sun • June 11, 2009
• South's Largest Solar System to be Powered Up (PDF - 306KB) • West Orlando News • May 19, 2009
• OCCC, OUC, DOE Flip the Switch on Giant Solar Array • May 2009
• Orange County to Test Smart Irrigation Methods • April 27, 2009
• Take Your Own Tote to Protect Natural Resources • April 23, 2009
• This Earth Day, Going Green Goes to the Dogs (PDF - 40KB) • April 20, 2009 
• Take Your Own Tote on Earth Day • April 13, 2009
• Public Invited to Free Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Gala Celebration • April 6, 2009
• Orange County Convention Center Launches Solar Project (PDF - 33KB) • March 19, 2009
• Orange County Redevelopment Workshop • March 18, 2009
• Orange County Announces County-Wide Earth Day Event • March 3, 2009
• Mayor Crotty's Clean School Bus Initiative • January 29, 2009
• Orange County Recognizes Arbor Day • January 27, 2009
• Going Green Makes Good Sense (External Site) • PDF - 21KB • January 1, 2009

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Looking for a way to go green and save more money? Check out Orange County's solar incentive program for residential and commercial properties.

Thanks to our Solar Workshop partners! View the presentations given at the workshops and the sponsors who made it all possible.

Orange County's Orange to Green Development Program (OGDP), approved March 4, 2008, was created to encourage sustainable development in our community. For more information, visit the Orange County Building Department's Green Building page. View the Resolution (PDF - 64KB).

Current ROCC as a Brownfield Projects

• Bonita Fountains
  • Public Hearing Notice & Draft Property Posting (PDF - 89KB) • June 23, 2009 
  • Draft Resolution (PDF - 172KB)
• The Palms at Lake Underhill
  • Public Hearing Notice (PDF - 83KB) • May 18, 2009
  • Draft Resolution (PDF - 92KB)
• Orlando Commerce Park
  • Public Hearing Presentation (PDF - 779KB) • October 21, 2008
  • Updated Draft Resolution (PDF - 110KB)
• Innovation Way
  • Public Hearing Presentation (PDF - 1.6MB) • July 31, 2008
  • Proposed Resolution (MS Word - 47KB) • brought to the Board of County Commissioners on September 16, 2008

Find out more about Brownfields by visiting the following external sites:

• Orange County's Brownfield Redevelopment Program
• FDEP - Brownfields Redevelopment Program
• US EPA - Brownfields and Land Revitalization
• Florida Brownfields Association
• Smart Growth Network - Florida Brownfields Redevelopment

Visit the Orange County Environmental Protection Division's (EPD) page.

• Upcoming events  
• EnviroFlash - and other air quality info
• Citizen and community involvement
• Permit and ordinance information
• ...and much more!

Orange County has been certified a Green Local Government at the Gold level by the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) - the first municipality in Florida to be certified at the gold level.  Full Story (PDF - 223KB)

On September 25, 2007, Orange County hosted its first-ever Climate Change Summit. Both the Summit and Mayor Crotty's Climate Change Plan (Word - 180 KB) mark the beginning of a strategy to place Orange County in the forefront of the world-wide movement to reduce green house gases.

• Climate Change Implementation Plan Update - 2009 (PDF - 2.7MB)
• Climate Change Implementation Plan Update - 2008 (PDF - 107KB)
  •  Orange to Green Presentation, 02-18-2008 (PDF - 3.61MB)
• Climate Change Summit
  • Summit Summary (PDF - 45KB)
  • Summit Agenda & Presentations
• Building Green In Orange County
• Orange to Green: What You Can Do (PDF - 89KB) • OrlandoSentinel.com

• Mayor Proclaims November 15th as Orange County Recycles Day • November 11, 2008
• [SJRWMD] Board approves Rybolt Ranch land purchase (External Site) • PDF - 17KB • November 11, 2008
• Mayor Crotty Launches CleanTech Economic Development Initiatives • October 23, 2008
• New Blue Ribbon Program Saves Water and Money • September 22, 2008
• Go Solar to Save Money and Energy - Orange County will Help! • September 17, 2008
• Utilities Water Division Presents A Free Florida Friendly Neighborhoods Workshop • September 17, 2008
• Orange County Green PLACE Hosts Workday in Honor of National Public Lands Day • August 26, 2008 
• Mayor Crotty Fuels-up at the County's New Ethanol Station • June 11, 2008 
• Orange County Celebrates May as Clean Air Month • April 29, 2008
• City, Orange County, OUC to Receive $200,000 Grant to Advance Solar Energy • April 23, 2008 
• County goes Green and is the First to Get the Gold • April 22, 2008
• Orange County Celebrates Arbor Day • April 22, 2008
• Governor Crist Applauds Environmental Restoration by City of Maitland (External Site) • February 22, 2008
• Orange to Green becomes $Green to Green$ • February 18, 2008
• Mayor Crotty Announces Major Solar Project • January 31, 2008

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