Oak Park Sustainability Metrics
The Village of Oak Park is tracking a range of sustainability metrics related to goals outlined in the Climate Ready Oak Park plan. Scroll down to view metrics related to waste, electric vehicles, trees, benchmarking, biodiversity, and energy.
Waste DATA
2,818
Current participants in Village compost program
1,462.43
Tons of recycling material collected (January - May 2023)
680.74
Tons of yard waste and organics collected (January - May 2023)
3,815.34
Tons of refuse collected (January - May 2023)
7.265
Tons of household hazardous waste collected (January - May 2023)
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Last updated May 2023.
This data is collected from residential households with five or fewer units served by the Village's waste hauling contract with LRS.
Electric vehicle data
31
Number of hybrid vehicles in the Village's municipal fleet
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16
Number of Electric Vehicles in the Village's municipal fleet
137,419
Gallons of fuel used by Village municipal fleet in 2022
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15,360 kWh
Total estimated EV electricity usage of Village EV fleet in 2022
XX
Total estimated Village fleet emissions in 2022
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14
Number of public charging stations in Oak Park
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774
Number of electric vehicles registered in Oak Park
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Last updated 2022
Tree data
31%
Oak Park total tree canopy cover
27.51%
Percentage of right-of-way tree canopy coverage
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235
Tons of carbon sequestered by parkway trees in Oak Park
9,927
Tons of carbon stored by parkway trees in Oak Park
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9.028
Tons of pollution removed by Oak Park parkway trees per year
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614.8
Thousand cubic feet of avoided runoff provided by Oak Park trees per year
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18,363
Trees on public property in Oak Park
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Last updated 2022
BENCHMARKING DATA
3,658.5 MTCO2e
Total green house gas emission from municipal building energy usage
Last updated 2022
BIODIVERSITY SURVEY DATA
38
Native gardens in Oak Park
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127
Oak Park residents who have completed the pesticide-free pledge
Last updated 2022
ENERGY DATA
283 mWh
Renewable energy consumption in Oak Park
323,828,353 mWh
Total energy consumption in Oak Park
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20%
Electricity consumption from coal in Oak Park
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40%
Electricity consumption from natural gas in Oak Park
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33%
Electricity consumption from nuclear power in Oak Park
1%
Electricity consumption from hydropower in Oak Park
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4%
Electricity consumption from wind in Oak Park
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1%
Electricity consumption from solar in Oak Park
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1%
Electricity consumption from other renewables in Oak Park
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Data reflects totals from 2022
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