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Office of Sustainability & Resilience

Launched in 2007, the Green Works Orlando initiative reflects Mayor Buddy Dyer’s commitment to sustainability and his goals to enhance quality of life and wellbeing, generate diverse economic growth, and create equitable access to resources and services for the entire Orlando community. Mayor Dyer also assembled the city’s first Office of Sustainability & Resilience to implement the Green Works Orlando initiative by coordinating with city departments and community stakeholders to ensure the effectiveness of immediate and long-term sustainability planning efforts. Some of the earlier success of Green Works Orlando also included the development of a “Sustainability” chapter in the city’s Municipal Code.

Sustainability Focus Areas

Local Food Systems

The city is working towards a local food system that encompasses the entire cycle of food production and consumption, including growing, transporting and the use of disposal.

Livability

A city’s livability can be compared to the quality of life for its residents. This includes the natural environment and tree canopy, entertainment and recreational activities, economic prosperity, walkability, culture and equity.

Transportation and Mobility

The city is currently pursuing a series of improvements to enable residents to reduce reliance on private automobiles and invest in infrastructure to encourage more sustainable choices.

Zero Waste

Orlando continues to strive to become a “zero waste” community, aiming to eliminate sending solid waste to landfills by 2040.

Clean Water

Water not only supports the lives of people and wildlife, it is a valuable resource that could provide greater opportunity for economic development and recreation.

Clean Energy and Green Buildings

Orlando is a national leader in energy efficiency for new and existing commercial buildings that reduce waste and pollution, while saving businesses and residents significant amounts of money.

Sustainability Services

What Goes Where

Find out what items should be placed in a trash cart, recycling cart or composter and find recycling dropoff locations.

Finance Energy Improvements for your Property

The City of Orlando's PACE program helps home and business owners remove high upfront costs and provide low-interest financing for property efficiency upgrades.

Request Green Works to Speak at Your Event

Invite us to your event or classroom to learn more about our efforts to transform Orlando into one of the most environmentally-friendly, economically and socially vibrant communities in the nation.

Request an Energy-Savings Tree

Do you want a free tree for your private yard? In an effort to preserve our tree canopy, the City of Orlando, in partnership with Arbor Day, provides trees to city residents for their private yards.

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Sustainability Initiatives

Make Your Events Green

Public events are a great way to stimulate the local economy and bring the community together, but they also contribute to negative environmental impacts. Meeting the city’s ambitious sustainability goals depends on your participation.

Building Energy & Water Efficiency Strategy

BEWES calls on existing commercial, institutional and multi-family buildings larger than 50,000 square feet to track whole-building energy use, report to the City annually and make their information transparent to the real estate marketplace.

Sustainable Procurement Policy

The city is proposing to embed sustainable considerations in the solicitation process that are fiscally responsible, promote worker health, conserve natural resources and prevent pollution.

Electric Vehicle and Transit Initiatives

Learn how to find electric vehicle chargers near you, review incentives for purchasing an electric vehicle, and read about the steps the city is taking toward an electrified future.

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Contact Us

Email

greenworks@orlando.gov

Location

City Hall

400 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, FL

32802

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Green Works Orlando Quarterly News

Stay up-to-date with news, events, programs and services available to city residents from Green Works Orlando.

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Upcoming Events

ReThink Your Waste Webinars

Saturday, June 11, 2022 | 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM

4 more dates

Join our experts as they explain ways to reuse everyday items and introduce our grease recycling program, public food waste drop-off locations, and show you how to turn your kitchen scraps and yard waste into nutrient-rich compost.

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Green Events Virtual Workshop

Tuesday, November 01, 2022 | 02:55 PM to 03:55 PM

Attention event planners! As events slowly return to our city, join us to learn how to plan an event that is not only safe, but also environmentally and socially responsible.

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Butch and Sundance's 8th Birthday Party at Bill Frederick Park

Saturday, May 28, 2022 | 11:30 AM to 01:30 PM

Birthday Alert! Butch Cassidey and Sundance Kid are celebrating their 8th birthday this month! Join us on May 28 at 11:30 a.m. to celebrate. We will be providing extra enrichment at the Children’s Farm.

Bill Frederick Park, 3401 South Hiawassee Road, Orlando, FL 32835

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Leadership Contact

Chris Castro - Director of Sustainability
chris.castro@orlando.gov

Brittany Sellers - Assistant Director
brittany.sellers@orlando.gov

Daniel Friedline - Sustainability Project Manager
Livability and Local Food
daniel.friedline@orlando.gov

Resham Shirsat - Sustainability Project Manager
Zero Waste
resham.shirsat@orlando.gov

Ashley Van Stone - Sustainability Project Manager
Energy, Buildings, Water and Transportation
ashley.vanstone@orlando.gov

Community Action Plan

Read through the 2018 Community Action Plan

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Municipal Action Plan

Read through the 2017 Municipal Action Plan

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Orlando’s First VLR 2021

Read our Orlando and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Voluntary Local Review of Progress report.

Orlando Voluntary Local Review