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Appendices <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Page B-14 <br /> <br />Nearly ninety percent of respondents indicated a willingness to take steps to reduce their own <br />energy use. Overall, eighty-nine percent of respondents have switched to energy efficient light <br />bulbs or plan to do so. Sixty-eight percent have replaced their refrigerator with an energy <br />efficient model or would be willing to do so. Moreover, a majority of respondents support the city <br />taking steps to decrease the energy use of buildings in San Leandro, including requiring that <br />buildings be retrofitted for energy efficiency at the time of resale or when undergoing major <br />renovation. Eighty-two percent of respondents support the idea of city-provided low-interest <br />loans to homeowners for energy-saving improvements. Fifty-six percent of all respondents and <br />nearly sixty-percent of San Leandro residents say that they would be willing to pay an additional <br />six dollars per month to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of the electricity they use. Eighty- <br />one percent of those surveyed would support the installation of solar panels at City Hall; <br />however, many survey-takers are concerned about the financial viability of such a proposal <br />given the City‘s budget situation.