Established AIR Louisville, using smart-connected inhalers to help improve the challenge of asthma in the community.

Commissioned city’s first-ever sustainability plan, Sustain Louisville, as a framework to shape progress toward its climate change goals:

100% renewable electricity for LMG Metro operations by 2030.

100% clean energy for Louisville Metro operations by 2035.

100% clean energy and 100% reduction in GHG emissions community-wide by 2040.

In 2021 alone, LMG reduced its energy consumption by 15%, saving over $700,000 and avoiding 2,200 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions.

In 2021, Louisville joined the Cities Race to Zero effort, a collection of cities around the world committed to setting science-based targets and implementing inclusive and resilient climate action ahead of and beyond the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021.

In 2016, Mayor Fischer signed the Compact of Mayors, now known as the Global Covenant of Mayors, reaffirming Louisville’s commitment to reducing citywide contributions to climate change while preparing for the impacts of rising global temperatures and changing weather patterns.

Completed the Solarize initiative – the largest solar project in the city’s history and 3rd largest solarize campaign in America; 54% of the installations were for low to moderate income families.

The Mayor’s Energy Star Building Challenge was successfully completed with 25 newly certified Energy Star commercial buildings in the community. In 2022, the EPA ranked Louisville a Top Midsize City for most Energy Star certified buildings. Five Louisville Metro Government buildings have been certified through LEED, and two buildings have received ENERGY STAR Certification.

The Louisville area is now meeting or surpassing all National Ambient Air Quality Standards set by EPA through the Clean Air Act, according to data from the city’s air monitoring network. In the last five years, Louisville has attained updated standards for sulfur dioxide, fine particle pollution, and has now met and applied to EPA for official attainment of the standard for ground-level ozone pollution.

The Rockefeller Foundation in 2016 chose Louisville for its 100 Resilient Cities initiative, designed to help cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social, and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century.

New parks improvements spanning the community: Shawnee Park’s expanded Dirt Bowl courts and new boat ramp, increased services at Jefferson Memorial Forest, re-opening of the Iroquois Park Overlook, professional cricket pitch at Hays Kennedy Park, seven soccer and futsal fields, along with 26 new playgrounds, with a focus on making all new installations accessible to all. Increased Louisville Loop miles by 50 percent, to a total of more than 50 miles.

Helped create Trees Louisville; instead of a projected steady decline in tree canopy, it has increased by 1%.

Launched Clean Collaborative to coordinate/expand work to boost city cleanliness.

Unveiled 20-year multimodal plan, MOVE Louisville in 2016; city has since improved pedestrian and bicycle accommodations throughout the city and invested in Complete Street projects on main corridors, including the Dixie Highway Bus Rapid Transit System.

Allocated $6 million to expand UofL Envirome Institute Healthy Building Research Complex, Micro Forest and Parkscape downtown.

Partnered with the Green Heart Project and the Nature Conservancy on a six-year urban laboratory investigation to measure the power of greenery as a public health improvement strategy in Louisville neighborhoods.