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Climate-Smart Ways to Save and Thrive in Tough Times – Interview with Howard Choy

May 28, 2020

Statewide Energy Efficiency Best Practices Coordinator, Angie Hacker, recently invited local energy expert, Howard Choy for a remote interview on “Climate-Smart Ways to Save and Thrive in Tough Times.” We had a chance to discuss parallels between challenges local governments are facing due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 and our experiences building lasting local…

SoCalGas EE Program Response to COVID-19 Emergency

April 9, 2020

As a company, SoCalGas prioritizes the health, safety and wellbeing of its customers, employees, and contractors. In this time of the COVID-19 national emergency, SoCalGas is continuing to monitor and implement guidance from local, state and federal health and emergency response agencies. In alignment with SoCalGas company directives, SoCalGas’ EE Programs are announcing the following…

Major Energy Storage Incentives Authorized by CPUC Can Help Safeguard those most Vulnerable to Wildfire and Power Safety Shut-offs

April 9, 2020

Greetings California Energy Colleagues, I wanted to make sure community-serving energy professionals in CA were aware that the CPUC has recently authorized major modifications to the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) to strengthen resiliency in communities facing the greatest risk of wildfires and Power Safety Shut-offs. Since 2001, the SGIP has played a critical role in…

A message from the new BPC, Angie Hacker

April 9, 2020

Dear California Energy Colleagues, As the Statewide Energy Efficiency Coordinator Best Practices Coordinator, I’m eager to help deliver valuable modes of knowledge exchange that can help communities sustain and accelerate their energy and climate goals. Those of you working on solutions on the ground here in California are the most compelling storytellers about local successes and…

Electric heat pumps can slash heating emissions by more than half in California homes

December 12, 2018

“California aims to be carbon-neutral by 2045. Any path to get there will require decarbonizing the state’s buildings. According to a new Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) study, published in the Electricity Journal, electric heat pumps should be part of any long-term building decarbonization strategy in California.” Click here to read more from Green Tech Media.

Air conditioning is broken. Here’s how we can (and must) fix it

December 12, 2018

“The use of energy for cooling buildings has more than tripled between 1990 and 2016, with nearly 70 percent of this increase stemming from the residential sector. According to Solving the Global Cooling Challenge, a new report by the Rocky Mountain Institute, room air conditioners (RACs) — the typical window and split units used in…

How to make computers faster and climate friendly

December 12, 2018

“Your smartphone is far more powerful than the NASA computers that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969, but it is also an energy hog. In computing, energy use is often considered a secondary problem to speed and storage, but with the rate and direction of technological advancement, it is becoming…

When hospitals think green, they see green

December 12, 2018

“The health care sector — one of the nation’s largest industries — is responsible for nearly 10 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions — hundreds of millions of tons worth of carbon each year. Hospitals make up more than one-third of those emissions, according to a paper by researchers at Northeastern University and Yale. Increasingly,…

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