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San Carlos Hosting its First Earth Day Celebration

April 12, 2016

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The City of San Carlos will be hosting its first Earth Day event on April 30th! More than 20 energy efficiency, renewables, and sustainability-focused vendors will be on-site providing information and resources for the community. Learn more in the City’s press release here.

Voluntary Green Manual for Residential and Commercial Buildings released by CVAG/SCE Partnership

December 21, 2014

Sarina Soor

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Through the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), the municipalities of Blythe, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have worked together with Southern California Edison to develop climate action planning for energy efficiency policies and programs. This Green Building Manual was recently…

US Green Building Council Celebrates California Local Governments, Bills, and Codes

February 1, 2013

Sarina Soor

air quality, bay area, best practices, buildings, central valley, educational programs, energy efficiency, energy workforce, financing, green building, HERO, HVAC, incentives, inland empire, Local Governments in Action, PACE, reach codes, RECO/CECO, renewables/DERs, solar, southern california, southern coast, stakeholder engagement, training, transportation, water energy nexus

The US Green Building Council (USGBC)’s “Top10” for 2012 celebrates 10 California communities and 10 California policies at the forefront of green building and development of an efficient built environment. Excerpts on the highlighted communities are copied below. Details on both highlighted communities and highlighted policies are available here. Most Inspiring: The Sacramento Region for…

City of Sacramento’s Climate Action Plan

March 10, 2012

Sarina Soor

best practices, buildings, central valley, cool roofs, educational programs, EE programs, incentives, Local Governments in Action, microgrid, multi-family, PACE, RECO/CECO, renewables/DERs, residential

The City of Sacramento’s Climate Action Plan, adopted February 2012, includes a municipal and community greenhouse gas inventory, and exploration of energy efficiency strategies such as: partnering with utilities on behavioral educational programs, supporting SMUD’s microgrid project, coordinating with SMUD on appliance and lighting rebate programs, custom and prescriptive incentive programs, and multi-family retrofits, retrofitting…