DOE Webinar: Financing Options for Tribal Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy will present a live webinar titled “Tribal Business Structures for Financing Projects” on Wednesday, May 25, from 10am to 11:30am PDT (or 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (more…)
Better Buildings Challenge Partners Exceed $1.3 Billion in Energy Cost Savings Nationally – New Accelerators Emerge
The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge is showing powerful results, and has released a Progress Update to show it. The Better Buildings Challenge is also kicking off (more…)
PG&E Joins Better Buildings Clean Energy in Low Income Communities Accelerator
The Better Buildings Challenge recently shared an update on the progress of its partners in their achievement of energy savings (including $1.3 billion saved nationally), and also announced several new accelerators. PG&E is jumping on board with the new Clean Energy in Low Income Communities Accelerator. Learn more in the press release, excerpted below: As…
DOE Announces $9.1 Million for Small Businesses Focused on Clean Energy Innovation
The below announcement of $9.1 million awarded to small businesses working on innovative energy solutions was released by the Department of Energy earlier today. (more…)
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Energy Data Accelerator Resources Toolkit
Announced late last week, the new toolkit is a set of case studies and best practices developed in partnership with cities and utilities nationally. Per DOE’s press release, the toolkit (more…)
DOE Publication: Energy Efficiency in Separate Tenant Spaces – A Feasibility Study
The U.S Department of Energy (DOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has released a new publication on energy efficiency in tenant spaces. Click here to view Energy Efficiency in Separate Tenant Spaces – A Feasibility Study in full; the Executive Summary is copied below. Commercial buildings account for 20% of energy used…
DOE Releases First Annual National Energy Employment Analysis
The U.S Department of Energy has released its first annual national energy employment analysis, which finds that 1.9 million Americans are employed in energy efficiency. Read the full report on DOE’s website, here.
US Department of Energy Announcement of Upcoming Funding Availability: Data-driven Local and Tribal Government Energy and Climate Strategic Planning
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE)’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has released a Notice of Intent for a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications to advance data-driven decision-making by local governments in support of their climate and energy goals. The FOA will be targeted toward local and tribal governments and…
Municipal successes through EE and renewables: Completing the DOE Better Buildings Challenge 5 Years Early
Spurred by the City of West Palm Beach completing its US Department of Energy Better Buildings Challenge five years early, this article reviews other cities across the country targeting deep savings through a combination of investments in energy efficiency and renewables.
Webinar: U.S. DOE Home Energy Score Overview and Best Practices from Implementers
Click below to watch a webinar from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the purpose and value of the Home Energy Score – and to also hear from people implementing the Score in local governments. Looking for examples of use in California? Check out an overview from Home Energy Score implementer StopWaste on how…
Through USDOE’s Better Buildings Program: Cities, Utilities, and Businesses Commit to Unlocking Access to Energy Data for Building Owners and Improving Energy Efficiency
Local Government, private sector, and utility actions spur access to energy data and accelerate energy efficiency investment & innovation in buildings and homes (read more of this press release on WhiteHouse.gov) Making businesses and homes more energy efficient is a win for jobs and economic growth, operating costs and bottom lines, and the President’s commitment…
Green Lease Leaders Program Kicks Off Its Third Year
As released January 27, 2016 by the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) – full press release here: Today, the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of (more…)
Integrating Energy Savings into City Operations: A Look at Chula Vista’s City Operations Sustainability Plan
Some of the most efficient energy efficiency efforts leverage and integrate with existing capital or operational plans. Chula Vista’s City Operations Sustainability Plan is a great document showing how Chula Vista is achieving this. The Energy Use portion of the Plan calls out sources of energy project funding, energy goals to be pursued depending on success…
U.S. DOE Report: How Climate Change Threatens U.S. Energy Infrastructure
A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy covers how climate change threatens energy infrastructure. Click here for discussion between DOE Secretary Ernest Muniz and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, or to read the report. For a fact sheet on implications for the Southwest (including California), click here.
US Department of Energy Guidance on Zero Energy Buildings
Looking for more information on what to expect in a Zero Net Energy building? The U.S. Department of Energy has used an extensive process of stakeholder engagement to carefully define Zero Energy Buildings in their new document, A Common Definition for Zero Energy Buildings, released today. Per the Definition, such a building is “an energy-efficient building where,…