by Eberley Wedlake on May 11, 2011

To be successful, energy efficiency programs can employ strategic marketing principles - focusing on audience, strategic messaging and media, and engagement with contractors - to involve residents in retrofitting their homes.

by Eileen V. Quigley on May 6, 2011

This week’s news brought stark evidence that extreme weather likely caused by global climate change is threatening global food supply and destroying communities.

by Hendrik Van Hemert on May 4, 2011

Demand response provides one more tool for utilities to use to lower the final costs of renewable energy resources.

by Matthew Jokajtys on March 22, 2011

“Passive House” comes to New York City, and offers promise for more energy efficient buildings across the United States.

by Eileen V. Quigley on March 1, 2011

At the end of January, over 60 Edmonds community leaders, including the Mayor of Edmonds Mike Cooper and Edmonds City Council President Strom Peterson, Steve Klein, General Manager of Snohomish PUD, and other business leaders and citizens rolled up their sleeves to look at how the city can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions levels to 25% below 1995 levels by 2035.

by Michael Mann on February 21, 2011

There is indisputable proof that the efforts of the countries that agreed to abide by the Kyoto Protocol are succeeding. In 2008, the signatory parties to the Kyoto Protocol reduced their collective greenhouse gas emissions by 6.3% below 1990 levels. In contrast, the United States’ carbon footprint in 2008 was 16% higher than 1990.

by Hendrik Van Hemert on February 21, 2011

Austin, Texas sets the bar for local governments engaged in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

by Eileen V. Quigley on January 25, 2011

Climate Solutions launched the New Energy Cities program in 2009 to galvanize local elected officials to drive adoption of clean energy technologies that will reduce carbon emissions, save money on energy use, and create jobs. We aim to prove the promise of the clean energy economy in small- to medium-sized cities throughout the Northwest. The benefits that we see for communities to embrace the new energy future include:

by Hendrik Van Hemert on January 10, 2011

Pike Research projects that over 3 million electric cars will be sold in the US by 2015.

by Hendrik Van Hemert on December 23, 2010

Energy efficiency, unlike many renewable energy technologies, is cost-effective today. The challenges are institutional not technological or financial and therefore require rethinking our financing structures, our utility models, and the role cities can play in creating the necessary conditions for massive energy efficiency.