Webinar conducted on February 21, 2018 for San Luis Obispo, CA that looked at best practices in urban clean energy and lessons learned from nearly a decade of helping small and mid-sized cities develop strategies to reduce carbon emissions.

Presentation that provides a chronology of city climate action in the United States and internationally and describes the best high-level roles and policies for cities to decarbonize, delivered for Western Washington University Institute for Energy Studies course on February 15, 2018.

A community that has set an ambitious carbon-reduction target and mapped its sources and uses of energy is ready to determine how to carve up its reduction strategies using a Carbon Wedge Analysis ...

So how does a city that has set an ambitious but achievable carbon emissions reduction goal go about actually achieving that target? They calculate their carbon footprint and determine how many emissions they have to reduce and then set targets to ..

Working with nearly 30 Northwest communities from 2009-2017 offered the opportunity to learn many lessons about how cities can accelerate adoption of climate-smart, clean energy solutions, none more instructive than the need to set a clear ...

Energy maps and carbon wedge analyses for eight cities in Washington and Oregon created by Climate Solutions’ New Energy Cities team and Clean Energy Transition...

Although President Trump has committed to pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, many of our cities are still moving full steam ahead to clear the air and fight climate change. More than 200 U.S. municipalities have declared ...

Over the past decade, cities and counties have become increasingly knowledgeable about developing meaningful CAPs and best practices from first-generation CAPs that the nation’s largest and best-funded cities created.

Presentation to the City of Olympia, Washington staff on the community's energy sources and uses, as well as a depiction in a wedge analysis of where the city could invest in strategies to reduce carbon emissions to achieve a target of 50 percent fewer emissions from 2014 levels by 2030.

With cities accounting for 70% of global carbon emissions, and half the world and 80 percent of Americans living in urban environments, cities should play a critical role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Presentation to the Everett, Washington City Council on the community's energy sources and uses, as well as a depiction in a wedge analysis of where the city could invest in strategies to reduce carbon emissions to achieve a target of 50 percent fewer emissions from 2014 levels by 2030.

Portland, OR Mayor Charlie Hales released a draft Home Energy Score policy on September 7 that would require sellers of all single-family homes within the city limits to obtain a home energy performance report and disclose the results when listing...