Community solar is increasingly seen as a beneficial solution for climate resilience, expanded renewable energy generation, cost savings, and equitable access to the benefits of solar energy.

President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16, 2022. Here is a roundup of our favorite resources that have helped us understand the IRA’s role in accelerating the clean energy transition.

A selection of some of the best building decarbonization podcasts and webinars from the past few months.

A selection of some of the best podcasts and webinars on developments in decarbonization since our First Quarter DecarbCast.

President’s Biden’s recent announcement to invoke the Defense Production Act could expand domestic manufacturing of heat pumps. This blog summarizes the current policy landscape related to heat pumps in the U.S.

A selection of some of the best podcasts and webinars on the latest technical and economic developments in decarbonization that the CETI team engaged with during the first three months of 2022.

After a whirlwind 60 days, Washington’s legislators finished the short 2022 session on March 10. While there were some climate wins, much work remains to be done on buildings and clean materials.

Buy Clean and Buy Fair is a critical legislative tool to reduce carbon emissions from the production of construction materials and promote high labor standards in manufacturing.

The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) held its first public hearing on February 25, 2022 about the full suite of proposed changes to the Washington State Energy Code-Commercial 2018 Edition.

When the Washington State Legislature passed the Climate Pollution Limits bill in 2020, it etched into law aggressive economy-wide carbon emissions limits to achieve by 2050. For the building sector, this translates into a 96% emission decrease below 2020 levels in three decades.

It’s no secret that contemporary industrial timber practices fall short of realizing the potential of Pacific Northwest forests to sequester carbon.

Our list of some of the more informative podcasts we listened to in 2021.