High-Road Clean Energy Jobs: The Key to Building Back Better
With multiple COVID-19 vaccines now making their way through the country, cities can begin looking ahead to economic recovery from the pandemic. But many forwar...
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Honolulu Votes to Build Back Better for Climate
A bright spot shone today in the Pacific, as Honolulu’s City Council unanimously passed a new building code that will reduce energy use, cut costs and carbon ...
Smaller Cities Like St. Louis Lead on Energy Efficiency
St. Louis passed its highly ambitious Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) ordinance, making it the fourth jurisdiction in the United States and first in...
Los Angeles City-Owned Buildings to Go 100% Carbon Free
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti today committed all new or substantially rehabilitated buildings owned by the City of Los Angeles to be 100 percent carbon free—and...
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to Help Transition Homes off Oil
Not that many people heat their homes with oil, but for those who do, heating oil can be a costly and unhealthy burden. In Seattle, r oughly 10 percent of...
San José Adopts Strongest Building Code Among Large Cities
San José has successfully reached for a modern, more sustainable building energy code; its City Council voted today to adopt requirements for builders that wil...