Blueprint for Advancing High-Performance Homes
EESI's policy director for high performance green buildings, Ellen Vaughan, and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities' senior counsel and director of energy programs, James H. Turner...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Rural Energy Savings Program
The Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) is an innovative solution to address the special challenges and opportunities facing rural communities to save energy, cut household utility bills, improve...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Small Scale Wind Power for Homes, Farms and Communities
Photo courtesy of Derek JensenSmall wind turbines have less generating capacity than the huge commercial turbines found on wind farms, but their reduced costs and added versatility allow wind power to...
View ArticleFact Sheet: “Help My House” On-Bill Financing Pilot in South Carolina
Central Electric Power Cooperative (Central), based in Columbia, South Carolina, is the wholesale power provider for the state’s 20 distribution cooperatives (co-ops). Central has been implementing...
View ArticleFact Sheet: On-Bill Financing, Helping Homeowners Implement Energy Efficiency...
Linda Butler benefited from on-bill financing as part of the "Help My House" pilot program©ECSCIn the past several years, on-bill financing programs have been gaining attention around the country as a...
View ArticleIssue Brief: Renewable Biomass Can Help Reduce U.S. Petroleum Dependence
Renewable biomass has a significant potential to improve U.S. energy security, advance rural economic development and energy security, protect and restore water quality and other environmental...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Cool Roofs
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View ArticleFact Sheet: Plug-in Electric Vehicles
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View ArticleIssue Brief: Requests to Waive the Renewable Fuel Standard in the Aftermath...
Download this issue brief in PDF formatHow much damage did the heat wave and drought cause to the corn crop this year? What will be the economic impact of the extreme weather?How is the U.S. corn crop...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment
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View ArticleFact Sheet: Technologies to Improve Shipping Efficiency
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View ArticleIssue Brief: China’s Actions on Clean Power
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View ArticleFact Sheet: Carbon Pricing around the World
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View ArticleIssue Brief: New Approaches in Renewable Energy Finance
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View ArticleFact Sheet: Faith Organizations and Climate Change
For years, prominent religious leaders from around the globe, in acknowledging the science behind anthropogenic climate change, have urged governments and citizens to work towards mitigating greenhouse...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: Why Are They Important?
Controlled burn of surface oil during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard photo)Download this fact sheet in PDF format (with endnotes)TABLE OF CONTENTSComparing Warming...
View ArticleReport Summary: Climate Adaptation and Transportation: Identifying...
Download this report summary in PDF format (with endnotes)TABLE OF CONTENTSBackground and Economic ContextSummary of Major Findings and RecommendationsConclusionsExtreme weather events in the United...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Polling the American Public on Climate Change
This fact sheet provides information on climate change polling in the United States over the last year from a variety of sources. Overall the studies show:The American public’s concern about climate...
View ArticleIssue Brief: Obama Administration FY 2014 Budget Proposal: Sustainable...
President Obama delivers remarks on the budget(credit: White House / Pete Souza)TABLE OF CONTENTSDepartment of EnergyUSDA / DOE Bioenergy ProgramsEnergy-efficient / Sustainable Buildings...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Methane and Landfill Gas
TABLE OF CONTENTSCurrent RegulationsEPA Landfill Methane Outreach ProgramExamples of LFG Energy ProjectsCosts and FinancingDownload this fact sheet in PDF format(endnotes available soon)Landfills are...
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