This legislative update factsheet highlights key climate change and energy bills that were signed into law in 2019 in California. Read the Legislative Update
Watch a repeat performance of one of the highest rated breakout sessions from the 2019 SEEC Forum! You may know that cost-effectiveness, and specifically Total Resource Cost (TRC), guides energy efficiency (EE)…
View on Youtube Watch a repeat performance of one of the highest rated breakout sessions from the 2019 SEEC Forum! Reach codes (local energy ordinances) are one of the tools…
2019 Better Buildings Summit, Presentation This session explored how different building sectors are considering how to optimize and integrate traditional demand assets, like lighting and HVAC, with new on-site demand…
The 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards improve upon the 2016 Energy Standards for new construction of, and additions and alterations to, residential and nonresidential buildings. Buildings permitted on or after…
In January 2018, Governor Brown signed Executive Order B-48-18, setting ambitious targets of 200 hydrogen fueling stations and 250,000 electric vehicle chargers to support 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on…
Is your city or county planning to complete or update its greenhouse gas inventory in 2018? The 2018 SEEC GHG Inventory Training Session is a structured technical assistance program to…
Climate change can no longer be marginalized as a special interest of environmental groups – it is becoming a personally relevant public interest for all of us. Let’s start a new…
The City of Farmersville, located in California’s Tulare County, joined the VIEW (Valley InnovationnEnergy Watch) Partnership in 2013. As a highly involved member of VIEW, the City has shown its…
The City of Visalia, located in California’s Tulare County, has been a member of the VIEW (Valley Innovative Energy Watch) Partnership since 2010. As a highly involved member of VIEW,…
Photo of Lemoore CNG Fueling Station provided by cngprices.com. Lately, we’ve seen a very welcome decline in the price of gasoline. Nearly ten years ago, however, transportation costs were high…
Carbon Tracker launches a new report, No Country for Coal Gen: Below 2C and regulatory risk for US coal power owners. The report challenges the economic case for President Trump’s…
A team of Brookings researchers examine the geography of climate change with the help of county-level data from the Climate Impact Lab. The data include assessments of climate-change impact in…
In addition to making multifamily building energy data more transparent, cities are adopting benchmarking policies and programs to meet goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To reach these goals, cities…