U.S. Interior & Commerce Departments Restore Lands to Native Hawaiian Community
Transfer of Surplus Federal Land to the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Could Provide Up To 400 New Homesteads for Native Hawaiian Families
General Services Administration
S Is For Solar: Woodsy Owl Joins First-Of-Its-Kind Solar PPA
Woodsy Owl — that is, the National Forest Service — could spark a solar PPA revolution in 500,000 federally owned buildings across the US.
GSA Could Lead Net-Zero Energy Building Revolution
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Matt Jungclaus Imagine a future in which our buildings are resilient, self-powered, community resources. Not a kilowatt-hour of energy is wasted in a building, and on-site renewable energy systems meet every building’s energy needs. Although this may seem like a futuristic dream, a recent … [continued]
Funding For Energy Efficiency Retrofits — ESPCs Rock
Originally published on RMI Outlet, the Rocky Mountain Institute blog. By Cara Carmichael Of the various funding mechanisms for implementing energy efficiency retrofits in buildings, energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) may be the most powerful, especially for federal buildings, where capital for upgrades is about as common as ocean-front property … [continued]
Obama Outwits Opponents: Forces Feds to Cut Gas Use 21%
The power of presidents is overstated. Only congress actually has the power to pass legislation to make America safer from climate change or oil company gouging. And about half are paid to not pass it.
Tapping the Energy Efficiency Market within Federal Building Lease Renewals
This article is the second in a series about the potential for private renewable energy companies to access the large (and growing) market for clean energy within the federal government by John K. Norris of MyEnergySolution. The U.S. Market for Energy Efficiency As I wrote about earlier, the market for … [continued]
