The Energy Upgrades for Healthy Homes (EUHH) Program in Flagstaff provides weatherization, electrification, and energy efficiency improvements for low-income and vulnerable households. The program will provide approximately 80 home retrofits.
The Energize Denver Building Performance Policy is a 2021 ordinance that requires buildings above a certain size to take steps to reduce their emissions and increase energy efficiency. - Buildings 25,000 sq. ft or larger must submit annual bench,arking data and meet specific energy requirements - Buidlings between 5,000 and 24,999 sq. ft are required to meet lighting or renewable energy requirements
The City of Duluth has been selected for an award of $500,000 from the U.S.Department ofEnergy to studyaccelerated planningfor commercial buildingand reducingcarbon produced in industry. The award is part of a recentlyannounced $27 million assistance to 40 partner teams of states, localgovernments,and tribes through the Energy Future Grants (EFG) Program.
The Chicago Climate Infrastructure Fund provides grants from $50,000 to $250,000 to nonprofit organizations and small businesses for climate-related capital projects in three priority areas: Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, and Green Infrastructure.
The Buffalo Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs Plan, a $20 million project funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, aims to enhance community resilience in Buffalo, particularly in disadvantaged areas, by establishing 150 Neighborhood Mobilization Hubs equipped with emergency preparedness resources.
Bloomington is offering rebates up to 25% of total project costs for solar panels, battery energy storage, level 2 EV chargers, heat pumps, energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, energy-efficient door or window replacements, and attic insulation projects. The program includes additional partnerships with local banks to provide project loans.
Aspen's Building IQ initiative is a comprehensive program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. Launched in 2022, the program consists of two main components: 1. Benchmarking: Building owners are required to track and report their energy and water consumption annually. 2. Building Performance Standards (BPS): This phase requires property owners to meet specific performance targets by actively improving their buildings over time
The Siemens Gamesa Hutchinson plant is gearing up to open once again. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has begun the process to return the Hutchinson, Kansas nacelle facility to production. The plant originally opened in Hutchinson in 2010, and went into a phase of "hibernation" in summer 2022.
A $33 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will bring hundreds of jobs to Johnson Controls’ Wichita plant. The company has dozens of facilities around the world but three sites will receive the money to hire more people and boost production of electric heat pumps.
Orange EV, the electric vehicle manufacturer with the most heavy-duty, zero-emission trucks in operation in the United States, announced in 2022 it would establish its new corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations in the Turner Logistics Center, an industrial park under construction by Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development in Kansas City, Kansas.