This Week’s News for LA’s Best Buildings
As Federal Climate-Fighting Tools Are Taken Away, Cities and States Step Up
Legislators in Colorado, historically a major coal state, have passed more than 50 climate-related laws since 2019. The liquor store in the farming town of Morris, Minn., cools its beer with solar power. Voters in Athens, Ohio, imposed a carbon fee on themselves. Citizens in Fairfax County, Va., teamed up for a year and a half to produce a 214-page climate action plan.
California Moves to Simplify Interconnection Rules for Distributed Energy Resources
California’s interconnection process, like most states’, is broken into different tiers of review, including the “fast track” process, which uses a set of standard screens to evaluate whether a particular project could have system impacts that would require a study and potentially distribution system upgrades, according to Stanfield.
Are US Cities Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions at an Adequate Pace?
About 20 U.S. cities that we’ve found are on track to meet their near-term climate goals are also on a path to pull their weight in the global decarbonization effort. But many others will need to step up their emissions-reduction efforts.
Water Wise: Strategies for Drought-Resilient Development
As of 2022, the world is facing unprecedented levels of drought. Drought has extended across over half of the United States this year. The frequency, intensity, and duration of droughts are increasing, leading to myriad issues, and this pattern is expected to continue with climate change.
Apply Now! LADWP is Accepting Applications for Community Emission Reduction Grants
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), is now accepting applications from local non-profit organizations and regulatory or public agencies for its Community Emission Reduction Grants program – an initiative dedicated to investing in projects focused on reducing the impact that air emissions have on L.A.’s hardest hit communities in the Harbor and San Fernando Valley areas.
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2022 Innovation Awards: Industry Leader, Affordable Multifamily Housing
Nonprofit ELACC Develops Retrofit Toolkit to Democratize Decarbonization for Affordable Multifamily Housing
Based in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles, ELACC is an ardent advocate for economic and social justice in densely populated, low-income urban neighborhoods.
Wind farm run by Xcel Energy outside of Peetz., Colo.