Synapse: This Week's News for LA’s Best Buildings
Los Angeles Ranks #1 on 2020 ENERGY STAR Top Cities List
This week, ENERGY STAR unveiled their annual Top Cities list, showing which U.S. metro areas were home to the most ENERGY STAR certified buildings last year.
Los Angeles earned first place with nearly 550 ENERGY STAR certified buildings, bumping Washington, D.C., into second place. San Francisco rose from sixth place last year to earn a third-place spot this year. And Dallas and Atlanta defended their positions in the top five, each with nearly 300 ENERGY STAR certified buildings
Green Lease Leaders Application Deadline Extended to April 3rd, 2020
Don't miss your chance to receive national recognition! Green Lease Leaders is an industry-acclaimed recognition program launched by the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. DOE’s Better Buildings Alliance that recognizes commercial, industrial, and retail landlords and tenants, as well as transaction teams that are breaking down barriers to higher-performing buildings with smart leases and corporate guidelines that enable action.
Social Distancing? You Might Be Fighting Climate Change, Too
As the nation shifts abruptly into the fight against coronavirus, a question arises: could social isolation help reduce an individual’s production of greenhouse gases and end up having unexpected consequences for climate change?
Home is Where the Health Is: How to Make Your Home Energy Efficient During Social Distancing
One of the most important things we can all do to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic is simple: stay home. Whether you’re teleworking, taking care of a loved one, or just staying safe, spending more time inside can mean higher home energy bills. With that in mind, we asked ACEEE Buildings Program Senior Fellow Jen Amann for advice on how folks can better manage their home energy use.
Listen: What COVID-19 and Climate Change Have in Common, by Political Climate
With cases recorded in more than 140 countries, the novel coronavirus has become a global health crisis.
In the U.S., bars and offices have been closed, conferences cancelled and kids kept home from school in an attempt to slow the spread. President Trump has declared a national emergency and invoked the Defense Production Act to accelerate the virus response.
So why aren’t we reacting as swiftly to climate change -- another human-propelled global catastrophe that could harm human health and wellbeing for generations to come?
These threats are not the same, but they do share certain attributes. We discuss with risk and behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty, founder of Adapt to Thrive and co-host the live weekly radio show “Risky Behavior.”
