Tag Archives: cities
The World’s Greenest Cities
In 2008, the UK’s Guardian newspaper called Freiberg, Germany the world’s greenest city. Energy-efficient homes were the norm, andone super-efficient, passive-energy house boasted needing 93 percentless electricity, and less heating fuel than the average home by afactor of 40. Freiburg, which was decimated during World War II, rose from theashes as an entirely new, and [...]
UPDATE: Top 10 US Cleantech Cities
I created the ‘TOP 10 US Cities for Cleantech Report” about a month ago. The goal is simple: crowdsource the research oncleantech resources across the US, then rank the information from 1 to10, then provide it free to the community for people to use. Story and Purpose of the Report At first, the goal was [...]
America’s 22 Top ‘Smarter Energy Cities’
Well, hello, Columbus. (Click here if you’re not a Philip Roth fan.) Some people were surprised when Columbus, Ohio, appeared on theNatural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) list of the top twenty-twoenergy “Smarter Cities,” sharing the spotlight with towns better knownfor their deep green glow. Places like Portland, Seattle, Boston and San Francisco. One person who [...]
Solar Cities: Pasadena
Throughout the U.S. there are towns and cities that are offeringamazing solar rebates and incentives on top of the 30% tax credit from the federal government. In this blog series that we are calling"Solar Cities" we are highlighting these towns and cities that aremaking it easier for their residents to go solar. This week we [...]
Who are the Top 10 US Cities for Cleantech? We Need Your Input
Here’s a question I’ve been getting asked a lot about lately and have been personally wondering myself: What is the best city for the cleantech industry in theUnited States? If you work in the cleantech industry, I need your help for a couplemoments! We’re going to crowd source the compilation of the informationthat will be [...]
8 Big Cities Embracing Solar Power
On October 8, 2009, the Department of Energy announced a grant of $10Mthrough the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 40 new SolarAmerica Cities Special Projects in 16 cities. This funding will enablethe cities to increase solar energy use in their communities throughinnovative programs and policies that can then be replicated across thenation. Following are [...]
7 Cities That Need to Step Up Their Solar Game
Solar is a great idea throughout most of the U.S. But thesouthwest offers the optimum conditions for solar power with moresunlight and heat than the rest of the country. This includes southernCalifornia, most of Nevada, western Texas, a wide swath of New Mexico,parts of Utah and Colorado. So it’s kind of surprising that there’sstill a [...]
The Top 25 Most Sustainable U.S. Cities
The people have spoken and the results are in. The least wastefulcity in America is…San Francisco. There’s a shocker. Don’t they publicly flog you there for throwingcoffee grounds in the trash? Anyway, while it’s no surprise that San Francisco — home of thetoughest recycling laws in the country and the first city to banretailer distribution of [...]
The Top 25 Energy Star Cities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list ofU.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficientbuildings that earned EPA’s Energy Star in 2009. The list is headed byLos Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Houston,Lakeland, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and New York. Energy efficiencysaves building owners money and fights climate change. “These [...]