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Local Government Actions to Promote Sustainability: 2010 National Survey Results
Repost from UNC School of Government:
The following is taken from James Svara’s introduction to an International City/County Management Association (ICMA) survey regarding local government efforts to promote sustainability.
The 2010 survey, the first of its kind, undertaken by ICMA in cooperation with the Alliance for Innovation and supported by the Global Institute on Sustainability at Arizona State University, measures how and to what extent local governments are acting to…
ContinueAdded by Matt Raker on May 31, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments
NC Energy Office soon to open a major enegy efficiency grant for applications
The North Carolina Energy Office intends to post a solicitation for a second round of proposals from owners of commercial facilities, industrial facilities and incorporated large nonprofit organizations for energy efficiency upgrades using commercially available technologies to reduce energy and petroleum consumption, cut costs and emissions.
For the purposes of this funding opportunity, a large nonprofit organization is one whose proposed project contains at least one…
ContinueAdded by Matt Raker on January 13, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments
School board to get 80% of electricity needs from solar, save $40million over 20 years
The Antelope Valley Union High School District, located in Lancaster, California, has partnered with PsomasFMG and Southern California Edison to build a 9.6 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic system. The school district signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the electricity and is expected to save $40 million over the life of the system. The system will provide about 80… Continue
Added by Matt Raker on November 18, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments
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