COVID-19
COVID-19 and Climate Strategy Refocus
The COVID-19 crisis requires a fundamental rethinking of the path forward for climate and clean energy advocacy in the U.S. While the length and...
It’s Electric! Heading Back to School in Style
As children head back to school this fall, some families may notice that their yellow school bus has gotten an upgrade. Electric school buses...
COVID-19
Supporting Communities on the Frontline of the Pandemic
We have long known that climate change impacts communities of color and low-income communities first and worst—and now these communities are bearing the brunt...
COVID-19
Climate and Clean Energy Advocacy in the Face of COVID-19
These are challenging times. For the Energy Foundation team, it is already many weeks of sheltering in place and working remotely. Since closing all...
Energy News
Zero Time to Waste Adopting Zero Codes
The built environment is responsible for the vast majority—over 60 percent of energy use—of our nation’s carbon problem, if you include industrial facilities. And...
Announcement, COVID-19
Our Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Along with our partner organizations in the climate and clean energy ecosystem, Energy Foundation is monitoring the rapidly evolving status of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Announcement
Meet Our New COO, Brian Stanley
Brian Stanley is Energy Foundation’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He oversees Finance, Human Resources, Grants Management, and IT/Knowledge Management, ensuring...
Announcement
Energy Foundation Board Welcomes Three New Members
I am happy to announce that we have three new members of the Energy Foundation Board of Directors. Melanie Audette is senior vice president...
Energy News
Strategy Pivot 5 for Energy Optimization: Modernize Codes and Standards
Today’s typical American home powers an impressive array of appliances, electronics, and equipment—but believe it or not, energy consumption has actually declined over the...
Energy News
Meeting California’s Climate Goals Through the Power of Community and Building Electrification
This post is part of our blog series, “Energy Optimization: It’s Time to Reimagine Energy Efficiency.” No effort to clean up our emissions can...
Energy News
Pivot 4 for Energy Optimization: Shift to Meter-based Savings
As we’ve touched on so far in our series on Energy Optimization, electrifying our built environment requires innovation in policy frameworks, finance mechanisms, and...
Perspective
Youth-led Strikes: The Largest Climate Mobilization in U.S. History
This month’s youth-led climate strikes—the protests and other events organized around the globe that collectively drew millions of marchers—represent a watershed moment: Leaders and...
Energy News
Strategy Pivot 3 for Energy Optimization: Empower Customers with Advanced Technologies
In today’s connected world, devices can tell us everything from how well we slept last night to who knocked on the door while we...
Guest Commentary
Expanding Access to a Winning Climate Strategy
A new report looks at the many new and creative ways that states in the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, plus New Jersey and...
Energy News
Strategy Pivot 2 for Energy Optimization: Incentivizing Finance in Retrofits
In our six-part series on energy optimization, we’re introducing five pivots in strategy that can shift the building sector into being an accelerator of...
Energy News
Solar Energy Is Providing a Critical Lifeline to Midwest Farmers
2018 saw a 30 percent increase in farm bankruptcies across six Midwest states, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, as...
Energy News
Strategy Pivot 1 for Energy Optimization: Electrify the Built Environment Today
Thanks to a decades-long fight to make our light bulbs more energy efficient, you have probably swapped out many of your home’s old Edison...
Energy News
Energy Optimization: It’s time to reimagine energy efficiency
For decades now, energy efficiency has been a stalwart tool for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and lowering utility bills. With appliance standards, utility programs,...
Energy News
New Report Identifies Massive Potential for Green Bonds from Utilities
A future filled with electric cars, renewable energy, and efficient buildings will require a modernized grid. As utilities begin to recognize the financial opportunities...
Perspective
The Key to Climate Progress We Don’t Discuss Enough
Adrianna Quintero is Energy Foundation’s Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This blog post is based on a TEDx talk she gave in...
Energy News
For a Bright Spot this Earth Day, Look to the States
On Earth Day, people around the world take stock of how our countries and communities are doing in addressing the challenges that threaten our...
Energy News
Smart Policies Ensure EVs Benefit All Consumers—and Utilities
Electric vehicle (EV) sales are on the rise in both the U.S. and across the globe. Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Morgan Stanley both...
Energy News
Companies Warm up to Thermal Energy
It takes energy to heat things up and to cool things down—a lot of energy. In the U.S., 25 percent of our energy use...
Guest Commentary
Florida Could Add 135,000 Jobs by Embracing Five Energy Policies
A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) outlines five key energy efficiency policies that Florida can adopt to spur...
Guest Commentary
Air Pollution from Vehicles in California: People of Color Bear the Biggest Burden
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) quantified Californians’ exposure to dangerous air pollution and found that particulate matter disproportionately affects Californians of color and...
