As the school year commences yet again for young people across America, we want to shine a light on the many ways local K-12...
Coronavirus is in the air—particularly indoor air. Eight months into this pandemic response and the science has confirmed more strongly the airborne risks of...
Earlier this month, the staff and Board of Directors of Energy Foundation finalized an update to our mission, vision, and values statements. This is...
U.S. Energy Foundation today announced the election of Rose McKinney-James as Board Chair. McKinney-James succeeds Bill Ritter, Jr., former governor of Colorado. McKinney-James is...
The Network for Energy, Water and Health in Affordable Buildings (NEWHAB) recognizes the humanity in all of us and demands reformation within ourselves, our...
The death of George Floyd at the hands of police, like the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, is the latest...
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...
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...
These are challenging times. For the Energy Foundation team, it is already many weeks of sheltering in place and working remotely. Since closing all...
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...
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...
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...
I am happy to announce that we have three new members of the Energy Foundation Board of Directors. Melanie Audette is senior vice president...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2018 saw a 30 percent increase in farm bankruptcies across six Midwest states, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, as...
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...
For decades now, energy efficiency has been a stalwart tool for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and lowering utility bills. With appliance standards, utility programs,...
A future filled with electric cars, renewable energy, and efficient buildings will require a modernized grid. As utilities begin to recognize the financial opportunities...
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...
