Policy and Advocacy

Metrus Infographic: Which Financing Vehicle Gets You on the Road to Energy Efficiency

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Metrus Infographic: Which Financing Vehicle Gets You on the Road to Energy Effic

While many building owners and facilities managers understand that the cheapest kilowatthour is the one you don’t consume, most energy efficiency projects leave a lot of energy savings on the table. Retrofits typically compete with strategic investments that are in a company’s main line of business for a share of capital budget resources. For this reason, capital budget allotments usually inhibit investments in integrated energy efficiency retrofit projects and instead favor single measure upgrades.

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Policy and Advocacy

PolicyPalooza 2013 Recap: Three Big Days in Sacramento

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After last year’s epic USGBC California Road to Greenbuild/ “Top10” Advocacy Day, more than one commentator posed the “how can we top this?” question. It turns out that there was little need to worry. This year’s model, PolicyPalooza 2013, was bigger, better and bolder, comprising three full days of meetings, sessions and convening.

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Green Schools

Volunteer With the Green Apple Team in Your Own Backyard!

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Apply today to join the Green Apple team!

Are you a leader in every sense of the word? Were you the captain of the cheerleading squad or debate team, or president of your student council? Head of the local PTA? Always being described as going “above and beyond” for your family, neighborhood, school or community?

Was the Green Apple Day of Service the highlight of your 2012?

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Green Schools

U.S. Department of Education Announces Green Ribbon Schools Honorees

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On Monday, April 22, 2013, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley celebrated the 43rd Earth Day at Mundo Verde Charter School in Washington, D.C., to announce the second year of honorees of the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) award program.

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