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A Blueprint to Decarbonize Affordable Housing
Allston Brighton CDC outlines the steps toward retrofit funding success in Massachusetts — and could serve as a model for the country.
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Pathways to Equity and Savings for Low-Income Households
How tax incentives and updated standards are changing home construction.
Buildings
The Hidden Climate Impact of Residential Construction
RMI's new report on embodied carbon illuminates the hidden climate emissions in low-rise residences and strategies for builders to make cost-effective reductions quickly.
Electricity
Fighting Climate Change on the Home Front
What if you could help combat climate change from your home without lifting a finger? Imagine if you could ask your utility, with the click of a button, to supply your home with 100 percent…
Electricity
Bringing Clean Energy Home
Household energy decisions can help meet US climate targets by accelerating renewable deployment and reducing emissions from buildings and vehicles.
Building Electrification
Why Heat Pumps Are the Answer to Heat Waves
As a record-breaking heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest earlier this summer and again this week, killing hundreds of people in the United States and Canada, many residents realized the predictably mild…
Energy Efficiency
Why High-Efficiency Cooling Is a Climate Priority
The world leaders of the Group of Seven, better known as G7, released a long communique following their recent meeting in Cornwall, detailing their plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic and “build back better.”…
Energy Efficiency
Passive Cooling in a Tiny House
In this post, we look at some passive cooling strategies that help keep an innovative tiny house comfortable during California summers, without the use of a mechanical cooling system.
India
Global Cooling Prize: A Pathway to Net-Zero Residential Cooling by 2050
The Global Cooling Prize—a journey that began back in 2018—is now in its final stretch: the winner(s) will be announced during the virtual Grand Award Ceremony later this month.
Buildings
It’s Time to Climate-Align Housing Finance
What if you could finance green home improvements—such as efficient new windows, a heat pump, added insulation, solar PV, even resilience upgrades—as part of your mortgage when buying or refinancing your home? Not only would…