Category Archives: Energy
Campus Sustainability Reports from Across the Nation
The following is from one of our guest bloggers, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. You can see the original post, with pictures, here . This has been re-posted … More »
My Visions for 2040
As a Denver native, I m thrilled about the opportunity to collaborate with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) and the University of Denver for the Metro Vision 2040 Listening Tour … More »Alliance for Sustainable Colorado featured in Colorado Real Estate Journal
The Alliance's collaborative partnership with Greenprint Denver and Living City Block on the Better Buildings Denver initiative was recently featured in the Colorado Real Estate Journal's April 18-May 1 … More »How do we implement a plan?!
Our Education & Outreach team continues its work with the Governor s Energy Office (GEO), the Regional Sustainability Councils, and the Community Energy Coordinators across Colorado to share ideas and … More »Saudi Arabia: Ag Superpower?
Well, hardly but these remarkable NASA photographs (by way of Grist) were so striking that I wanted to re-post them and look into the story. They show the lengths to which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … More »Alliance Director of Strategic Partnerships featured in Northern Colorado Business Report
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado's Director of Strategic Partnerships, Jeff Hohensee, was featured in a Northern Colorado Business Report article on March 23rd. In the article Renewable energy hopes to … More »REMPC and Topping Out
February 13, 2012 was a special day for Larimer County. The Board of County Commissioners joined staff to celebrate the Topping Out of the new 53,000 square foot Alternative Sentencing Department (ASD) … More »- All Posts by Michael Kirk
- Categories:Energy, Government, High Performance Buildings, Regional Energy Master Plan Consortium
- Tags: energy conservation, LEED
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The U.S. Military on the Front Lines of Efficiency
At our 8th annual Legislative Briefing last week, we heard from legislators and sustainable business leaders. A couple of surprise speakers, however, left many of us in real thought - they were Vice Admiral … More »- All Posts by Kim Hughes
- Categories:Climate Change, Energy, High Performance Buildings, Materials & Waste
- Tags: LEED, net-zero, recycling, renewable energy
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Shale Gas: Bridge Fuel to … Where?
Another pundit has weighed in on the shale gas revolution, and approved. In a column last week, Joe Nocera of the New York Times urged readers to get used to hydraulic fracturing it isn t going away … More »Streamlining Solar Permitting in Colorado
Colorado citizens should soon find it easier to go solar through a new program to streamline permitting for solar energy systems. The Solar Friendly Communities initiative will collaborate with cities and … More »- All Posts by Rebecca Cantwell
- Categories:Economic Development & Sustainable Business, Energy
- Tag: renewable energy
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Better Buildings through Executive Action
A recent report published by the USGBC, supported by groups like BOMA International, the Center for American Progress, Schneider Electric, and United Technologies Corporation (to name just a few of the … More »- All Posts by Phillip Saieg
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A Sustainability Progress Report for Colorado
How would you like to have an annual, tangible measure of Colorado s sustainability progress (or lack thereof)? In other words, how can we know where we re going if we don t know where we are? We at … More »- All Posts by Anna Zawisza
- Categories:Alliance News, Economic Development & Sustainable Business, Education, Energy, Government, Natural Resource Conservation, Personal Sustainability, Population, Public Health, Social Equity
- Tags: activism, sustainability network, sustainable living
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A Tried and True Business Case for Sustainability
Almost six years ago when I moved to Colorado, there were only a few things I knew about this wonderful state. One of those tidbits of knowledge was the fact that Colorado had WAY better beer and more craft … More »- All Posts by Megan Moore
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