Achieving Energy Efficiency Through Weatherization
This guide examines the multiple benefits of weatherization and the action steps cities can take, while highlighting several examples of innovative city initiatives.
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Banking on Green
This report begins with an introduction to stormwater problems and solutions for communities and then details how green infrastructure approaches offer cost-effective, energy efficient solutions that reduce flooding and damage costs, and protect environmental and public health in communities.
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Livability Literature Review
The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) recently released their latest livability resource, Livability Literature Review: A Synthesis of Current Practice. This comprehensive report describes how livability is understood, provides examples of livable communities in practice and adds clarity to several concepts.
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Urban Agriculture - Best Practices and Possibilities
This report provides an overview of urban agriculture and local food system resources and practices across the United States and parts of Canada, with a primary emphasis on providing resources that can encourage and support urban agriculture in Missouri’s metropolitan areas.
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SCI is Growing! Have Your Say
Provide us feedback about your experience with the Sustainable Cities Institute and ways that we can continue to develop and grow this important resource to support and celebrate city-led sustainability efforts!
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How can NLC support your Sustainability Goals?
Over the next year NLC will produce resources on several issues important to achieving sustainability goals of cities and towns across the country. In order to equip local government leaders with the best information and tools possible - we want to hear from YOU! We invite your feedback, ideas, recommendations, and experiences via the following topic-specific feedback forms. Each form will take approximately 5-7min. to complete. We truly appreciate your time and contributions and are looking forward to supporting your city’s sustainability goals today, tomorrow and into the New Year!
Sustainable Local Food Systems | Climate Adaptation and Resilience | Integrated Wastewater and Stormwater Framework | Sustainabile Cities Institute Feedback
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Blog: Elevating the Principles of Net-Zero Buildings
A few weeks ago, at the Greenbuild conference in San Francisco, I attended a session that featured NREL’s Research Support Facility (RSF) in Golden, CO. The session’s speakers described the design and construction process of the RSF, a net-zero energy building (NZEB) that today serves as a model for performance-based design....
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Blog: Opportunities and Impact for Small-Town Sustainability
Of the many misconceptions that sustainability as a field encounters, the notion that it is an approach exclusive to large, well-resourced cities is as pervasive as it is untrue....
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Federal Policies: NLC's Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
The Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee is responsible for developing policy positions on issues involving air quality, water quality, energy policy, national wetlands policy, noise control, and solid and hazardous waste management.
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