Energy

2030 Districts

2030 Districts designates urban areas across the country that are seeking to foster sustainability through the built environment.

www.2030districts.org

A Guide to Zero Energy and Zero Energy Ready K-12 Schools

This document addresses school owners, project teams, utility and fuel providers, and local stakeholders and identifies their roles in enacting Zero Energy school buildings. The document highlights the benefits of Zero Energy buildings such as increasing student performance, increased fiscal stability, and making communities more resilient.

Access Energy Data from the U.S. Department of Energy

Interested in learning how to manage and evaluate your energy data? Look no further, this online resource allows users the ability to sort through energy data tools, webinars, presentations, and case studies etc. all in one spot.

www.energy.gov

AESP and Department of Energy- FLEX Training Course

To educate users demand flexibility load programs and distributed energy resources.

www.flex-energy.org

AgSTAR's Anaerobic Digester Project Development Handbook

The AgSTAR Project Development Handbook is intended for agriculture and livestock producers, farm owners, developers, investors, policymakers, implementers, and anyone working in agriculture or renewable energy that is interested in anaerobic digestion/biogas systems as a farm manure management option.

www.epa.gov

Air Temperature Regulation within Air Conditioned Spaces

The City of Fort Worth, TX developed an Administrative Regulation (AR) that establishes policy, practice and procedures to help provide effective temperature regulation within the City's facilities air conditioned spaces. This AR is intended to improve air quality through sustainable resource conservation.

Alliance for Water Efficiency Resource Library

An online library with information on water conservation and efficiency.

www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org

APA Climate Change Policy Guide

The American Planning Association has produced a Climate Change Policy Guide publication through the efforts of APA's Sustainable Communities Division (SCD). Embodied within the guide are over 50 policies and hundreds of supporting strategies to help planners proactively and effectively respond to a changing climate.

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Arlington, Texas - The Green At College Park

The Green At College Park is a 3-acre urban infill development on the southeastern border of the University of Texas at Arlington campus. The site celebrates a defined campus edge, gateway entrance treatments, an oval lawn for organized and informal events, pedestrian promenade, animated LED lighting, recycled glass pervious paving, a drainage garden, biofilters, rain planters, outdoor classroom and layers of seating.

Better Building Financing Navigator

To aid in financing energy efficient building and their maintenance.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Buildings Accelerators

The Better Buildings Accelerators demonstrate the success of innovative energy efficiency practices in an effort to accelerate investment in these areas.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Buildings Alliance

The Better Buildings Alliance connects commercial building professionals for the purpose of sharing and advancing solutions in energy efficiency.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Buildings Challenge

The Better Building Challenge is a voluntary program with the goal of improving the efficiency of commercial, institutional, and multifamily buildings and industrial plants by 20 percent or more over ten years.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Buildings Initiative

The Better Buildings Initiative is a voluntary program focused on stimulating innovation and leadership in energy efficiency in homes, commercial buildings, and industrial plants.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Buildings Residential Network

The Better Buildings Residential Network connects energy efficiency programs and partners to share best practices in an effort to increase the number of homes that are energy efficient.

energy.gov

Better Buildings: On-Demand Webinar Library

The On-Demand Webinar Library serves as repository for both past and upcoming webinars relating to topics from Air Management to Zero Energy.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Buildings: Rural K-12 School Workforce Development and Training

This guidance document includes materials, trainings, and certification courses designed to provide building operators of rural K-12 school facilities with actionable steps to improve their energy efficiency knowledge and create comfortable, cost-saving, and energy-efficient learning environments.

Better Communities Alliance

The Better Communities Alliance facilitates the collaboration between public and private sector leaders who are committed to creating more sustainable communities by means of energy efficiency, transportation, and renewable energy.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

Better Plants Program & Challenge

The Better Plants Program & Challenge is a voluntary program aimed at improving energy efficiency in the industrial sector with the goal of reducing manufacturers' energy intensity by 25% over a 10-year period across all U.S. operations.

betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov

BREEAM USA

BREEAM USA certifies existing commercial buildings that make sustainable improvements to their asset performance, operating efficiency, and building management practices.

www.breeamusa.com

Carbon Footprint Calculator

The Carbon Footprint Calculator estimates an individual's carbon emissions based on provided energy, transportation, and waste information.

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Case Study: Development of an Energy Management Plan for Tarrant Regional Water District

Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) is one of the largest raw water transmission systems in North Central Texas, serving 11 counties and providing water to more than 2.1 million people. TRWD has more than 100 facilities, ranging from large office buildings and reservoir spillways to guard lights.

Case Study: The City of Lewisville's Energy Consumption Reduction

Since the 1980’s, the City of Lewisville’s population has been experiencing rapid growth and is now home to approximately 100,000 residents. This rapid growth has led city leaders to pursue energy conservation strategies that will achieve a sustainable community.

Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)

The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that works to improve urban economies and ecosystems across the U.S. through initiatives in transportation, water, climate, and public policy.

www.cnt.org

Center of Development Excellence

To help create a sustainable North Texas that is recognized nationwide as a center of development excellence.

www.developmentexcellence.com

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