Community Solar & the Awareness-to-Action Gap

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Julie Cook Kitchener Apr 6, 2026 12:32 pm
Hi all,  Interest in and awareness of community solar have been growing in the United States, yet this has not translated to higher enrollment rates, particularly among low-income…

Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference 2025

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Julie Cook Kitchener Sep 8, 2025 12:38 pm
Hi all,   The Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change (BECC) conference is back this year with an array of interesting sessions and a fantastic keynote speaker.    Location: Sacramento…

Emphasizing the Co-benefits of Climate Action

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jul 28, 2025 12:32 pm
Climate change is a tremendous, abstract, and seemingly distant problem, and much of the time, policymakers and practitioners focus on the threat it poses. This ‘doom and gloom’ n…

BEARhub: Free Advice for Energy-related Challenges

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jul 7, 2025 12:30 pm
Hi all,   If you are running an energy program in the United States and need free behavioral science advice, you might consider working with the BEARhub. BEAR stands for Behavior,…

Community solar gardens in Minnesota

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Julie Cook Kitchener Apr 28, 2025 12:29 pm
Hi all,   Community solar gardens have gained in popularity in the U.S. in recent years, particularly in Minnesota, which is now a national leader in the development of solar proj…

Money Saving Boiler Challenge - New Case Study Posted to the Tools of Change Website

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Feb 10, 2025 16:00 pm
This campaign focused on hot water heaters that provide water on demand for heating a home and also for cooking and cleaning. Lowering the water flow temperature from 80°C to 60°C…

Cool Block - New Case Study Published on the Tools of Change Website

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Feb 10, 2025 15:55 pm
Cool Block promotes over one hundred actions that can help make households, neighborhoods and entire cities more sustainable. It has been saving 20 billion pounds (9.07 million me…

Chicago’s Building Energy Rating System

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Feb 10, 2025 15:37 pm
Chicago was the first U.S. city to require building owners to prominently post a building’s energy performance rating, and to share that that rating with potential buyers and/or r…

Home Energy Labels in Oregon

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Jay Kassirer Ottawa Feb 10, 2025 15:25 pm
Home Energy Labels in Oregon is one of the first and best evaluated implementations of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Home Energy ScoreTM. The Home Energy ScoreTM was dev…

SHINE: How solar energy is transforming communities in Boston

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Julie Cook Kitchener Jan 13, 2025 13:39 pm
Hi all,    The clean energy transition is gaining momentum in the United States, with billions in state and federal incentives being applied to electric vehicles, building retrofi…

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