On November 15, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act became law under U.S. President Biden’s signature, allocating $1.2 trillion in federal spending to strengthen the country’s digital and physical infrastructure. The Act is being heralded Read More
Community Improvement Districts, or CIDs, are best known for being mechanisms commercial property owners and local governments use to beautify streetscapes or support infrastructure projects. But a new, comprehensive analysis of their use in Georgia Read More
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has formally opened the first 1.7-kilometer section of a new cable car line in the north of the city that aims to cut commuters travel time and reduce inequality. The Read More
In the first few months of 2020, the world reeled as a global pandemic swept across nations, taking with it more than 2.5 million lives, billions of dollars and any sense of normalcy. To mark Read More
On February 14, a winter storm of intense magnitude brought Texas’ energy grid to a halt. For five days, millions of Texas residents suffered single-digit temperatures without access to electricity or heat, and in some Read More
The city of Seattle, WA has enacted an updated building energy code as part of its effort to find ways to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas pollution. The city has the target of being carbon Read More
The Surrey County Council in England has approved the replacement or retrofit of 89,000 street lamps for an annual expected savings of 7700 tonnes of carbon emissions, 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while also Read More
The Rice Design Alliance – a public programs and outreach arm of Rice Architecture – is now accepting applications for the Rice Design Alliance Houston Design Research Grant. The grant is open nationally to university students and faculty Read More
The Australian government has declared the City of Adelaide to have been carbon neutral for the fiscal year of 2019-20 – fulfilling the target set by the city council in 2008 to achieve that status Read More
The city of Boston, MA has launched its Community Choice Electricity program (CCE) with the aim of improving Boston’s clean energy performance. The opt-out program leverages Boston’s collective buying power to deliver greener, locally sourced, Read More
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