Other Agencies and Other Organizations

Government

• Department of Energy DOE 
  • Communities LEAP - The DOE Communities LEAP (Local Energy Action Program) Pilot aims to facilitate sustained community-wide economic and environmental benefits primarily through DOE’s clean energy deployment work. This opportunity is specifically open to low-income, energy-burdened communities that are also experiencing either direct environmental justice impacts, or direct economic impacts from a shift away from historical reliance on fossil fuels.  Under the Communities LEAP Pilot, DOE will provide supportive services valued at up to $16M for community-driven clean energy transitions.
  • Building Technologies Office - The Building Technologies Office develops, demonstrates, and accelerates the adoption of cost-effective technologies, techniques, tools and services that enable high-performing, energy-efficient and demand-flexible residential and commercial buildings in both the new & existing buildings markets, in support of an equitable transition to a decarbonized energy system by 2050, starting with a decarbonized power sector by 2035
  • The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is transforming energy through research, development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
    • Helping States and Local Communities Build Their Clean Energy Futures
    • Data and Tools
• Berkley Lab
• National Integrated Heat Heath Information Center NIHHIS - is an integrated system that builds understanding of the problem of extreme heat, defines demand for climate services that enhance societal resilience, develops science-based products and services from a sustained climate science research program, and improves capacity, communication, and societal understanding of the problem in order to reduce morbidity and mortality due to extreme heat. NIHHIS is a jointly developed system by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Non-Profit Organizations

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) - a nonprofit research organization, develops policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change.
  • The State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
• Rocky Mountain Institute  (RMI) - transforms the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
  • America is All In 
• The Water Research Foundation - is the world’s leading One Water research and innovation organization operating on six continents, whose mission is to advance the science of water to improve the quality of life.
  • Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC) - is a screening tool utilizing a lifecycle cost framework to support stormwater infrastructure decisions on extent and combinations of green, hybrid green-gray and gray infrastructure practices.