Watch Now: Clean Energy Opportunities in Massachusetts and Beyond
We are America the Beautiful hosts ISE Executive Director Jacqueline Ashmore to discuss what every voter should know about sustainability—including big picture context and challenges around COVID-19 and climate change, federal and state opportunities for action, and city-level action. Did you know? 20.1 million environmentalists are registered to vote, but in the 2014 mid-term elections, […]
More Urgency, Not Less: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Lessons for Local Climate Leadership
IGS Research | June 2020
More Urgency, Not Less: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Lessons for Local Climate Leadership
The first of three reports that will provide community leaders, inside and outside of local government, with guidance about navigating their climate-action priorities through the gauntlet of challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. Each report, based on a synthesis of expertise and analysis of local climate-action options and current research, […]
Sustainable Water Management: Ratemaking & Affordability
Measuring and Addressing Water and Waste Water Affordability in the U.S. The U.S. is suffering a crisis of affordability, especially among low-income and marginalized communities. One portion of the affordability crisis has received disproportionately little effort and attention—the cost of water and sanitation services. In Measuring and Addressing Water and Waste Water Affordability in the […]
One Water Demand Management: Rethinking Ratemaking
IGS Research | June 2020
Water Utility of the Future: A Case Study of Conservation as a Service
IGS Research | October 2019
One Water Strategies For New Braunfels Utilities
IGS Research | January 2019
Integrated Urban Water Management in Texas: A Review to Inform a One Water Approach for the Future
IGS Research | April 2018
Instituting Sustainable Energy: Interview with Peter Fox-Penner
By Perry Grossman In Peter Fox-Penner’s book Smart Power, he talks about new energy systems needing not only engineering, economics, but also computer science expertise, so I asked him how he recommends people learn all three of these areas, or how people might best work across these fields. He said that people from these fields […]