News + Updates

July 28, 2016 Energy Ordinance Toolkit California has adopted ambitious climate-related policy goals, including reducing GHG emissions levels to 80% below the emissions in 1990. As part of that goal,...

April 6, 2016 How Two Cities Are Successfully Using Energy Efficiency Ordinances for Existing Homes A new generation of policy alternatives, called Residential Energy Assessment and Disclosure (READ)...

March 2, 2016 Water Efficiency Code Updates for Local Governments In April 2015, Governor Jerry Brown directed the State Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory water reductions in cities...

Feb. 10, 2016 Is Now the Time to Think about Policy Updates? With an eye on your climate action plan goals, your local government may want to consider updates to any green building ordinances or policies...

Feb. 3, 2016 Water Efficient Landscape Ordinances: Are You Keeping Up? The State’s updated Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance was adopted back in July 2015. Local and regional ordinances...

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Can California Meet Senate Bill 350's Ambitious Energy Goals? A doubling of energy efficiency based on the 2014 approved demand forecast for California energy use and the...

Builder Guidance for Emergency Water Mandate Builders and contractors: Will you be in compliance with the new mandate from the State Water Resources Control Board, announced May 29? For new single family...

CEC’s Draft Energy Efficiency Plan Hits All the Right Notes Earlier this year, the California Energy Commission (CEC) released its draft Existing Buildings Energy Efficiency (EBEE) Action Plan as...