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The Better Buildings Neighborhood View is an e-newsletter that features Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners across the country and highlights news and progress toward achieving energy efficiency goals. Read the latest issue.
Through the Better Buildings Neighborhood Program, communities across the country are improving neighborhoods, creating jobs, and increasing access to energy savings in homes and businesses. Following are some of the news-making innovations and results that Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners are achieving.
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News From Around the Country
Latest DOE News and Blog Posts
- Energy Efficiency Upgrades: Benefiting Homeowners and the Environment, May 9, 2013
- Family-Owned Restaurant Serves Up Huge Energy Savings, May 8, 2013
- Energy Efficiency Upgrades Help Retired Military Officers Save Money, May 7, 2013
- Energy Efficiency Upgrades Help Build Better Neighborhoods, May 6, 2013
- Home Energy Audits: Making Homes More Energy Efficient and Comfortable, March 21, 2013
- Living Comfortably: A Consumer's Guide to Home Energy Upgrades, March 7, 2013
- Philadelphia: The City of Energy Savings, February 28, 2013
- Massachusetts Tests New Home Energy Audit Program, November 28, 2012
- Energy Department Announces New Case Studies, Business Models to Support Energy Efficiency Upgrade Programs—Tools Will Help State and Local Governments and Other Organizations Design High-Impact Programs, July 10,2012
- Making Efficiency a More Efficient Business, July 10, 2012
- Why Did the LED Light Bulb Cross the Road?, January 24, 2012
- Energy Department Announces Major Recovery Act Milestone: 600,000 Homes Weatherized Three Months Ahead of Schedule, December 15, 2011
- Huntsville Celebrates Launch of Home Energy Upgrade Program with Energy Department Support, November 16, 2011
- Santa Barbara County Launches New Home Energy Upgrade Financing Program with Energy Department Support, November 14, 2011
- City of New Orleans Launches Home Energy Efficiency Program, October 3, 2011
- Saving Energy Saves You Money, July 19, 2011
- Help Consumers Save Money by Saving Energy, July 11, 2011
- Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development Launches New Energy Efficiency Program, May 13, 2011
- Los Angeles County and Energy Upgrade California Announce Winners of Home Energy Makeover Contest, May 12, 2011
- Better Homes, Better Buildings, Better Communities, March 21, 2011
Also read news stories about energy efficiency and renewable energy across the country.
News From Around the Country
See news from Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners around the country. The list below provides links to programs that publish news on their websites.
- Austin Energy's Clean Energy Accelerator (Austin, Texas)
- Beacon Communities Project (New Hampshire)
- Better Buildings for Michigan (Michigan)
- Better Buildings Northwest Ohio (Toledo, Ohio)
- Clean Energy Works Oregon (Oregon)
- Community Power Works (Seattle, Washington)
- CPS Energy Savers (San Antonio, Texas)
- Denver Energy Challenge (Denver County, Colorado)
- Efficiency Maine (Maine)
- Energize Northern Westchester (Bedford, New York)
- Energize Phoenix (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Energy Impact Illinois (Chicago, Illinois)
- Energy Smart – Eagle County (Eagle County, Colorado)
- Energy Upgrade California (California)
- Energy Upgrade California in Los Angeles County (Los Angeles County, California)
- EnergySmart (Boulder County, Colorado)
- EnergyWorks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Fayette County Better Buildings (Fayette County, Pennsylvania)
- Garfield Clean Energy (Garfield County, Colorado)
- Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Green Madison (Wisconsin)
- Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) (Charlottesville, Virginia/Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance)
- Lowell Better Buildings Energy Upgrade (Lowell, Massachusetts)
- Missouri Agricultural Energy Saving Team (MAESTRO) (Missouri)
- Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge (Connecticut)
- NEXT STEP Program (Hampton Roads, Virginia/Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance)
- NOLA WISE (New Orleans, Louisiana/Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance)
- reEnergize (Omaha/Lincoln, Nebraska)
- RePower Bainbridge (Bainbridge Island, Washington)
- Small Town Energy Program for University Park (STEP-UP) (University Park, Maryland)
- Solar Energy Loan Fund (St. Lucie County, Florida)