This guide is designed to help city government staff work with internal communications teams, stakeholders, media, and the broader community when publicly launching a program.
This guide provides an overview of what case studies and fact sheets are, how to develop them, and also provides city examples from Boston, Reno, and Des Moines.
This guide explains the value of press releases for a city’s communications strategy and provides details on how to write press releases and make the most out of them.
This guide details the elements of a good energy story and provides tips on getting in contact with the media.
Stronger energy codes and more widespread code compliance can help change the tide on energy affordability.
This primer provides an overview to key issues in energy efficiency financing and existing financing and emerging energy efficiency-focused financing mechanisms.
This fact sheet provides an overview of the ways in which city officials can make available tools and mechanisms for financing efficiency in private sector buildings.
This fact sheet provides an overview of the ways city officials can finance energy efficiency investments in municipal buildings.
These data collection forms can be used in support of the Assessment Methodology for Code Compliance in Medium to Large Cities guide, and are intended for use by evaluators to gather the appropriate information on energy code compliance.
This guide is a plug-and-play methodology designed for cities to evaluate the process of building practices through the lens of code compliance.