feature2Green school retrofit provides real-world lab for students at Grant Union High School

The AP environmental science class is taking baseline measurements as part of a larger project to make the gym at Grant High School dramatically brighter thanks to a $10,000 PG&E grant. Read More »

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Sacramento's Better Buildings Challenge

Building owners and managers in Sacramento are pledging to save 20% of their energy and water use, by 2020, in their selected buildings. Learn how you can get involved. Read More »

 feature22012 Greenwise Progress Report

The work of Greenwise Joint Venture is focused on three transformational goals related to the Economy, the Environment, and Engagement. See our Progress Report for Year One, March 2012-March 2013. Read More »

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High-solid anaerobic digestion system provides power to American River Packaging

High-solid anaerobic digestion system provides power to American River Packaging

The Clean World Organic Waste Conversion Center (developed by Clean World Partners) is based on anaerobic digestion technology developed at UC Davis. It converts food waste, agricultural residue and other organic waste into renewable energy, fertilizer and soil enhancements.

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Senate Bill 375

The Sacramento region:
Where innovative policy is implemented

Senate Bill 375, authored by Senator Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2008, requires the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop regional greenhouse gas emission targets for automobiles and light trucks.

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UC Davis

U.C. Davis Aggies are number 1 in the nation for recycling and composting

On October 23, 2010, 6,385 fans in Aggie Stadium generated 885 pounds of trash. Guess how much went into the landfill? Only 90 pounds. 795 pounds were diverted to recycling and composting—a diversion rate of 90 percent—and enough to win the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual WasteWise Game Day Challenge.

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McClellan Business Park

McClellan Business Park: an emerging clean technology center

A small cluster of clean tech companies is emerging on the site of a former Air Force base. In 1999 the County of Sacramento took over the former McClellan Air Force Base, and with the help of a private company, began redeveloping it into a commercial space. The site consists of 3,000 acres with approximately 8.5 million square feet of useable buildings.

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Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity builds green

In the 25 years since it was founded, the Sacramento Habitat for Humanity has built 77 homes for low-income families. All of these homes incorporate energy efficiency features, and seven of them were built to LEED Gold and LEED Platinum standards. These high-energy efficiency standards mean that the highest monthly utility bill in these homes is $1.50.

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open space

Open space planning in the Sacramento region

The Sacramento Valley is home to significant natural resources and diverse landscapes, habitats and wildlife species. Efforts to protect and sustain the region’s ecosystem are included in a number of existing initiatives.

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American River

Regional water planning

The Sacramento Area Water Forum prescribes a regional conjunctive use program for Folsom Lake, the lower American River, and the connected basins within Sacramento County to address the region’s resources and environmental protection needs.

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