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Accounting for the Value of Energy Resiliency in Buildings
by Thomas G. Bourgeois, Deputy Director Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are fresh in our minds. We read of the homes, businesses, healthcare facilities the customers numbering in the millions who were without power. Although unpleasant for most, not having power, heating...
Pace Energy and Climate Center statement in solidarity with protests against police brutality and racial violence
Pace Energy and Climate Center mourns the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and all victims of police brutality and racially motivated violence. We are in solidarity with those protesting for justice for Black and Brown people and the...
The Continued Relevance of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in the Clean Energy Transition
Seven years ago homes, businesses and factories in New York, on Long Island and across large parts of New Jersey were without power, hot water and heat. A handful of sites, including New York University (NYU), the Long Island Home (Amityville, NY), and the Breevort...
RI Governor Raimondo signs solar legislation
On August 9, Governor Gina M. Raimondo signed legislation supporting the growth of clean energy in Rhode Island in front of a ground-mounted solar array at the Quonset Business Park. The signing ceremony followed the passage of several bills: Renewable...
Pace Energy and Climate Center 30th Anniversary
THE ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF CLEAN ENERGY WORK AT THE PACE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CENTER WHITE PLAINS, NY – Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law today celebrated 30 years of work at the Pace Energy and Climate Center (PECC). For three...
Sharing Resiliency Lessons From Japan on the Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy
Joseph O'Brien-Applegate, Energy Analyst Pace Energy & Climate Center Tom Bourgeois, Deputy Director Pace Energy & Climate Center As we mark the sixth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, its impact is still fresh in the mind of many in the Northeast. These memories are...
Understanding Energy: Electric company fixed fees
We have consistently fought efforts by utilities in NY to increase basic customer charges, which are among the worst/highest in the nation. And we have been winning! In early efforts we stopped increases; recently we have secured reductions in NY’s too high customer...