Do you know where the electricity in your house comes from? Coal? Solar? Nuclear? The answer impacts everything from climate change to environmental justice. That’s why we write stories about the local effort to make Austin’s energy supply more sustainable.
Tickets are now available for the 20th Annual Cool House Tour on June 12th! Tickets can be purchased in advance online for $20 (plus a $1 processing fee). Tickets are also available at TreeHouse and Zinger Hardware. The Cool House Tour is an annual self-guided tour
After a lot of debate, Austin Energy has decided to back away from a plan to build a new natural gas plant in Austin. At last week’s Electric Utility Commission meeting, Austin Energy announced that it has at least temporarily abandoned the plan. The reason comes down
The 20th Annual Cool House Tour is looking for volunteers! A 3-hour shift greeting tour-goers and checking for tickets gets you a free pass to this nationally recognized tour of sustainable homes. There will even be short training prior to the tour so you are well equipped to
Sponsored Post – from NATiVE NATiVE is a proud member of CleanTX, an economic development and professional association that is accelerating the growth of the cleantech industry in Texas through information exchange, thought leadership, and strategic partnerships. Founded in 2006, this is the nonprofit economic development and
Over the past seven months, Austin Energy customers have purchased more than 100,000 LED lightbulbs, saving more than 3.1 million kilowatt-hours(kWh) of electricity. That’s the equivalent of powering 260 average-size homes year-round. This big boost in LED purchases was made possible by an Austin Energy discount offered on
Sponsored Post – from Revolve Solar You know how everything’s generally bigger in Texas? Well, depending on how you interpret the latest numbers from the 2015 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, the amount of solar in the Lone Star state did get a little bit
Sponsored Post – from the Austin Earth Day Festival This series introduces the sponsors of Austin Earth Day Festival in the weeks leading up to our April 23rd event. It’s great to be able to feature these businesses and organizations that are helping to make
“…Austin has become a city where good ideas become real,” said Austin Mayor Steve Adler to a packed crowd at the ZACH Theatre. Earlier this week he was at the theater to deliver his annual State of the City Address. Kind of like the president’s State
Nestled 25 miles north of Austin in conservative Williamson County sits the first city in the United States to officially make the switch to 100 percent renewable energy. Georgetown, with a population of roughly 55,000 people, announced in spring of 2015 that its city-owned utility
Sponsored Post – from Revolve Solar Although it comes a month later than usual, the Oncor solar rebate program has finally returned. Officially dubbed ‘The Oncor 2016 Solar Photovoltaic Standard Offer Program’ (“SPVSOP”), this program offers financial incentives to energy-savvy Texans looking to install
Guest Post – from Al Braden Al Braden is a longtime climate activist and energy policy wonk located here in Austin. In recent posts, he’s taken readers behind the scenes into the negotiations behind the future of energy generation in Austin. At stake is a
Austin continues to be a leader in the adoption of renewable energy with the help of a new $4.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. This week the city’s electric utility, Austin Energy, announced that it had won the award, which will enable it to,