For Immediate Release July 15, 2022 The recent passing of Jaime Lerner in 2021 provides a timely moment to evaluate the legacy of Lerner and the city he had a major role in defining: Curitiba, Brazil. A new article by Deborah L. Bleviss makes the case that the innovative principles underlying the original design of […]

State and local governments, along with civil actors, are transforming U.S. energy-climate-society relations according to the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment For Immediate Release June 14, 2022 New York — Despite national climate and energy policy failure in the United States, the American people, through their state and local governments and regional partnerships, have […]

For Immediate ReleaseJuly 5, 2022 Dr. John Byrne told a Korean television audience that as the renewable energy markets have grown in the United States, coal markets have declined. This means disappearing jobs for coal workers and rapidly increasing jobs in renewable energy industries. He said creative ways are in the works to make it […]

For Immediate Release June 3, 2022 NEW YORK – In a talk to the Korean Energy Transition Forum, Dr. John Byrne called it a paradox that despite national climate and energy policy failure in the United States, the American people, through their state and local governments and regional partnerships, have been successful in their demands […]

The FREE research team has recently completed an investigation into the development of a energy efficiency opportunity estimation tool that can profile city-wide savings opportunities. A full report of the research effort, titled “Developing a Building-by-Building Estimate of City-wide Electricity Savings Potential: An Early Trial for the City of Wilmington, Delaware”, has been published on […]