Climate change and rising energy costs have brought resource efficiency to the forefront of many communities' agendas. Our thoughtful and dedicated team works with municipalities to identify goals, design appropriate policies and pioneer successful programs designed to solve their unique challenges. By providing exceptional technical assistance, leveraging resources and building community engagement, SEI helps communities reach their climate and energy goals and achieve greater sustainability.
Resilient Communities
Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Fund (SEED Fund)
The Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Fund is designed to empower public agencies to overcome barriers to clean energy adoption. With funding from the California Solar Initiative’s Research Design & Development, the SEED Fund demonstrated a business model that leverages a revolving fund mechanism to develop regional group purchases of solar photovoltaic.
Solar in Your Community Challenge
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, the $5 million Solar in Your Community (SYC) Challenge aims to inspire the ingenuity of the American people to explore, pilot, and scale new business models, financial innovations and other creative market-based solutions to make solar accessible to low and moderate income (LMI) households, non-profits and governmental organizations.
The goal of this Challenge is to make solar significantly more accessible to low and moderate income (LMI) households, non-profits and governmental organizations, through replicable business and financial models. To overcome current market barriers that block access for these market segments, teams need to design, plan, and pilot new and scalable business and financial models through the demonstration of solar projects and programs in their communities.
Climate Corps
Climate Corps is a fellowship program that provides incredible professional development opportunities for emerging climate protection leaders through implementation of climate change resiliency projects with local governments, non-profits, and for-profit businesses. For more information, visit the Climate Corps website.
Sustainable Energy Roadmap
Sustainable Energy Roadmap (SER) provided a critical pathway for San Joaquin Valley communities to become resilient. This effort was focused on supporting Valley communities to set and pursue goals related to smart growth, transportation, land use, climate, and energy. The program was sponsored by California’s Strategic Growth Council through Proposition 84 funding.
