Climate change, including temperature increases, sea level rise, and changes in the intensity and frequency of hurricanes and other extreme events, may negatively impact the future cost and profitability of doing business. This new report by ICF International for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change outlines a practical business approach to analyzing and adapting to the risks of climate change.
April 2009. Prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), this report examines the status, restrainers, drivers, and estimated development potential of mid-scale (10-5000 kW) distributed wind energy projects. ICF Vice President Robert Kwartin and an ICF team wrote the report.
February 2009. With the economic stimulus bill passed, the U.S. Department of Energy and state and local governments must prepare to effectively administer large sums of money in a short period of time. This white paper proposes action steps that could be taken to greatly increase the prospects for effective and efficient use of the energy-related stimulus funds.
April 2009. This paper explores ways that federal and state agencies can act to quickly and efficiently stimulate the economy while simultaneously complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and similar state environmental review laws, sometimes referred to as "Little NEPAs." This paper also summarizes how the NEPA environmental review process can be streamlined within the framework of existing laws and regulations.
A quick review of Fortune 100 Web sites finds that 71 percent of the nation’s leading companies place great importance on environmental sustainability. Reducing the environmental impact of work can help organizations cut costs, enhance their brands, improve investor relations, and attract and retain high quality workforces. ICF International suggests that another way to develop environmental sustainability is to analyze current labor market jobs to assess their environmental impacts; that is, to measure their greenness.
January 2009. To meet the energy, economic, and environmental challenges of this new century, the United States needs new models for delivering energy efficiency on a larger scale and at a faster pace than ever before. This brief white paper explores three such models: infrastructure investment, market aggregation and transformation, and outsourcing.
Recently signed Executive Order 13514 (EO 13514) strives to improve energy efficiency and environmental performance in federal agencies. This article provides an overview of the EO, summarizes the EO’s key provisions and their time frame for implementation, describes the EO's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) provision, and offers some conclusions about EO 13514 in practice.
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