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Sustainability is Not an Upgrade

By Gerry Braun and Mark Braly (This is an article which appeared in the Davis Enterprise with minor corrections.) The City of Davis and UC Davis have climate…
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Davis could be carbon-neutral by 2035; community energy choice is key

From Davis Enterprise, July 5,2015 By aggressively pursuing renewable energy — mainly solar and wind — and reducing energy use through energy-efficiency improvements to existing buildings, Davis could eliminate its…
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Community Choice Energy CEOs share experience with Davis

Davis Enterprise, by Dave Ryan, April 24, 2015 | For Community Choice Energy program members in Marin, Sonoma, Contra Costa and Napa Counties, it can be lonely out there….
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Davis Takes Another Step Toward $5,000,000 for Energy Efficiency

Davis has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Georgetown University Energy prize, a nationwide competition that challenges medium size communities across the US to rethink their energy…
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Davis’ Best Design Talent, Bourne and Corbett
Produce ZNE Condos

Parkview Place, a Zero Net Energy six-condominium project, is a living fact on the ground at 4th and D streets in Davis. Fully occupied, the project may be the…
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The Cannery Not Quite Zero Net Energy

The Cannery, which may be Davis’ last large development, is emerging on the site of the old Hunt-Wesson tomato processing plant. The New Home Company, the developer, expects to…
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UCDavis’ Domes Pioneer Sustainability

From the New York Times, Jan.21, 2015 DAVIS, Calif. — The trill of panpipes from a yurt wafted across the mulch hillocks of the Domes, a 1970s experiment…
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West Village Progress Toward ZNE Goal

UC Davis West Village is the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. It is on track to demonstrate, for the first time, that zero net…
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Straw bale House a First for Davis

Hammond + Playle Architects By Tanya Perez Davis Enterprise | October 19, 2014 Driving by the old Dairy Queen at 909 Fifth St., you get the feeling you might…
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Honda House Produces More Energy Than It Uses

By TODD WOODY The New York Times MARCH 25, 2014 DAVIS, Calif. — As more homeowners generate their own electricity from solar panels, they still need power from…
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Davis’ Best Design Talent, Bourne and Corbett
Produce ZNE Condos

Parkview Place, a Zero Net Energy six-condominium project, is a living fact on the ground at 4th and D streets in Davis. Fully occupied, the project may be the…
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