Energy Efficiency

Webinar - States Taking Action to Align Utility Policies with Environment and Energy Goals

This August 2022 webinar featured three state regulatory experts on how states are increasingly adjusting and adopting programs to incorporate a broader set of environment and energy goals.

Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Policy Toolkit

EPA’s Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Policy Toolkit aims to inform and support state and local government decision makers who are planning to adopt existing building policies

State, Local, and Tribal Webinar Series

Explore webinars and EPA resources tailored for state, local, and tribal governments to plan energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate, clean energy, and electrification policies and programs.

How the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Affects Light Bulbs

Inefficient light bulbs are being phased out under the "New Light Bulb Law." It does not sweepingly ban incandescent bulbs, just those not energy efficient (with some exemptions). It also includes many provisions not pertaining to lighting.

Webinar - Learn about the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool

This State and Local Climate and Energy Program webinar provides an overview of the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA). COBRA allows you to quantify the health benefits of air, climate, and energy policies and programs.

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Energy Savings and Impact Scenarios Tool description and how to access.

AVERT Webinars

This January 2023 webinar introduced AVERT 4.0, which allows users to model the "tailpipe to smokestack" energy and emissions impacts of electric vehicles. Results are presented at the county, state, and regional level, and can be incorporated into COBRA.

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2005 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award (Merck & Co., Inc.)

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2005 award winner, Merck, designed an atom-economical, energy- and water-saving, convergent synthesis for aprepitant, the active ingredient in Emend, a drug for nausea and vomiting.

Webinar - Introducing the Energy Savings and Impacts Scenario Tool

Recording and slides related to the December 2021 webinar introducing EPA's Energy Savings and Impacts Scenario Tool (ESIST).