Energy

Ross & Associates assists government agencies and their partners to identify and pursue strategic opportunities to advance energy efficiency and clean energy development. We are building catalytic networks of organizations working on innovative approaches to scale energy efficiency and clean energy activity in the U.S. and internationally. Using these networks, we are helping to rapidly harvest and diffuse learning and best practices through collaborative processes and toolkits. We also have expertise in providing policy and programmatic support addressing industrial energy efficiency, as well as energy efficiency retrofits of residential and commercial buildings.

Selected Projects in This Area

Encouraging Energy Efficiency through the BetterBuildings Program

Ross & Associates is providing facilitation, program development, and grantee network building support to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) BetterBuildings program. Ross & Associates facilitated the first two workshops of Energy Efficiency Community Development Block Grant (EECBG) Retrofit Ramp-Up recipients in July and September 2010, and is working with DOE to develop and execute strategic approaches to foster on-going information sharing, rapid learning, and collaborative tool development involving grantees.

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Lean, Energy & Climate Toolkit

The Lean and Energy ToolkitRoss & Associates wrote and produced EPA’s Lean, Energy & Climate Toolkit, which offers Lean implementers practical strategies and techniques for improving Lean results—waste elimination, quality enhancement, and delivery of value to customers—while reducing energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, costs, and risk. The toolkit also introduces Lean practitioners to the extensive array of energy management and greenhouse gas reduction resources available from EPA, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and other organizations.

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