This week, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the winners of the Mayors Challenge, a contest launched last June to award $9 million to five US cities that come up with innovative ideas for solving major problems and improving quality of life. Out of a pool of more than 300 competitors, three C40 cities — Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia — took home $1 million each to put their ideas into action.
Nine months since its inception, Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative is set to double in size. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday that 18 new buildings will participate in the program, bringing the total area to over 28 million square feet.
C40 Cities' partner organization ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability has released a fact sheet compiling U.S. local government actions for 2012, specifically relating to climate change and extreme weather adaptation.
On Friday, September 21, citizens around the world will celebrate Park(ing) Day. What is Park(ing) Day, you might ask? Park(ing) Day calls for participants to create temporary public parks by transforming metered parking spaces for cars and other vehicles.
Today, our partner, National Geographic City Solutions blog featured an “Expert Voices” piece by Karen Weigert, the City of Chicago’s Chief Sustainability Officer. Weigert provides an update on exciting news from Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative, a voluntary program to accelerate energy efficiency in large commercial spaces across the city.
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