In 2008 and 2009, the City of Houston published an Emissions Reduction Plan that has driven much of the City’s current energy efficiency and renewable energy activity.
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Thursday, March 2, 2017
The City of Houston recently announced an expansion in renewable energy. The city agreed to purchase an additional 20 megawatts of solar power. Today, we examine solar energy with Dr. Gavin Dillingham, program director for clean energy policy at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), and Bill Swann, TXRX Labs.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
"I think the last year gave us a pretty good insight into the next decade. There's going to be significantly more flooding, summers that last longer, more vector-borne diseases," said Gavin Dillingham.
Monday, April 4, 2016
“The transmission project is a great opportunity for clean energy development and the modernization of the grid. However, to make even greater progress, we must focus on the demand-side through energy efficiency.” – HARC’s Gavin Dillingham
Thursday, December 17, 2015
"Expect a city to be operated in an efficient manner that has a more sustainable side," said HARC's Gavin Dillingham on climate change as Houston continues to increase in population.
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Publications, Lectures & Presentations
Life cycle assessment or analysis (LCA) is the technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life.
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Events
Register for Combined Heat and Power as a Source of Resilence in Microgrids webinar on Tuesday, November 13.
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Join the Department of Energy’s Southcentral CHP TAP on November 14 for a half-day workshop on trends, opportunities, and challenges of Combined Heat and Power systems in the education sector.
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Register for the upcoming Energy Needs and Solutions for Oil & Gas Operations: Use of Waste Heat to Power & Combined Heat and Power Upstream to Downstream, on October 29, 2018, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (MDT)
Denver, CO.
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Recent Features
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
HARC's Gavin Dillingham, Program Director, Clean Energy Policy, comments on the impacts and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, with true Houstonian perspective.
Monday, September 11, 2017
The primary story line for Hurricane Harvey is the amount of rain that it dropped on southeast Texas. Some estimates have the total amount at about 27 trillion gallons of water, approximately 86,000 Astrodomes. Much of the region saw significant flooding and recovery will take some time. Fortunately, Hurricane Harvey did not cause significant, long-term power outages.
Monday, June 5, 2017
On Thursday, June 1st, President Trump and his Administration withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. The Agreement was signed December 2015 by 195 countries during COP 21 in Paris (the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties).
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
In December 2015, the Paris Agreement was signed by 195 countries to implement implement carbon reduction programs and technologies to reduce GHG (GHG) emissions.
