Business Sustainability: moving from Thought to Action
"Sustainability is a trending word in today’s business culture. But what does being a sustainable business mean? Why would you want to be a sustainable business? And how do you do it? "
Energy
What small wind technologies are available for your home? How can you reduce your monthly energy bill by making small changes? Find the answers to these questions and more by browsing the information on this energy page.
Factsheets
Designing Your Home for Maximum Natural Light
"There are many benefits to having more natural light in your home. The most obvious of these are the savings you can achieve with a reduced utility bill."
Easy Steps to Reduce Your Energy Bill
"This fact sheet offers ideas on how to reduce your energy consumption using new technologies and conservation practices. With proper implementation, you’ll be well on your way to enjoying a lower energy bill and a healthier environment."
Wind Power in Utah
"Among renewable energy resources, wind power is the 'most mature' and 'cost effective.' People have been using wind power for over 3,000 years and have been generating electrical power from wind for approximately 120 years."
Lesson Plans
Videos & Documentaries
An short video about biochar, which is created through biomass. Biochar can be used for carbon sequestration.
Documentaries
- Switch: To a Smarter Energy Future. This is a film, web and education program to build energy awareness and efficiency, and find practical, balanced solutions to our energy challenges.
- Scaling Wind. Scaling Wind profiles people championing the vision of 20% wind energy in America & explores the primary barriers to this achievement.
- Wind Uprising. This documentary chronicles the turbulent journey shared by an entrepreneur and an engineer who broke trail for wind energy in Utah.
- What’s Happening in Our Forest? Forest Health and Biomass. A four-minute, animated short film developed by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
More Resources
Websites
- Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives Montana State University and University of Wyoming Extension created curriculum addressing energy efficiency and small renewable energy technologies for home, farm, and ranch
- The Future of Coal in Utah a study looking at the market factors, uncertainties, future scenarios, and options for coal in Utah
Fact Sheets
Business Sustainability: moving from Thought to Action
"Sustainability is a trending word in today’s business culture. But what does being a sustainable business mean? Why would you want to be a sustainable business? And how do you do it? "
Designing Your Home for Maximum Natural Light
"There are many benefits to having more natural light in your home. The most obvious of these are the savings you can achieve with a reduced utility bill."
Easy Steps to Reduce Your Energy Bill
"This fact sheet offers ideas on how to reduce your energy consumption using new technologies and conservation practices. With proper implementation, you’ll be well on your way to enjoying a lower energy bill and a healthier environment."
Rural Connections: Our Energy Future
"IN THIS ISSUE: The Energy Future of Rural America; Ten-Year Energy Vision-Western Governors' Association Energy Initiative; Energy in a Global Economy; The Sociology of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Renewable Energy: Implications for Rural Development and Ru...
Wind Power in Utah
"Among renewable energy resources, wind power is the 'most mature' and 'cost effective.' People have been using wind power for over 3,000 years and have been generating electrical power from wind for approximately 120 years."
Additional Fact Sheets
Journal Articles & Reports
A Primer in Community-Based Social Marketing
"Do you want to produce specific behavioral changes within your community?"
An Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts from the Development of Wind Power Plants in San Juan County, Utah
"This report is comprised of three sections. Part I briefly discusses wind development trends in the United States and Utah, including how U.S. rural communities are benefiting economically from wind power development. Part II includes the JEDI analysis f...
An Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts from the Development of Wind Power Plants in Summit County, Utah
"This report is comprised of four sections. Part I briefly discusses wind development trends in the United States and Utah, including how U.S. rural communities are benefiting economically from wind power development. Part II provides an overview of consi...
An Analysis of the Economic Impact on Box Elder County, Utah, from the Development of Wind Power Plants
"The purpose of this report is to provide information for decision-makers by quantifying the likely economic impact of wind development in Box Elder County in the state of Utah."
An Analysis of the Economic Impact on Cache County, Utah, from the Development of Wind Power Plants
"This report is comprised of two sections. Part I overviews the JEDI Model as an analytical tool and provides the economic results of the JEDI analysis for two potential wind project scenarios in Cache County. Part II discusses some important implications...
Greener Reality: Jobs, skills, and equity in a cleaner U.S. economy
"We do not offer a blueprint for action, but a framework of possibility: a platform upon which the policy and politics of a more generous and green America can be built."
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