I'm helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: designing a library for the future
Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way! As a community, we’re committed to reach…
This week, City officials unveiled Austin Energy’s showcase for electric transportation in the new Seaholm EcoDistrict – Electric Drive. The area is located on a portion of West 2nd Street between Walter Seaholm Drive and Sandra Muraida Way, and is a mobility hub that features charging options for two- and four wheel electric vehicles.
At the ceremony, Mayor Steve Adler was joined by Council Member Ann Kitchen, Austin Energy General M…
I’m helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: reducing food waste at my business, Bento Picnic!
Meet Leanne Valenti, owner of…
In the heart of downtown sits a former power plant that once served as the sole power source for the City of Austin. In its heyday, the Seaholm Power Plant could produce up to 120 megawatts of power. But as Austin's population continued to grow, other plants were built to keep up with the rising power demand, decreasing the city's reliance on Seaholm. The plant was eventually decommissioned in 1989, and it lay derelict for many years.
Around 2004, a major effort to transform this area from a contaminated brownfield to an ecologically resilient neighborhood dis…
As Austin’s new Central Library enters its completion stage, Austin Energy Solar Inspectors David Burgos and Rorey Voigt inspected the solar arrays at the downtown library. As with any solar project within Austin Energy’s area, inspections are needed to ensure that the solar installation is compliant with the National Electric Code and the utility’s interconnection guidelines.
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Most people think gardens are good for one thing – growing fresh fruits and vegetables. But the community garden designed and constructed by the Green STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) Academy students at Mendez Middle School is doing so much more. Their Bright Green Future Grant project has big plans to feed surrounding residents, teach students about how to run a small business, reduce waste, and improve the health and well-being of the Dove Spr…
I’m helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: developing Austin's youth bicycle riders to give them the skills and confidence they need to ride independently
Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way! As a community, we’re committed to…
In a year of stellar Bright Green Future Grants projects, the “farm” at Bailey Middle School stands out as one-of-a-kind. But first, a little backstory.
Over the last two years, Bright Green Future Grants have funded several successful gardening projects at Bailey. Not content to stop there, Mike Berryman,…
I’m helping to make Austin Net-Zero by: doing more with less
Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way! As a community, we’re committed to reaching the target of Net-Zero greenh…
While classes are over and summer has begun for most students, some who are sustainability-minded are still going to school for a few more weeks. However, you probably won’t hear them complaining when the alarm clock goes off, because they’re working to complete green projects that they helped envision and design.
In January, the City of Austin’s Bright Green Future Grant program…