Climate Showcase Communities Program
EPA's Climate Showcase Communities Program helps local and tribal governments pilot innovative, cost-effective, and replicable community-based greenhouse gas reduction projects. There are 50 Climate Showcase Communities across the U.S. that represent a range of cities, towns, counties, regional governments, and tribal nations. Your community can learn from these pilot projects and replicate their successes.
Madison, Wisconsin is one of EPA's 50 Climate Showcase Communities. Sustain Dane, the City's only comprehensive sustainability organization, runs the MPower Business ChaMpion program. It is a voluntary program that helps businesses identify and accomplish five carbon reduction projects over the course of a year. Sustain Dane provides the resources and tools that businesses need to achieve their carbon reductions, and the businesses save money.
EPA's Climate Showcase Communities Program helps local and tribal governments pilot innovative, cost-effective, and replicable community-based greenhouse gas reduction projects. At the annual Climate Showcase Communities workshop, community representatives from across the country gather to share stories, advice, and lessons learned. Benefits include: renewed inspiration and insight about making your community climate project a success. Your community can learn from these pilot projects and replicate their successes.
EPA's Climate Showcase Communities Program helps local governments and tribal nations pilot innovative, cost-effective and replicable community-based greenhouse gas reduction projects. There are 50 Climate Showcase Communities across the United States. Each community is piloting an innovative climate mitigation strategy. These pilot projects are helping communities reduce energy use and save money through creative energy production, residential and commercial energy efficiency, waste management, transportation and land use projects. Any community can take action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution -- and improve people's health and quality of life by reducing air pollution, making communities more walkable, and reducing energy bills at the same time. Your community can learn from these pilot projects and replicate their successes.
EPA's Climate Showcase Communities Program helps local governments and tribal nations pilot innovative, cost-effective and replicable community-based greenhouse gas reduction projects. There are 50 Climate Showcase Communities across the United States. Each community is piloting an innovative climate mitigation strategy. These pilot projects are helping communities reduce energy use and save money through creative energy production, residential and commercial energy efficiency, waste management, transportation and land use projects. Any community can take action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution -- and improve people's health and quality of life by reducing air pollution, making communities more walkable, and reducing energy bills at the same time. Your community can learn from these pilot projects and replicate their successes.
EPA's Climate Showcase Communities Program helps local governments and tribal nations pilot innovative, cost-effective and replicable community-based greenhouse gas reduction projects. There are 50 Climate Showcase Communities across the United States. Each community is piloting an innovative climate mitigation strategy. These pilot projects are helping communities reduce energy use and save money through creative energy production, residential and commercial energy efficiency, waste management, transportation and land use projects. Any community can take action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution -- and improve people's health and quality of life by reducing air pollution, making communities more walkable, and reducing energy bills at the same time. Your community can learn from these pilot projects and replicate their successes.
Hear from EPA’s Climate Showcase Communities about the value of being part of EPA’s Climate Showcase Communities network. If your community would like to get involved in this network of communities that are pioneering local sustainability projects, learn more and get in touch with us by visiting the Climate Showcase Communities page. See presentations from our recent Climate Showcase Communities Replication Workshop, highlighting successful local and tribal government climate and energy projects
EPA’s Climate Showcase Communities Program helps local governments and tribal nations pilot innovative, cost-effective and replicable community-based greenhouse gas reduction projects. Fifty Climate Showcase Communities across the United States are leading projects in energy production, residential and commercial energy efficiency, waste management, transportation and land use that reduce energy use and save money.
Any community can take action to reduce greenhouse gas pollution – and improve people’s health and quality of life. EPA can help your community learn from these pilot projects and replicate their successes through peer exchange, training, and technical support. Interested in learning more and taking action? Contact us.
Showcase Map
Project Title | Govt. Name | State | Project Type | Population | Govt. Type |
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Activating the Seattle 2030 District | City of Seattle | WA | Efficiency–Commercial | 594000 | City |
Advancing GHG Reduction Through Affordable Housing | James City County | VA | Efficiency–Residential | 48000 | County |
Baltimore Non-profit GHG Reductions Program | City of Baltimore | MD | Efficiency–Commercial | 638000 | City |
Building a Municipal Energy Conservation Corps | City of Springfield | MA | Efficiency–Public Buildings | 152000 | City |
Building Capacity Through Intergovernmental Partnerships | City of Warwick | RI | Multiple | 86000 | City |
Central New York Climate Change Innovation Program | Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board | NY | Multiple | 782000 | Regional Council |
City Green: The District | City of Columbia | MO | Efficiency–Commercial | 99000 | City |
Climate-Wise Community Program | La Plata County | CO | Multiple | 50000 | County |
Cold Climate Community Solutions | City of Duluth | MN | Efficiency–Residential | 84000 | City |
COOL CAP | Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians | OR | Renewables | 1600 | Tribal |
Community Based Biofuel Program | Monroe County | NY | Renewables | 734000 | County |
Density That Works: EcoVillage Concepts | Tompkins County | NY | Smart Growth | 101000 | County |
Denver Energy Challenge | City and County of Denver | CO | Multiple | 599000 | County |
Development of a Freight Efficiency Outreach Center | North Central Texas Council of Governments | TX | Transportation | 6260000 | Regional |
Efficiency and GHG Reduction on the Northern Cheyenne Tribe Reservation | Northern Cheyenne Tribe | MT | Efficiency–Public Buildings | 4000 | Tribal |
Energize Corvallis | City of Corvallis | OR | Multiple | 55000 | City |
Eugene SmartTrips | City of Eugene | OR | Transportation | 138000 | City |
Expanding River-Friendly Landscaping Practices | Sacramento County | CA | Heat Island | 1200000 | County |
Fort Yukon Greenhouse Project | Tanana Chiefs Conference | AK | Combined Heat and Power | 610 | Tribal |
GHG Reductions for Marginalized Communities | City and County of Honolulu | HI | Efficiency–Residential | 876000 | County |
GHG Reduction Through Home Energy Affordability Loan Program | City of Little Rock | AR | Efficiency–Commercial | 189000 | City |
Green Homes Challenge | Frederick County | MD | Efficiency–Residential | 224000 | County |
Hailey Community Climate Challenge | City of Hailey | ID | Multiple | 8000 | City |
Healthy Energy Living Project | Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma | OK | Efficiency–Commercial | 80000 | Tribal |
Home Energy Retrofits for All | Town of Greenfield | MA | Efficiency–Residential | 18500 | Town |
Houston Climate Showcase | City of Houston | TX | Transportation | 2200000 | City |
Industrial Packaging Prevention and Reuse Project | Alameda County Waste Management Authority | CA | Waste Management | 1491000 | County |
Innovative Master Planning for the South Kitsap Industrial Area | City of Bremerton | WA | Smart Growth | 37500 | City |
Integrating ME3 and BPS at Landfills | Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission | OH | Waste Management | 2000000 | Regional |
Maximizing GHG Reductions through Food Waste Diversion | Humboldt Waste Management Authority | CA | Waste Management | 130000 | County |
Mpower ChaMpions | City of Madison | WI | Efficiency–Commercial | 229000 | City |
Reading, Riding and Retrofit | Land of Sky Regional Planning Council | NC | Efficiency–Public Buildings | 300000 | Regional |
Red and Blue and Green All Over | Town of Cary | NC | Efficiency–Public Buildings | 113000 | Town |
Reducing GHGs Through Neighborhood Home Efficiency Upgrades | Durham City-County | NC | Efficiency–Residential | 223000 | County |
Reduction of GHGs Through Innovative Climate Projects | Gila River Indian Community | AZ | Multiple | 14000 | Tribal |
Reenergizing Our Urban Community Efficiently | City of Aiken | SC | Efficiency–Residential | 29000 | City |
Regional Circuit Rider for EE in Local Government Operations | Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission | PA | Efficiency–Public Buildings | 2439000 | Regional |
Santa Ynez Chumash Community Energy Project | Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians | CA | Multiple | 4300 | Tribal |
Smarter Sustainable Dubuque | City of Dubuque | IA | Transportation | 58000 | City |
Sustainable Energy Efficiency Demonstration Projects | Township of Cherry Hill | NJ | Efficiency–Public Buildings | 70000 | Township |
Sustainable Transportation for a Sustainable Future | Salt Lake City | UT | Transportation | 182000 | City |
The Chicago Green Health Care Initiative | City of Chicago | IL | Efficiency–Commercial | 2800000 | City |
The Green Cincinnati Plan | City of Cincinnati | OH | Multiple | 331000 | City |
The Small Cities Climate Action Partnership | City of El Cerrito | CA | Efficiency | 23000 | City |
The Student Conservation Corps | West Chester Area School District | PA | Efficiency–Commercial | 83000 | School District |
Tri County Small Business Efficiency Program | Lewis and Clark County | MT | Efficiency–Commercial | 60000 | County |
Using Landfill Gas to Recycle Glass and Provide Energy to the Metropolitan Detention Center | City of Albuquerque, New Mexico | NM | Landfill Methane | 508000 | City |
West Union Green Downtown | West Union, Iowa | IA | Renewables | 2550 | City |
Whatcom Energy Challenge | City of Bellingham | WA | Efficiency | 76000 | City |