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If Your Community had a Million Dollars: Understanding Performance Contracting What Could Your Locality do with an Extra Million Dollars? Most of us can still hum the 90’s song, If...

In the Age of Solar Securitization, Is It Time For Real Third-Party Assurance? As Featured on Greentech Media In early November, the Solar Industry reached an important milestone. SolarCity, the...

A Case For ABAA - A Contractor's Perspective As Featured on Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) I've been in your shoes as a contractor; you're bidding projects relentlessly, trying to...

The New Energy ROI - Part III Increase Your Energy Return on Investment In this final installment in the Energy ROI series, we will focus on practical implications of how...

Creating Economic Advantage through Third Party Solutions   Every city and county manager is looking for ways to improve municipal service efficiency in a cost effective manner.  In fact, you...

The New Energy ROI - Part II In our previous Energy ROI thought leadership piece, we reviewed an energy acronym called ROI which proposed that Resiliency, Optionality and Efficiency are...

The New Energy ROI - Part I Resilience | Optionality | Intelligence Energy has become a hot topic for cities, counties and states. However, when words become buzzwords we need...

National Quality Assurance Standard: A Bright Idea for the Solar PV Energy Market The rise of Solar PV is being driven by attractive financing options. The Residential Solar PV industry...

Your Energy Future: Alliances Required! How do we prepare for our energy future? This is an important question for our staff and partners at IBTS. Our work with dozens of...

Broadening Solar PV Implementation (Originally Published in the December issue of ICMA's online magazine PM Plus) The solar PV industry provides a great opportunity for creating jobs, saving energy, and putting...