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Share your voice on regional climate action

Please join the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) in a community meeting on Monday, December 11th, 2023, 4-5:50 pm to have a say in how your air quality can be improved through climate action.

To learn more about this initiative and to start giving us feedback, visit here

To attend the meeting, register here: register here

Residential Tax Credits And Rebates: Energy Efficiency, Solar, EVs, And More!

Follow the three steps below to learn how you or your family can save on utility bills, get support to purchase energy-saving appliances, electric vehicles, and access the economic opportunities of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) tax credits and rebates!

Next, dive deeper with the following resources:

Are you a business, non-profit, or educational institution? There are tax credits and rebates for you too!

E-Bike Rebates from the State of Colorado:

The Colorado Energy Office has launched their electric bicycle (e-bike) rebates for Colorado residents! Rebate amount is based on income:

Low-income applicants, whose household income is below 80% of the area median income, are eligible to receive up to $1,500 towards the purchase of an e-Bike.
Moderate-income applicants, whose household income is between 80-100% of the area median income, are eligible to receive up to $900 towards the purchase of an e-Bike.

The application window for this program will be open for about one week each month starting in August, 2023. Applicants will be randomly selected to receive a discount voucher that can be used at participating e-Bike retailers.

Visit the Colorado Energy Office website to apply!

Sustainability News

Highlights from progress on the Sustainability Plan:

Since the Sustainability Plan was adopted in 2020, the City has made great strides in implementing the strategies and achieving targets. Learn more about our progress and read the Sustainability Plan Report (2020-2022)

Westy Fest: Zero Waste Impact Report with r.Cup:

This year's Westy Fest featured r.cup, a reusable beverage container that allowed attendees to enjoy local craft brewers in a zero-waste manner.

~4,000 single-use cups eliminated
54lbs of waste diverted
102 lbs of CO2 eliminated
!,230 gallons of water saved
300 KWh of energy saved

Learn more about r.cup here

In addition, through a partnership with Scraps Compost, we achieved an ~85% waste diversion rate. Broken down, this looked like:

820 lbs of compost
340 lbs of recycling
32 lbs of candy wrappers to be terracycled
210 lbs of trash

Congratulations to Growing Home--2023 SAGE Sustainable Business of the Year!

The 2023 Sustainable Business of the Year Award was awarded to Growing Home. Growing Home, in partnership with the community, advances equity in food, housing, parenting education, and lifelong stability to create lasting change for the future. They also envision a thriving, healthy, and equitable community for all.

So why was Growing Home chosen as the SAGE Sustainable Business of the Year? They stood out among SAGE businesses in the following ways:

They’ve improved their daily operations by starting a compost service and have upgraded to high efficiency appliances
They’re encouraging food security and local agriculture through the maintenance of a community garden
They’re partnering with the City on a pilot program to provide air purifiers to residents in an effort to address air quality and respiratory health concerns
And they are a two-time SAGE Accelerator Grant recipient

Learn more about Growing Home

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