Cleveland
RMI's Cuyahoga Regeneration Project focused on specific projects that would simultaneously restore natural systems and strengthen economic development along the Cuyahoga River ship channel. For more information, see RMI's Summer '04 Newsletter. Also, RMI reports can be found here.
Presidio
This unusual place is a national park that looks more like a small city or business park within the City of San Francisco. RMI conducted a workshop and research that resulted in several recommendations for improving the Park's environmental performance, including institutionalizing sustainability, focusing on energy, defining goals, and aligning business systems to support sustainability.
Ports of Seattle and Tacoma
RMI conducted an innovation workshop with the Ports that resulted in several projects to strengthen the ports' environmental performance.
San Francisco
RMI developed an Energy Resource Investment Strategy for the City. RMI developed a technology assessment and scenario analysis of alternative electricity futures, then prioritized the investments (in energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy, distributed generation, and transmission and distribution solutions) and created a resource plan to meet the City's needs for reliable, economic power. The plan was adopted and is being implemented. For more information, see RMI's Summer '04 Newsletter.
Palo Alto
RMI helped City of Palo Alto Utilities implement energy resource and portfolio planning. RMI reviewed the current electric resource plan, designed economic criteria for efficiency programs, prioritized efficiency program strategies, and evaluated the potential for local energy resources. These options included energy efficiency, renewable sources, distributed co-generation, and conventional generation. RMI helped to integrate supply- and demand-side options into risk-managed, least-cost portfolios with a high intensity of renewable resources.
Sacramento
RMI helped Sacramento Municipal Utility District identify its risk exposure based on its GHG emissions. RMI then developed a GHG management strategy that will allow SMUD to minimize its exposure to future physical and regulatory risks in California and position itself for possible future financial benefits. These options focused heavily on distributed resources in the SMUD service territory that would enhance the District’s Integrated Resource Plan.
Beijing
RMI provided sustainability and LEED consulting services to the Century Prosper Center, a 1.6-million-square-foot twin-towered office building in Beijing's central business district. The project will set a standard in high-rise development through exceptional energy and resource efficiency and superior indoor environmental quality.
Salt Lake City
For Daybreak, a mixed-use development, RMI assisted with the formulation of environmental guidelines that require homebuilders to adopt a selective list of components that create climate-responsive architecture.
Sarasota County
For the County's Economic Development Corporation, RMI conducted a workshop that developed several green economic-development initiatives, including a nonprofit to research and analyze full-market and benefits-capture of local sustainability strategies, a local sustainability branding initiative, a local food production effort, and a holistic landscaping business.
Hawaii County
RMI was commissioned to review the County's goals, develop a whole-system conceptual framework to evaluate the goals, make recommendations that would help the County lead by example, and suggest ways of measuring progress toward those goals.
Sustainable Community Economic Development
RMI worked with dozens of towns nationwide that were aligning their economic development strategies with local values. The work included strategic advice, community conversations, workshops, and leadership training.
