The greatest challenges to small-scale renewable energy are not technical, but rather financial, political, and regulatory.

A strategic plan is instrumental to codifying your community's vision and should answer the basic questions of who are we, what we want(...)

When it comes time to expand a municipality’s facilities, the first question is often about whether to build from the ground up or renovate an existing structure...

Posted in response to R. Homan's question on using fire departments to perform building code inspections

This article explains how the national Firewise Communities program uses Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) to work with residents to prepare for fires