Allamakee County Community Foundation supports energy district formation
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Energy Districts
When 'green meets green,' communities unite and thrive.
We grow and incubate energy districts as a companion strategy to endowment building for retaining local wealth.
Modeled on soil and water conservation districts that formed after the Dust Bowl in the 1930s, energy districts are being formed and led by diverse groups of local leaders with a common commitment to conservation and stewardship.
Each county–based energy district provides hands-on technical expertise to families, businesses and organizations seeking clean, local energy practices. Examples include:
• Home energy assessments and energy planning coaching.
• LED bulb recycling drives.
• Solar fairs and tours.
• Agriculture energy planning and coaching.
• Government partnerships around planning for and implementing clean energy.
How Energy Districts Work
Energy planning is energy auditing that WORKS! It includes efficiency and renewable energy, and should be available to every farm, home, business and institution.
Public Engagement is about educating people, building awareness and communicating information.
Market transformation boosts the local clean energy economy, supporting contractors and businesses, creating good jobs, and keeping growing energy dollars local.
Advocacy priorities at the state and local levels grow out of and support boots-on-the-ground implementation work.
Advocacy priorities at the state and local levels grow out of and support boots-on-the-ground implementation work.
Energy District Key Principles
Local leadership is everywhere.
Energy districts create independent, “universal-local” institutions to empower those with a passion for clean energy and dedication to driving change.
Quality technical assistance (energy planning) for energy users, paired with active market transformation, enables widespread energy efficiency and solar ownership.
Energy is complicated, and energy districts lead by doing.
Quality technical assistance (energy planning) for energy users, paired with active market transformation, enables widespread energy efficiency and solar ownership.
When “green meets green,” communities unite and thrive.
The first “green” is about dollars: Locally owned, efficient and renewable energy creates jobs, helps communities retain wealth, and builds energy prosperity. The other is about advancing climate stewardship and helping our environment.
Energy Districts are geographically and socio-economically inclusive, and universal replication is possible with existing resources.
A future with clean energy will happen of, by and for the people, helping spread prosperity and good health.
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