Glenn Barnes is a Senior Project Director with the Environmental Finance Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For the past several years, the Environmental Finance Center has worked to set up energy efficiency and renewable energy … Read more

Tweet // David R. Tucker is a Project Director at the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill It’s the season of Halloween, and for some, this time of ghosts and goblins, zombies and vampires can be scary. For others, … Read more

We live in a fast paced world.  We are driven to implement projects quickly – on time and under budget.   On a daily basis, we are faced with decisions regarding which projects to implement and we carefully analyze the project’s … Read more

Written by David Tucker David Tucker is a Project Director for the Environmental Finance Center. In our work with the Smart Management for Small Water Systems project and other programs, the Environmental Finance Center has seen initiatives by drinking water … Read more

Jen Weiss is Senior Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center. There is a small hole in the ceiling leading into the attic of Mr. Smith’s single-family home and the windows are a bit drafty.  In the summer, the family’s … Read more

The Electric Power Research Institute and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimate that 3-4% of national energy consumption is used for drinking water and wastewater services in the United States. Pumping –  raw water, treated water, and wastewater – demands … Read more

by Adam C. Parker Adam Parker is a law clerk at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He was formerly a summer law clerk with the UNC School of Government. Adam graduated from the UNC MPA Program in 2010 and … Read more

By David Tucker David Tucker is a Project Director for the Environmental Finance Center. As the University of North Carolina system campuses work to increase efficiency and to be even better stewards than ever of public funds, reducing energy costs … Read more

by Jen Weiss Jen Weiss is a Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center.  Mention the words ‘climate change’ and you will likely get a variety of responses. Nationally, opinions range from sentiments like former Vice President Al Gore’s declaration … Read more

Jen Weiss is a Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center.  Yes, energy efficiency is the low hanging fruit of the energy world.  And yes, the southeastern United States has even been referred to as the Saudi Arabia of energy … Read more