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Fix a Leak with WaterSense and Beat Water Waste
 

Leaks may look small, but they can add up to big water waste. Join us to learn more about how facility managers can assess their water use with an eye towards finding and fixing leaks. We will also provide information on how you can...

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2/1/18

 

 
 
Seeking Savings Indoors and Outdoors with WaterSense

Learn about water use profiles of typical commercial facilities and areas where water is often wasted. Find out about free WaterSense tools and resources available to help facility managers and building owners identify potential water savings including...

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2/1/18
Critical Asset and Capital Improvement Plans & Tools

1) An organization must define which of its assets are most critical in order to focus its maintenance efforts. Assets with the highest probability of failure (...

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1/31/18
The Municipal Online Stormwater Training (MOST) Center

The Municipal Online Stormwater Training (MOST) Center was established in 2015 to bridge the gap in needed technical and financial stormwater management resources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  This free, virtual Center provides users with tools to...

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1/31/18
Resilient Infrastructure for a Secure Future

There is bipartisan interest across the United States in repairing and modernizing infrastructure. Infrastructure projects can create jobs and present an opportunity to make the U.S. more resilient to climate impacts. The costly natural disasters of...

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1/30/18
Holistically Analyzing the Benefits of Green Infrastructure

This document outlines an approach to holistically evaluate the benefits of implementing green infrastructure. The guidance places emphasis on first understanding the goal and scope for assessing benefits. It uses the goal and scope to step the user...

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1/30/18
Pricing Externalities in Wholesale Power Markets

Across the United States, states, cities, and businesses continue to find new ways to reduce carbon emissions and enhance resilience to climate change impacts. Many have adopted targets for renewable energy and zero carbon energy generation. The U.S....

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1/25/18
Setting Up A Facilities Management Apprenticeship Program for Succession Planning

This webinar will take you through key steps in establishing a facilities management apprenticeship program for seamless succession planning. 

 

 

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12/15/17
Fire Science Exchange Network: Connect to Local Experts

FireScience.gov is a one-stop source to access fire science information, resources and funding announcements for scientists, fire practitioners and decision makers.

On this site, you...

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11/17/17
Water Resources Research

Water Resources Research is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on hydrology and water resources. It publishes original research in the natural and social...

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11/17/17
Climate Change and Water Tools

The “Being Prepared for Climate Change” workbook is a step by step guide for place-based organizations to develop risk-based climate change adaptation plans. This interactive...

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11/15/17
Integrating Trees into Stormwater Management Design and Policy

In spite of the proven value of trees for reducing stormwater flows and pollutants, there remains a widespread lack of understanding, acceptance, and credibility of their use for managing stormwater. In this webinar, Chris Kaeff and Craig Frye will...

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11/15/17
Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast

More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. This demographic shift creates a host of new opportunities, but also some new risks, especially given the challenges posed by climatic extremes. This timely...

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11/15/17
Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU)

The CRWU initiative provides drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utilities with practical tools, training and technical assistance needed to increase resilience to extreme weather events. Through a...

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11/15/17
Preparing Venues and Large Events for Severe Weather

This presentation from NOAA provides examples of severe weather events and what was done to prevent harm and get people to safety. It provides many steps you need to consider when planning and preparing large events for emergency scenarios like severe...

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11/8/17
Accelerating Building Efficiency

Accelerating Building Efficiency: Eight Actions for Urban Leaders provides a path forward to deliver better buildings before cities “lock in” decades of inefficiency—taking this path will be key to meeting our global sustainable development...

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11/7/17
Future of Supply Chains 2025

Deepening our understanding of both sets of drivers and their potential implications for supply chains creates a powerful lens through which to reimagine the ways that all parties to global supply chains create value and contribute to a more just...

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11/7/17
EPA's National Stormwater Calculator

EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator (SWC) is a software application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site....

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11/6/17
The Future of Museums-2040

For the November/December 2017 issue of Museum magazine, Elizabeth Merritt, director of the Alliance’s Center for the Future of Museums, invited contributors to explore one specific future that might result from existing limits and challenges playing...

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11/3/17
Earth to Sky Recorded Webinars

Learn about a variety of conservation-related topics from experts in their field through Earth to Sky Archived Videos & Webinars and ...

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9/29/17

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