C3 and UVA Collaboration Helps Businesses Save!

The Charlottesville Climate Collaborative and the University of Virginia are thrilled to be collaborating this year on the Better Business Challenge! UVA-affiliated organizations Morven Estate, UVA Dining Fine Arts Café, UVA Research Park, and UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy are all participating in the Challenge and receiving technical assistance from UVA Sustainability Program Manager Jesse Warren's Delta Force team to help them reach their respective energy and sustainability goals.

Better Business ChallengeJennifer PullingerDecember 18, 2018better business challenge, morven estate, uva sustainability, sustainability, uva fine dining, uva research park, climate leadership, uva batten, uva, university of virginia, Commercial Program

Better Business Challenge: The City Maps Out Strategy to Save Energy and Water Facility-Wide

In this Q&A, Kirk Vizzier, Energy Management Coordinator with the City of Charlottesville, details some of the strategies it has put into motion for improving building performance and sustainability, and how the City is encouraging its employees to do their part to save energy too.

Better Business ChallengeJennifer PullingerDecember 10, 2018better business challenge, green business, sustainable business, city of charlottesville, charlottesville, cville, water conservation, energy efficiency, building performance, Commercial Program

Make the Season Bright Green with C3’s Holiday Gift Guide!

C3 has assembled a local gift-giving guide featuring many of our 2018-19 Better Business Challenge participants! With these fab gift ideas in mind, you can feel good that you’re not only supporting a community-based business, but one that is also committed to creating a healthier, more sustainable place for us all to live. (Photo Credit: @shopatdarling)

Better Business ChallengeJennifer PullingerDecember 3, 2018better business challenge, green business, sustainability, sustainable fashion, sustainable living, sustainable business, green gift guide, eco-living, eco gift guide, environment, cville, charlottesville, charlottesville sustainability, buy local, shop local, Commercial Program

Better Business Challenge: Southern Environmental Law Center Takes a “More Synergy, Less Energy” Approach

The Southern Environmental Law Center shares how the local offices are leaning into the Better Business Challenge as a team (they’ve dubbed themselves the “Green Team” internally) and have adopted the mantra, “more synergy, less energy” to mobilize action!

Better Business ChallengeJennifer PullingerNovember 19, 2018better business challenge, selc, southern environmental law center, environment, charlottesville business, charlottesville, green business, sustainable business, sustainability, Commercial Program

RECs and Carbon Offsets: A Viable Way to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Our last blog covered Dominion Energy’s Green Power Program and Dominion’s Community Solar Program, both of which allow you to purchase “Renewable Energy Certificates.” Here, in Part II of our blog series on renewable energy options, we discuss buying REC’s from a broker and purchasing carbon offsets.

Better Business Challenge, Renewable EnergyLena LewisNovember 12, 2018renewable energy, carbon offsets, renewable energy certificates

Going Solar Not An Option? Other Pathways to Renewable Energy Abound!

Whether it’s your financial situation, your facilities’ or homes’ location, or you just don’t have the cash flow or capital to invest in solar panels, “going solar” might not be an option for you. But purchasing renewable energy and carbon offsets may be the solution! (Photo by Camila Fernández León on Unsplash)

Better Business Challenge, Renewable EnergyLena LewisNovember 5, 2018renewable energy, Commercial Program

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