Cities Leading Through Energy Analysis and Planning Helps Support Local Clean Energy Innovation
MARCH 26, 2015 BY STEVE LOMMELE
Local governments nationwide are pursuing strategies to improve the sustainability, resiliency, and energy futures of their communities.

A host of federal and non-profit tools and programs exist to support these strategies, but until now no single program has focused specifically on helping cities address all of their energy, sustainability, and resiliency challenges.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities-LEAP) project aims to change that by supporting the widespread implementation of data-driven energy policies, programs, and projects by cities.

As a first step in defining the Cities-LEAP project, the project team created two new visual resources to catalog the programs and tools currently supporting local governments across a range of sectors and scales. We are actively seeking feedback on both of these elements, and plan to refine and finalize them in the coming weeks.