Question: What strategies, incentives, etc. might we use to encourage efficient energy use in Champaign-Urbana?

Premise: City council meeting

Major Roles (Prepare and deliver 10-minute presentations): 

Required Reading For All Students:

•  Champaign Growing Greener sustainability plan

 Additional Reading:

• Ameren Illinois Act On Energy Program
• American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
• Champaign City Council (look on the right-hand side to link to "How to Address Your City Council.")
• Energy Auditing, Insulating, and the Act on Energy Program Explained - VERY USEFUL
• Equinox House in Urbana
• Illinois Green Business Council website
• Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC)
• Summary of the Three Main Illinois Efficiency Incentive Programs (from SEDAC)
• University of Illinois Energy Dashboard
• University of Illinois Center for a Sustainable Environment energy conservation overview
• Zero-Net Energy Colonial Solar House in Champaign

Additional Resources

• ABI Inform
  For the business perspective, this database "features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data."
  The CQ Researcher
• "Provides award winning in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. [R]eports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students."
• Lexis Nexis
  Search here for news articles; using terms like "grassroots activists" or "energy initiatives" might help convey these groups' aims and activities.