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This guide by RMI describes how the City of San Antonio is utilizing the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) direct pay mechanism to scale on-site solar energy. By aggregating multiple small projects across city-owned facilities, San Antonio aims to offset a portion of its electricity consumption and achieve long-term financial savings while pursuing net-zero energy goals.

This case study by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) details a deep energy efficiency retrofit of the Empire State Building in New York City. The project focused on reducing thermal loads and upgrading systems to achieve significant energy savings and carbon reductions, utilizing an integrative design process and life cycle cost analysis to balance financial returns with environmental goals.

This guide from the Stockholm Environment Institute provides a framework for implementing energy-efficient lighting in cities, focusing on the transition from incandescent bulbs to Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs), LEDs, and efficient fluorescent tubes. It details the technical and financial benefits of these technologies, identifies implementation barriers, and provides case studies from South Africa and international examples to illustrate potential energy and carbon savings.

This working paper by WRI India and TIDE examines the potential for demand aggregation to implement clean energy measures in ten apartment complexes in Bengaluru. The study identifies significant opportunities for energy efficiency (EE) and rooftop solar (RTS) in common areas, while highlighting institutional and policy barriers that hinder adoption.