It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web....read more

New York City School Bus Umbrella Services and its partners added 25 zero-emissions buses into service with advanced smart charging technology for school bus operators and districts across the region....read more

ComEd announced the addition of two new, all-electric bucket trucks to its fleet, which is part of the company's initiative to transition its fleet vehicles to the use of fully electric, biodiesel and clean-powered vehicles....read more

Realizing an equitable clean energy economy by 2050 while strengthening the Nation’s resilience to the effects of climate change will require a substantial increase in the rate of modernization and decarbonization of the electric grid of the U.S. "AI for Energy: Opportunities for a Modern Grid and Clean Energy Economy" from the U.S. Department of Energy identifies near-term opportunities for AI to aid in four key areas of grid management: planning, permitting, operations and reliability, and resilience....read more

General Motors (GM) has publicly committed to reducing its energy consumption, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions across its 118 U.S. sites. All sites were tasked with evaluating potential contributions to the goal, as well as mapping glide paths to the targets. This column from Better Buildings explains how GM developed a new Energy and Carbon Optimization (ECO) Metrics Dashboard to standardize the process and help energy managers and plant leadership track monthly performance for energy, water, and emissions and estimate site-specific potential savings from their existing project roadmap. ...read more