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Affordable-Resilient-Housing-Retrofit-Program-Summary-Recommendations.pdf

Urban Flooding

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Affordable, Resilient Housing Retrofit Program Summary Recommendations

by CNT, Elevate, and Muse Community + Design

October, 2021

Homes are built to keep us safe and healthy. Climate change threatens this stability. CNT— in partnership with Elevate and the City of Evanston— aims to increase the climate resiliency of affordable housing in the name of human welfare. This...Read more

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Green Infrastructure

CNT-EquityExpress-Chicago_2018.pdf

Equity Express Fact Sheet

by CNT

April, 2018

Equity Express Financial Education Workshops give participants the information and support they need to decrease household expenses, increase savings and reduce environmental impacts. They respond to two major crises of our time- economic and ecological- by increasing the wealth of...Read more

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CNT_EcoDistrictPrimer.pdf

Industrial EcoDistricts: Primer

CNT

June, 2017

This paper presents CNT’s recent research on a range of innovations for Industrial EcoDistricts in the areas of energy, water, transportation, and waste. Our work looks at district-scale interventions through the lenses of: What is it?, Why do it?, and...Read more

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Hatchery_FoodIncubatorEnergySystemsInnovation.pdf

Food Incubator Energy Systems Innovation

Jen McGraw, CNT Director of Sustainability Innovation

April, 2017

With the recent uptick in manufacturing around the United States, the importance of food manufacturing to local economies has come into focus for its roles in creating jobs and building on the local culinary and cultural assets of a community....Read more

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Auto Cost Paper Final 12-31-2012.pdf

The Impact of Transportation on Affordability: An Analysis of Auto Cost White Paper, December 2012

Commissioned by the Manhattan Strategy Group, with CNT work by Sofia Becker, Peter Haas, Stephanie Morse, and Linda Young

December, 2012

This December 2012 paper calculates expenditures on a variety of costs of car ownership from the 2006-2010 waves of the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX). The Consumer Expenditure Survey is conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and tracks the...Read more

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Transforming and Embracing Innovation in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District: Moving towards Sustainable, Efficient and Reliable Energy

CNT

December, 2011

Northern Ohio has enough wind, solar and biogas potential to meet all of its electricity needs, but only a small fraction of the region's energy comes from these sources. In spite of its vast untapped renewable resources, production of renewable...Read more

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CNT_Exec-Summary-Regional-Green-Building-Case-Study-Project-Year-1-Report.pdf

Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post-occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois

by CNT

October, 2009

The Regional Green Building Case Study Project analyzes the post-occupancy performance and costs and benefits of 25 LEED projects in Illinois related to: measured energy and greenhouse gas emissions, water, commute transportation, construction and operating costs, green premium, health and...Read more

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CNT_Grimshaw.RemarksOnCapitalBillSigning.0713091.pdf

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On July 13, 2009, CNT Vice President of Policy, Jacky Grimshaw, gave remarks at a press conference held by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. Grimshaw’s remarks were in support of the state capital bill signed by Governor Quinn.

by Jacky Grimshaw, CNT

July, 2009

On July 13, 2009, CNT Vice President of Policy, Jacky Grimshaw, gave remarks at a press conference held by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. Grimshaw’s remarks were in support of the state capital bill signed by Governor Quinn.Read more

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Empowering Consumers Through a Modern Electric Grid

by CNT/Illinois Smart Grid Initiative

April, 2009

The Illinois Smart Grid Initiative (ISGI) involved an ad hoc and voluntary assembly of individuals and organizations interested in improving Illinois’ electric power system and services for consumers. This report identifies several key policy considerations that CNT believes should be...Read more

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ISGI.SummaryReport.pdf

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