Three leading energy efficiency and renewable energy organizations – the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP, an international body), the Alliance to Save Energy (Alliance) and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) – have jointly released their Compendium of Best Practices: Sharing Local and State Successes in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from the United States, in which state and local governments share the key elements of their programs, lessons learned and what made each program a success.

The new report describes more than 20 practices and their effective implementation by states or cities across the United States. It is designed to share successful program and policy models that can be easily replicated around the country, as well as adapted for implementation in emerging markets.

“This well-researched Compendium takes the best practices from sub-national level in the United States and presents them in a clear format that makes the lessons learned easy to understand and to digest,” said Marianne Osterkorn, Director General of REEEP. “We’re proud to support this kind of collaborative effort between developed countries and emerging markets.”

“It is our hope that the compendium will offer replicable examples in renewable energy and energy efficiency as the international community works together to lay a foundation for a new, sustainable and prosperous clean energy future,” said Michael Eckhart, President of the ACORE.

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