Bridget Herring named as Sustainability Director
City Manager Debra Campbell is pleased to announce that Bridget Herring has been named as the new Sustainability Director.
City of Asheville sweeps into Spring
The City of Asheville is pleased to team up with Asheville Greenworks and other organizations in multiple efforts to keep Asheville green and clean. Register to be a part of the team.
Office of Sustainability shares Asheville’s Local Government Clean Energy Report
The report also compares the progress made locally with other NC metropolitan areas. It is great to see all our local NC communities advance the installation of renewable energy.
Office of Sustainability shares results of Solarize Asheville Buncombe campaign
The City of Asheville is one of over 180 local governments that are members of the Urban Sustainability Network (USDN). One of the recent initiatives of the USDN was a partnership with World Resources Institute and Rocky Mountain Institute to implement a renewable accelerator residential solar cohort that provided technical assistance (including analyzing rooftop solar economics and tracking campaign equity impacts) to local governments implementing a bulk purchasing solar program. The City of Asheville was one of twenty-one local governments selected to participate in the cohort.
Real Time Data from new solar installations
City of Asheville shares data from new solar installations at Fire Station 11 and Burton Street Community Center Recently the City of Asheville “flipped the switch” on the photovoltaic arrays, commonly known as solar panels, at Fire Station 11 on Rocky Ridge Road and at the Burton Street Community Center on Burton Street. These are the [...]
Office of Sustainability shares update on Climate Justice Initiative
The Climate Justice Initiative includes a community led definition of Climate Equity and Climate Justice, as well as the creation of the Climate Justice Data Map for staff and public to visualize and understand local climate threats alongside compounding social and economic stressors. A Climate Justice Guide and Screening Tool for internal operations are also included.
City of Asheville offers guidance for Christmas tree, lights disposal
Whether you keep your tree up through the new year or take it down the day after Christmas, there is still the question of how to dispose of it properly. Christmas trees will be collected by the City of Asheville according to the routine brush collection schedule. Residents are asked to remove lights, [...]
City of Asheville’s Office of Sustainability shares tips to have an eco-friendly holiday
Tis the season - to be eco-friendly! The next few weeks will be full of friends, family, events - and a lot of STUFF. Take care, Asheville, to follow some of these tips to reduce landfill waste and keep Asheville green!
Office of Sustainability shares update on successful pilot program for food scraps composting
The City of Asheville, in partnership with Buncombe County and Natural Resource Defense Council’s Food Matters program, launched a pilot food scrap drop-off program earlier this year and we are pleased to report it has been amazingly successful. Two food scraps drop-off sites at Stephens-Lee Recreation Center and Buncombe County Landfill Convenience Center [...]
City of Asheville encourages community participation in America Recycles Day
The City of Asheville is proud to celebrate America Recycles Day November 15 which promotes the importance of recycling and recognizes the efforts of Ashevillians to recycle right. Taking the time to properly recycle improves our quality of life by supporting a clean, economically vibrant, and sustainable environment. More than 24,000 tons of trash are generated [...]