Get Support for Efficiency in Your Home or Business
Find Cost-Saving Energy Programs
Get energy project financing support with BlocPower
Create a plan to decarbonize your building or get help on an energy project
Buildings
Sign your building up for one of Cambridge Energy Alliance’s programs. The Energy Alliance offers
- Virtual energy assessments for renters, landlords, and homeowners
- Energy assessments for small businesses and non-profits
- Financial help for energy bills and energy improvements for low-income residents
- Support with heat pumps, solar hot water, and solar PV, too!
Check out MassSave for many more money-saving opportunities for residents, landlords, and business owners.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Throughout our daily lives, we all take actions that produce GHGs. Here are some actions you can take to reduce your contribution to the community's emissions:
- Reduce your energy use at home or work. Buildings represent nearly two-thirds of community GHG emissions.
- Switch to renewable energy. Clean energy sources produce fewer GHGs than fossil fuels.
- Reduce your waste by recycling and composting. Solid waste and incineration accounts for 6.4% of community GHG emissions.
- Prioritize low-carbon transportation. Cambridge residents have many options to get around without a vehicle.
Visit the City's website for information on renewable options.
Learn what can go in your curbside recycling bins.
See how bike, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure can help you get to where you are going.
Electric vehicles can emit up to 99% less pollutants than cars with internal combustion engines.
Energy
Programs are available for residents and businesses to install solar panels on their homes or offices. If installing solar panels is not an option, you can purchase 100% renewable energy through the Cambridge Community Electricity Program, or invest in community solar!
Purchase 100% renewable energy.
Go solar through Sunny Cambridge.
Support solar without putting panels on your roof!
There are a lot of opportunities to reduce energy use in your own home, such as switching to LED lights, adding insulation, and buying a heat pump.
Mass Save has a lot of information on energy efficiency.
The City of Cambridge is partnering with BlocPower on a new, one-year pilot to help multifamily buildings complete upgrades that can improve indoor comfort and energy efficiency, while working towards our climate goals.
Transportation
Through the online Bicycle WikiMap tool, Cambridge residents, workforce, commuters, and visitors can provide feedback, input, and suggestions on how our city streets and paths can better support bikers.
A Bluebikes membership can be annual or monthly, and includes unlimited rides for up to 45 minutes. You can borrow a bike from any station and return it to any other station within the system.
Learn about how Cambridge is supporting EVs. Apply for an Across the Sidewalk charging permit.
Waste Reduction
Composting and recycling help to minimize the amount of trash that goes to incinerator/landfill, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and yield useful products.
Citywide curbside compost is available to all residential buildings. If you live in a building that does not yet have curbside composting, reach out to your buildings staff and the DPW to request curbside composting or consider using a food waste drop-off site.
Use the Get Rid of It Right tool to look up if you can divert your unwanted stuff.
