Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Power Smart Pricing is a different electricity pricing option offered by the Ameren Illinois Utilities and administered by CNT Energy. Under the standard residential rate, electricity costs the same amount no matter what time of day you use it. Power Smart Pricing lets you pay the hourly, wholesale market price of electricity which varies throughout the day and is often lower than the standard fixed rate. The program has been available since May 2007 and boasts more than 2,000 participants, several of whom recently sang its praises to CNT Energy staff and local newspaper reporters.
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 11:48 am
Recent Storm Demonstrates the Importance of Capturing Raindrops Where They Fall
WHAT: Less than a year ago, on October 18th, the students at St. Margaret Mary Elementary School in the Rogers Park neighborhood planted 500 seedlings of 17 species of native plants in a bioswale cut out of the main parking lot.
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Friday, September 26th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
On September 13th and 14th, 2008, the Chicago Region experienced a 2-day rainfall that was indeed the “Storm of the Century”. It was the largest storm ever recorded in the 119-year history of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The Storm also, at 6.83 inches over two days, nearly met the definition of a 100-year storm in Chicago. Rivers surrounded houses, an interstate highway and several other arterials were closed for days, and thousands of basements were flooded throughout the region.
But CNT and St. Margaret Mary Parish found a small silver lining beneath the clouds on Chicago’s north side.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
The City of Chicago launched its Chicago Climate Action Plan Thursday at the Shedd Aquarium with the backdrop of the city skyline and blue skies. The release is a major milestone for CNT’s climate change work. CNT led the mitigation research team for the Chicago Climate Change Task Force that developed the report.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
CNT is pleased to announce that María Choca Urban will serve as Director for Transportation and Community Development. María’s career in transportation and community development spans 15 years in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining CNT, she served as the Chicago Transit Authority’s General Manager for Policy and Strategic Solutions where she directed the CTA’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) initiatives including a joint effort with the City of Chicago to undertake several pilot projects and development of the CTA’s first TOD plan for its rail network.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
CNT Announces New Staff Charged with Directing Transportation and Community Development Work
CNT has announced that María Choca Urban will serve as its Director for Transportation and Community Development. María’s career in transportation and community development spans 15 years in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining CNT, she served as the Chicago Transit Authority’s General Manager for Policy and Strategic Solutions where she directed the CTA’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) initiatives including a joint effort with the City of Chicago to undertake several pilot projects and development of the CTA’s first TOD plan for its rail network.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 10:38 am
For the first time, the City of Chicago has hard data on its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a broad portfolio of reduction strategies to inform efforts to curb its contribution to climate change. Commissioned by the city to help create its recently released Climate Action Plan, CNT conducted the emissions and mitigation-strategies research to reach the city’s emission reduction target of 25% below 1990 levels by the year 2020.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at 11:39 am
CNT was founded in 1978 as a center of innovation for the redevelopment of Chicago’s low- and moderate income communities. Run out of a small storefront with tomatoes growing in the windows, our goal was to invent strategies that could turn community problems into assets. We’ve since grown to a national “think-and-do” tank that is leading the movement toward urban sustainability, with programs focusing on resource efficiency, transportation, job creation, and environmental quality.
Join us in celebrating our first 30 years of urban sustainability innovations at our 30th Anniversary Celebration on September 17th at the Garfield Park Conservatory! (Download an invitation).
Questions? Contact Nicole Gotthelf.
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