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CORE has been at the forefront of driving energy-saving solutions for 30 years.
Browse the blogs, news articles, and press releases below to learn about how we work with community members, business owners, and local government to collectively tackle climate change head-on.
Featured Blogs
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Energy Hero Spotlight: Mary Wiener
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Community - Climate Action at its CORE
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Federal and State Tax Programs Sweeten the Deal on Home Energy Improvements
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French joins CORE as climate strategy director
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CORE appoints new chief executive officer
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Don’t get caught in the cold
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Aspen area’s electrification effort to get big boost in 2023
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Atlantic Aviation donates $500,000 to help give flight to Coal Basin methane-mitigation project
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Coal Basin project receives big donation
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‘State of the Climate’ leaves Aspenites optimistic
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‘The Big Fix’
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Sustainable Communities of the Year
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Hopeful Huts
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Work progresses on methane capture in Redstone mines
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Giving Thought: Collaboration at the heart of addressing the climate crisis
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CORE hires new energy manager
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The new Buttermilk Ski Area base ‘took a whole community’ to get done
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The outsized impact of REMP residences
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Most homes built recently in Pitkin County have features like snowmelt that add to carbon load
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CORE takes message to the kitchen with low-emission cooking demonstration
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Climate ‘Conscious Kitchen’ kicks off CORE series
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Grants available for energy-efficient construction
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CORE grants available for efficiency projects
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An entrepreneur is one big step closer to capturing methane leaking from Colorado coal mines
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Redstone’s Coal Basin receives money to remove methane gas from mines
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Energizing Rural Communities Prize awards 67 winners $6.7 million to advance clean energy in rural America
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Prize for Basalt climate group
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CORE to host Green Electronics Showcase at TACAW
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Green technologies adopted locally
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Measuring methane from leaky old mines? OK. Flaring the gas to keep it out of the atmosphere? That’s “a double-edged sword.”
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Utility rate hikes on horizon for Aspen customers
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As communities face climate change, CORE and CLEER help them transition to clean energy
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A Different Kind of Climate Crisis
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Wessler: Thanks, CORE
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Coal Basin Methane Emissions and Flow Testing
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CORE Updates Fund Application Process
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Core Takes Steps to Accelerate Climate Change Solutions with Refreshed Funding up to $200,000 per Project
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CORE is funding up to $200,000 for construction projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Colorado Solar Incentives: Tax Breaks, Net Metering, Rebates and More
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Snowmass Village leans on renewable energy to power buildings
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PitCo delays outside energy budget for big homes
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APCHA opens up home repair grant program to Category 4 homeowners
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Preserving our valley: A call to action on climate change
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CORE to host public info meetings on Coal Basin methane emissions
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PitCo puts a hard limit on outdoor amenity energy use
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CORE gatherings to focus on methane emissions from Coal Basin
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The times are changing in Redstone’s Coal Basin
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Coal Basin methane leak study concludes about 400 metric tons of the gas could be mitigated.
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Weighing in on tons of methane at Coal Basin
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Architecture + Energy Conservation
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The Recipe for a Climate-Conscious Kitchen
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Achieving Efficiency with the Aspen Art Museum
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Stitching Together a Carbon-free Community
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Driving Innovation One Barrel at A Time
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Art, Innovation, and the Power of the Sun
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Green Gigs: How a Performing Arts Center Can Be Net Zero
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This Cold House
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Old Cabin, New Net Zero Renovation
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Carbon Free Living for the Future
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Zero Just Clicks for the Wickes
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Full Throttle Ahead for Father Son E-Sled Team
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CORE x APCHA
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Proving Net Zero is Possible
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Earth Day 2023
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Heat Pumps are the Hottest Thing. Also, Because They’re Cool!
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The International Panel on Climate Change – 2023 Report
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Buttermilk Base Renovation Celebration
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Meet Mary Wiener, CORE’s New Energy Manager
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CORE Partners with 10th Mountain Hut Division
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City of Aspen Wins Sustainable Communities of the Year Award
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City of Aspen Recognized by the EPA
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2023 Rebate Program
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There to Help: CORE’s Income-qualified Program
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Cooking Without Gas
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The 5 W’s of Cooling with a Heat Pump
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Old School Aspen, New School Solutions
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Living the Net Zero Dream
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CORE's Guide to Funding Energy Upgrades
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Use Cold Air to Heat Your Home? Use a Heat Pump.
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Top 10 Energy Terms We Want You To Know
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Electrify Our Future
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She's not just making vodka, she's distilling change
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CORE's Guide to Funding Commercial Energy Upgrades
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It's All HERS
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CORE Hires New Energy Manager to Help Community Fight Climate Change
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Climate Action Series Kicks Off on June 13
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CORE Offers Grants Up to $50,000 for Energy Efficiency Projects in Pitkin and Eagle Counties
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Green Electronics Showcase is August 23 in Basalt
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CORE’s Picks for this Season’s Green Electronics-Fall 2023
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Lessons in Layering
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CORE Takes Bold Steps to Accelerate Climate Change Solutions in the Roaring Fork Valley
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A father-son project in a Roaring Fork Valley garage aims to electrify the snowmobile industry
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ARTery to showcase 28 artists this summer, starting tonight in Willits
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Guest commentary: It takes an electric village to restore the climate
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Coalition grapples with climate pollution at local defunct mine
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Environmental Advisory Board advocates for ambitious emissions reduction goals
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Committing to bedrock values in the distilling business
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The Arts Campus at Willits opens doors of new facility
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Coal Basin eyed for ‘methane capture’ pilot project
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In Coal Basin, a hidden source of climate pollution
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Environmental search-and-destroy mission
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Solar farm begins generating clean electricity near Woody Creek
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A vision for the energy equivalent of locavore
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Report details regional solar potential
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Ignoring naysayers key to years-long solar farm effort near Aspen
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Climate action through creative entrepreneurship in the North Fork Valley
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Let the sun shine in to my home: How I Went Solar
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You can take our bags but not our bingo
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Basalt steps to plate, looks for hit with solar farm development
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Truly electrifying: Heat pump retrofits make net zero attainable
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West Elk mine cannot leak methane, must flare the greenhouse gas, judge rules
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Pitkin County exploring methane capture at abandoned Coal Basin mines above Redstone
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Snowmass Village levels up with more car charging stations
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Aspen’s race to net zero a long haul
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Getting at the CORE of Carbon Neutral
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This is the first net-zero affordable housing project in Colorado’s high country. It certainly won’t be the last.
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Federal funds will help determine what to do with methane leaking from Redstone’s Coal Basin
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As planet warms, local climate group forced to pivot
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Pitkin County puts $200K toward Coal Basin methane capture project
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Partnerships drive new strategy for CORE
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Blogs
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Art, Innovation, and the Power of the Sun
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Green Gigs: How a Performing Arts Center Can Be Net Zero
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This Cold House
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Old Cabin, New Net Zero Renovation
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Carbon Free Living for the Future
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Zero Just Clicks for the Wickes
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Full Throttle Ahead for Father Son E-Sled Team
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CORE x APCHA
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Proving Net Zero is Possible
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Earth Day 2023
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Heat Pumps are the Hottest Thing. Also, Because They’re Cool!
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The International Panel on Climate Change – 2023 Report
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Buttermilk Base Renovation Celebration
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Meet Mary Wiener, CORE’s New Energy Manager
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CORE Partners with 10th Mountain Hut Division
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Architecture + Energy Conservation
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City of Aspen Recognized by the EPA
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2023 Rebate Program
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There to Help: CORE’s Income-qualified Program
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Cooking Without Gas
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The 5 W’s of Cooling with a Heat Pump
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Old School Aspen, New School Solutions
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Living the Net Zero Dream
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CORE's Guide to Funding Energy Upgrades
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Use Cold Air to Heat Your Home? Use a Heat Pump.
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Top 10 Energy Terms We Want You To Know
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Electrify Our Future
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She's not just making vodka, she's distilling change
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CORE's Guide to Funding Commercial Energy Upgrades
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It's All HERS
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City of Aspen Wins Sustainable Communities of the Year Award
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The Recipe for a Climate-Conscious Kitchen
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Achieving Efficiency with the Aspen Art Museum
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Stitching Together a Carbon-free Community
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Driving Innovation One Barrel at A Time
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Energy Hero Spotlight: Mary Wiener
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Federal and State Tax Programs Sweeten the Deal on Home Energy Improvements
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Community - Climate Action at its CORE
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Lessons in Layering
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CORE’s Picks for this Season’s Green Electronics-Fall 2023
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In The News
Press Releases
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CORE Takes Bold Steps to Accelerate Climate Change Solutions in the Roaring Fork Valley
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Green Electronics Showcase is August 23 in Basalt
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CORE Offers Grants Up to $50,000 for Energy Efficiency Projects in Pitkin and Eagle Counties
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Climate Action Series Kicks Off on June 13
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CORE Hires New Energy Manager to Help Community Fight Climate Change
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