Environment→Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency

Using less energy at home and at work. Weatherization programs, rebates, and the upgrades that lower bills and emissions.

Organizations

488

Learn

Stories, guides, and what you should know about your city.

Engage

Events, gatherings, and ways to show up near you.

Connect

Organizations, services, and neighbors doing the work.

Act

Call your rep, volunteer, weigh in on what matters.

Choose a starting point

Start with the story

See what's happening, who's working on it, and why neighbors are paying attention.

Find one way in

Pick something real: show up, join in, call your rep, or connect with a group already moving.

Look around your neighborhood

Across Houston — from your block to the whole city. Find nearby places, resources, events, and neighbors building community close to home.

What's happening.

All news →

Neighborhood

Left in the cold: These Houston residents report lack of safe, reliable heating in winter

About 1 in 8 Harris County residents report having no safe, reliable heat at home, per early Kinder Institute survey results.

HIGH ORDER OF OWL TAILGATING SOCIETY

Read the story →

Environment

To direct the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop best practices for measuring data center energy use, study data availability for the purpose of improving energy demand forecasting capabilities, and for other purposes.

U.S. House of Representatives

Government

Request for approval to execute an agreement with Autoarch Architects, LLC in the amount of $259,000.00 for professional architectural and engineering services, including design, bidding and construction support, and coordination with relevant stakeholders, in connection with the HVAC MEP Upgrades - Annex 25, 7330 Spencer - 2025, UPIN 26035MF40701, Precinct 2, MWBE Contracted Goal: 19.48%.

Harris County Commissioners Court

Government

Request for approval of funding up to $20,000,000 of improvements to County-owned facilities in Reliant Park managed by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation, including the Reliant Center Roof Replacement Project, Central Plant improvements, and other related capital projects, and authorization for the County to reimburse itself for the lawful expenditures of up to $12,000,000 of such costs associated with the Reliant Center Roof Replacement Project from the proceeds of tax-exempt debt to be issued by Harris County, Texas.

Harris County Commissioners Court

Who’s doing the work

Clinics, agencies, nonprofits, funders, and community groups

Health is delivered by many kinds of people and institutions. Start here to see who is providing care, organizing support, funding work, and shaping the system.

Harris County Commissioners Court

7 connections in this ecosystem

Texas House of Representatives

3 connections in this ecosystem

Also connects to

How Energy Efficiency connects

policy

Request for approval of a renewal option with Star Service, Inc. for maintenance, inspection and repair of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems and related items for the Flood Control District for the period of February 1, 2027 - January 31, 2028 at a cost of $245,000 and for the County Clerk to execute any applicable bonds to be received (220396), MWBE Contracted Goal: 7%, MWBE Current Participation: 7.03%.

policy

Request for approval of a renewal option with Pro Energy Partners, L.P. for natural gas for Harris County for the period of November 1, 2026 - October 31, 2027 at an estimated cost of $900,000, in connection with a gas exemption.

policy

To direct the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop best practices for measuring data center energy use, study data availability for the purpose of improving energy demand forecasting capabilities, and for other purposes.

policy

Request for approval to execute an agreement with Autoarch Architects, LLC in the amount of $259,000.00 for professional architectural and engineering services, including design, bidding and construction support, and coordination with relevant stakeholders, in connection with the HVAC MEP Upgrades - Annex 25, 7330 Spencer - 2025, UPIN 26035MF40701, Precinct 2, MWBE Contracted Goal: 19.48%.

policy

Request for approval of funding up to $20,000,000 of improvements to County-owned facilities in Reliant Park managed by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation, including the Reliant Center Roof Replacement Project, Central Plant improvements, and other related capital projects, and authorization for the County to reimburse itself for the lawful expenditures of up to $12,000,000 of such costs associated with the Reliant Center Roof Replacement Project from the proceeds of tax-exempt debt to be issued by Harris County, Texas.

Over 170,000 properties projected to move into the high-risk 100-year floodplain

Properties moving into the 100-year floodplain (draft FEMA maps)

Source: FEMA/Harris County Flood Control District MAAPnext draft flood maps, as reported by KHOU

About 200,000 acres, up from 150,000 under current maps (+33%)

100-year floodplain area under draft FEMA maps

Source: FEMA/Harris County Flood Control District MAAPnext draft flood maps, as reported by KHOU

7th worst of 228 U.S. metro areas for high ozone days

Houston metro rank for ozone pollution

Source: American Lung Association, State of the Air 2025 (2021-2023 monitoring data)

34.8 unhealthy ozone days per year (grade F)

High ozone days per year

Source: American Lung Association, State of the Air 2025 (2021-2023 monitoring data), Harris County

About 2.0 million tons of carbon stored (valued at $272 million)

Carbon stored by the urban forest (City of Houston)

Source: Houston's Urban Forest, 2015 — USDA Forest Service with Texas A&M Forest Service

18%

Tree canopy cover (City of Houston)

Source: Houston's Urban Forest, 2015 — USDA Forest Service with Texas A&M Forest Service

Available support.

Help right now.

211

Services

Food, rent, utilities

Potholes, trash, trees

911

Emergency

Police, fire, ambulance

713-528-2121

Crisis Hotline

Harris County, 24/7

Organizations working here

Who works in Energy Efficiency in Houston

Organization

BakerRipley

Houston's community anchor — 30+ centers, 500,000 neighbors, and 100 years of showing up.

Gulfton

Organization

Texas House of Representatives

The lower chamber of the Texas Legislature

Eldridge / West Oaks

Organization

Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media is a nonprofit public broadcaster serving Southeast Texas with free local news, educational content, and NPR/PBS programming through TV 8,

Organization