VIDEO: Build It Green (BIG) in Chattanooga, TN

A worker installs energy efficient products in the Tennessee Valley

SSDN is funding the City of Chattanooga and green | spaces as part of its Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund program to work on low income energy efficiency and workforce development throughout the city.

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Duck Hill, MS, is on the Rise

Group meeting of three residents of Duck Hill, MS.

Inland small towns and rural areas are feeling the very real effects of stronger storms and intense rainfall. This includes the tiny town of Duck Hill, Mississippi, with a population of roughly 1,300.

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Reducing Peak Energy Demand in Buncombe County, NC

Alice and Yulia with supplies demonstrating weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades in Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Peak demand in the county during the colder months has more than doubled in the past several decades as the population has grown, and many of those energy users are low-income families that struggle with the cost of heating.

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