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The Philadelphia City Council passed on Nov. 22 a bill creating the Building Energy Performance Program, which is expected to cut carbon pollution in the city by nearly 200,000 metric tons.

The Richmond, Va., City Council has approved the city's first C-PACE program, which will allow commercial property owners to gain loans to pursue clean energy improvements on their buildings.

The RealReal, an online marketplace for consigned luxury goods, committed Nov. 20 to be carbon neutral by 2021 in response to a call to action by sustainability leaders within the fashion industry.

The University of California Los Angeles Health Center received its first all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab (eMSIL), which will travel between the university's Ronald Reagan and Santa Monica campuses to collect, clean, repair, disinfect and sterilize surgical suite instruments while emitting zero emissions.

Sprint announced Nov. 14 its new commitment to source 100% renewable electricity across its entire operations by 2025 following several PPAs and efficiency initiatives in the last year.

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust saw a 24% decrease in emission intensity, a 12% decrease in energy intensity and instituted various successful energy management practices during the last year, outlined in their 2018 ESG report.

Smart Energy Decisions announced its expanded schedule of events for 2020, including its second city-specific conference and a west coast edition of the Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum, which have been added to the line-up.

The Estée Lauder Companies is on track to meet their 2020 targets of net zero carbon emissions and sourcing 100% renewable energy following recent solar and wind installations and the roll out of energy management improvements across its facilities.

The city of Sierra Vista, Ariz., will roll out $14 million in energy efficiency projects across the city in an effort to make it a more desirable sports and leisure tourism destination.