Category: Efficiency and Conservation

Home with gray siding.

Bringing More Affordable, Efficient Homes to Kentucky Communities

As high housing prices continue to challenge many Kentuckians seeking to own a home, the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet is working with Next Step, a Louisville-based nonprofit organization, and the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI) to demonstrate the role modern manufactured homes can play in providing affordable, […]

aerial view of water tanks at a treatment factory.

Kentucky Finds Success through Water Regionalization

With a focus on providing clean, dependable drinking water to Kentucky families, water utilities have looked to regionalization of water services with remarkable results. Since 2000, the total number of public water systems in Kentucky has decreased 55 percent. Systems are working together to solve area water concerns and are realizing regionalization can increase efficiency, better protect the environment and increases a community’s capacity for economic development.