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On April 15, 2024, The Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) proudly released its 2023 Annual Report, Building Blocks for a Brighter Future, which encapsulates the significant efforts and milestones achieved throughout the year in advancing energy efficiency and sustainability across the Bay Area.

The Bay Area has long been at the forefront of environmental and sustainability efforts and is embarking on yet another significant initiative towards a greener future.

BayREN’s Single Family Home+ program aims to serve moderate-income and harder-to-reach residents in the Bay Area. The program is being redesigned to better achieve the goals of health, comfort, safety, and savings through energy upgrades for these target populations. The new Single Family program will be designed to complement existing programs, and is anticipated to launch in the late fall or winter of 2024.

In the bustling heart of downtown San Rafael stands Thai Food Express, serving beloved dishes such as red curry, drunken noodles, and papaya salad. Open since 1990, Thai Food Express has consistently remained a crowd favorite. Recently, the restaurant has embraced a new flavor of improvements: energy efficiency upgrades made through the BayREN Business program. 

We are thrilled to introduce Jillian Du as the new Program Manager for BayREN’s Single Family Home+ (Single Family) program.

Watch as this San Leandro resident benefitted from BayREN rebates to upgrade her drafty house to an energy efficient and comfortable home.

As realtors often say, every house has a story to tell. In a quiet community-driven neighborhood in Oakland, there's a 1940s home that has been given a new lease on life.

Join Celebrity Chef Tú David Phu for a free live cooking experience.

In August, the BayREN team, joined by staff of the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA; BayREN’s Multifamily program implementer) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), embark

The Bay Area has an exceedingly competitive housing market, and in the face of an aging housing stock, home buyers are often left to consider the costs of unforeseen home upgrades.