Livable cities are sustainable and resilient.
KERAMIDA’s Livable City Solutions helps cities and universities identify and implement forward-thinking sustainability strategies that create thriving communities and campuses that work for everyone.
What is Livable City Solutions?
KERAMIDA’s Livable City Solutions is a holistic, sustainable city and campus approach that delivers place-based, people-centered strategies grounded in community engagement and equity from inception to implementation. We work with cities, communities, and colleges to create customized, tangible solutions to complex problems.
What sets KERAMIDA apart?
Diverse Expertise:
Our Livable City Solutions professionals have experience in municipal policies, energy, waste management, transportation, buildings, infrastructure, environment, integration of industries and businesses, forestry, art, education, and outreach.
Grant Finding Strategies:
Our team excels at identifying funding mechanisms that lessen monetary barriers, empowering cities to implement projects of all scales.
Services Beyond Sustainability to Enhance Livability:
Policy Development: Full-spectrum support including stakeholder engagement, policy writing, socializing the policy, and implementing the policy.
Green Job Pathways
Hazard Mitigation
What is it like working with KERAMIDA?
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We are a trusted & credentialed partner to cities.
Accredited ClimateView Partner
ClimateView is a Swedish climate tech company providing game-changing insights to accelerate cities' transition to net zero. ClimateView helps local governments visualize and monitor their climate progress while engaging their stakeholders.
As an Accredited ClimateView Partner, KERAMIDA combines ClimateView’s data analysis with our Livable City Solutions services to enable cities to plan, communicate, manage, and attract funding for their transition to net zero.
Learn how KERAMIDA + ClimateView can benefit your city!
CDP Silver Cities Consultancy Solutions Provider
As a CDP Silver Cities Consultancy Solutions Provider in the U.S., KERAMIDA supports cities and local governments with:
Climate Action Planning
CDP Data Collection & Submission
Training Webinars
“The addition of KERAMIDA into our network of cities consultancy accredited solutions providers will bring highly valued expertise to the hundreds of local governments using CDP to disclose their environmental data and support them to implement leading actions to manage risks and reduce their impacts. We are confident that KERAMIDA’s capabilities will be useful, and we are glad to accredit them as a valued, high-quality service provider.”
On-Staff Urban GHG Inventory Specialist
The City Climate Planner program equips professionals with the skills needed to develop effective climate strategies in urban areas. KERAMIDA’s in-house Urban GHG Inventory Specialist focuses on GHG emission inventories - an essential element in creating City Climate Action Plans. Learn more.
Member of the Midwest Climate Collaborative
The Midwest Climate Collaborative envisions a carbon-neutral, climate-resilient, interconnected midwest region. As the only Sustainability Consulting firm member of the Midwest Climate Collaborative, KERAMIDA is proud to work alongside member Universities, NGOs, midwestern state and local governments, and corporations.
Amber Greaney, Livable City Solutions Manager (right) at the 2023 Midwest Climate Summit (Photo credit: Carol Green and Midwest Climate Collaborative)
Climate Action Plan Consulting
Strategy, Development, and Implementation
Climate Action Plans (CAPs) are a cost-effective way to formalize, demonstrate, and implement your emissions reduction strategy to help achieve meaningful climate change mitigation based on a greenhouse gas inventory and emissions reduction targets. KERAMIDA’s professionals will evaluate your operations to develop methods to reduce your carbon footprint and draft a Climate Action Plan (CAP) to effectively guide the implementation of emissions reductions strategies.
Our climate change experts are highly experienced in working with various municipal departments, setting Science-Based Targets for emissions reduction, and conducting Resiliency Assessments of climate hazards, impacts, risks, and adaptations, which can then be integrated into a City’s Climate Action Plan.
Climate Action Planning Workshops
Our experts lead workshops on Climate Action Planning for groups throughout the U.S.
At the 2023 Midwest Climate Summit, our Livable City Solutions Team presented “A Model for Developing a Climate Action Plan” at the Climate Action Planning Workshop: Bringing Communities Together to Equitably Address Sustainability, Transit, and Green Infrastructure.
Our team can bring this engaging workshop to your city, university, or public event. Please contact us today to speak with our team about scheduling a workshop for your community or group today.
Nick Mccreary, Senior Sustainability Manager, Presenting on Climate Action Planning at the 2023 Midwest Climate Summit
Amber Greaney, Livable City Solutions Manager, presenting on Climate Action Planning at the 2023 Midwest Climate Summit
What our clients are saying:
“All of the members of the KERAMIDA team exhibited a mastery of sustainability issues and presented the information in a manner that was both accessible and understandable to a variety of stakeholders... I received positive feedback from members of the Council, the City Manager, and community representatives... You are very fortunate to have such bright and accomplished young professionals representing KERAMIDA and I look forward to continuing our work with them in the coming months.”
“I need to tell you how impressed we are with your team! They are extremely professional yet friendly. They were so engaging with the residents. Their vast portfolio of talents is beyond their years. You have hired amazing people and they absolutely love working for you. That speaks volumes about you. I am so glad we have had the opportunity to work with you all and to get to know you too.”
“Thanks to the KERAMIDA team for putting this together. It was a lot of work accomplished in a very short time.”
Livable City Services
Sustainable and resilient solutions for cities, communities, and campuses
Sustainability Strategy:
Collaborate with cities and colleges to create place-specific Climate Action Plans (CAP) based on Climate Scenario Analysis, Impact Analysis, benchmarking, community and stakeholder engagement, technology application analysis, and feasibility studies, resulting in actionable and impactful mitigation actions with the highest return on investment.
Identify grant and funding opportunities and assist in grant applications.
Evaluate climate risks using a Climate Scenario Analysis to develop a Hazard Mitigation Plan.
LEED for Cities Consulting
Conduct city-wide GHG BASIC or BASIC+ inventory.
Track municipal energy, water, and generation of waste, resulting in operational improvement recommendations with a positive impact on climate.
Conduct vulnerability assessments and identify opportunities to improve resiliency.
Promote climate adaptation strategies through stakeholder engagement.
Conduct mobility planning to enhance public transit, cycling, pedestrian accessibility, and last-mile mobility options.
Collect data and report to CDP, including the development of a CDP Roadmap to ‘A’.
Create Sustainability Master Plans for public works construction projects seeking Envision or LEED certifications.
Provide updates on global technology developments supportive of sustainability and decarbonization.
Implementation:
Execute action items within any city plan.
Develop metrics to track various indicators necessary for reporting progress.
Provide project management to cities on various initiatives.
Conduct community engagement, planning, management, and implementation of waste-to-energy solutions.
Oversee the remediation, repurpose and reuse of old landfills.
Perform site assessments and manage the redevelopment of Brownfield and Superfund sites.
Policy Development and Facilitation:
Develop and implement city-wide Benchmarking & Transparency Building Programs to address and reduce utility usage.
Collaborate with local officials to develop bipartisan-supported policies, and socialize initiatives with legislative representatives to garner feedback and support.
Create and help pass ordinances such as Beyond Benchmarking, Solar Readiness, EV Readiness, Green Roofs, and Transit-Oriented Development.
Create a localized green building program that is relevant to unique policy ecosystems.
“Making of a Climate Action Plan” Video:
KERAMIDA’s Sustainability Team will film and produce a documentary to educate the public on the work that went into creating the City’s Climate Action Plan.
We will interview city administrators, community leaders, and students to share the stories of the people who worked on the project.
This is useful for the City to use as a marketing piece to attract people to move into the community while educating current and future residents on the City's dedication to creating a sustainable future.
KERAMIDA’s Experience with Cities & Universities
KERAMIDA has a deep understanding of cities and universities and has supported their environmental and sustainability needs for over 30 years.
KERAMIDA developed several strategic initiatives, which were firsts in the country:
The first Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant providing ammonia removal and disinfection by ozonation
The first Sustainability Planning for public works projects
The first and only creation, by legislation, of a taxing authority to take responsibility for the cleanup of a Superfund landfill
Our team members’ experience with cities and universities includes:
Identifying, applying for, and winning multi-million dollar grants for cities
Creating and implementing a Transparency and Benchmarking Ordinance aimed at assessing energy consumption by buildings, with the goal of setting energy and GHG reduction targets
Designing a green building tax abatement policy
Implementing a Science Based Target initiative at the city level
Submitting municipal CDP reporting, resulting in an ‘A’ grade, which only 12% of cities received
Developing a Climate Action Plan for a significant R1 university with a heavy emphasis on university & city cooperation
Authoring a Sustainability Management Plan for a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project
Remediating and revitalizing Brownfield and Superfund sites
Regional water quality planning
Developing a community-based experiential learning program for a state university
Environmental awareness training for construction crews
Assuring Envision Certification for public works projects
Waste studies and biomass-to-energy solutions
GHG assessments
Energy use audits
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KERAMIDA offers a wide variety of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) services to clients worldwide, including multi-facility industrial clients, industrial associations, law firms, and state organizations. Our experienced team of GHG experts provide carbon footprint evaluations, GHG inventories, GHG monitoring plans, and training.
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