ABOUT CET • Resilient Climate Solutions

Together, We Make Climate Solutions Work—For Everyone

CET helps people and communities take meaningful climate action—right where they live and work. We turn intention into impact with practical support, proven strategies, and deep local partnerships.

Join us in building a just, resilient future—one solution at a time.

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Vision

We envision a world where just and resilient climate solutions are not the exception, but the norm.

Mission

We innovate, implement, and scale the environmental solutions that communities need to thrive.

Theory of Change

We deliver practical, scalable climate solutions in the places they’re most needed—and often hardest to reach: homes, small businesses, farms, and community organizations.

driven by Action, Guided by Heart

what drives us

We believe people want to act on climate—but face barriers of cost, complexity, and confusion. We also believe well-designed systems, grounded in field experience, can remove those barriers.

CET works at this intersection: where practical solutions meet systemic change, and where one person’s action can spark broader impact.

what we aim to achieve

We move people from intention to impact. CET helps households, small businesses, and communities decarbonize the built environment and reduce waste.

Beyond reducing emissions, we are building the long-term infrastructure of trust, knowledge, and behavior that makes sustained change possible.

how we get there

We offer no-cost consulting to help people take tangible steps—like upgrading insulation, electrifying heating systems, reducing wasted food, and navigating local and state programs.

These aren’t abstract strategies. They reduce emissions and improve lives today. And because we’ve spent decades doing the work most people overlook, we know how to deliver impact at scale.

Philanthropic support helps us test, refine, and replicate our approach across communities—accelerating progress and expanding equity at the pace science demands.

Why this works

Systems change depends on individual action.

CET translates complex, often inaccessible programs into real-world outcomes. Our community-based work informs policy from the ground up, while our strategic insight helps shape systems from the top down. This dual perspective—rare and essential—is what sets us apart.

our Impact

At CET, We:

Inspire individual action and drive global impact.

Cultivate creative growth and intentional improvement.

Foster quality of life and work.

Are kind.

Who We Work With

We collaborate with residents, small businesses, nonprofits, local governments, utilities, and agencies.
Together, we connect grassroots realities with system-level change—and invite philanthropists to help bridge the gap from local success to national transformation.

Our Core Assumptions

Philanthropy is catalytic

Solving the climate crisis requires a blended finance model—public mandates, utility obligations, and private ambition. Philanthropy unlocks innovation, fills funding gaps, and accelerates momentum. CET weaves together these streams to deliver powerful outcomes.

Local actions move global needles

We reduce carbon now by meeting people where they are—literally. We make it easier for households and communities to make climate-smart decisions, and we work to remove the friction that gets in the way.

Equity and innovation go hand-in-hand

Scaling climate solutions equitably means adapting to complexity. CET centers frontline experience, iterates continuously, and builds for real-world needs. We don’t just scale fast—we scale fair.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

CET is committed to racial justice and inclusion. We believe in dismantling historic injustices, and we believe that fostering equity and inclusion is key to achieving our environmental mission and climate mitigation goals.

In this spirit, our Board and staff have been formally co-creating and implementing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Framework since 2020, which is designed to embed DEI principles into all internal and external policies, practices, and services.

Strategic Plan

Four goals, one aim: radical impact during this decisive decade for climate action.

Tell our story

Grow awareness of CET’s unique model and impact.

Build Systemic Resilience

Strengthen CET’s capacity for accelerated growth.

Lead with Technical Innovation

Couple innovation with inclusive customer service to implement and scale leading-edge solutions.

Foster Quality of Life & Work

Create a model work environment where diverse staff grow and thrive.

1970s

Founded in 1976, CET was a pioneer in energy conservation including offering the first home energy audits.

1980s

Launched the small business energy program providing some of the first energy assessments to businesses.

Helped administer some of the first energy financing programs.

Expanded services to waste management and worked to pass mandatory recycling bylaws in cities and towns.

1990s

Created one of the first web-based materials swap sites.

Created the first home compost bin distribution program.

Piloted commercial food waste programs.

2000s

CET became a leader in building consumer awareness, acceptance, and demand for energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Expanded and scaled energy efficiency and waste reduction services.

Launched a reuse center which would become EcoBuilding Bargains.

Implemented energy services for farms to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

2010s

Began providing building science training and curriculum development.

Expanded geographic footprint outside of Massachusetts.

Piloted programs to improve affordability and access to clean and renewable energy, including Solar Access, Healthy Homes, and Solar Hot Water.

2020s

Piloted new service delivery models like Inclusive Utility Investments and Carbon-Based Incentives.

Launched comprehensive decarbonization services.

Developed the Community Climate Fund as a vehicle for colleges, universities, and businesses to invest in high-impact, local carbon reduction projects.

Contact Us

Here’s how you can contact us for any questions or concerns.

LOCATION

17 New South St,
Old School Commons Suite #304, Northampton, MA 01060

HOURS

Mon – Friday:
09.00am – 5.00pm

Phone

413-586-7350

Email

cet@cetonline.org

Mailing address

Po Box 275,
Dalton, MA 01226

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