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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Resilience in 2026</image:title>
      <image:caption>Welcome New Lotus Team Members!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Lotus Speaking at Resilience Conferences</image:title>
      <image:caption>Over the last two years Lotus has evolved and expanded our service offerings for Climate Mitigation and Resiliency Planning, including completing climate risk and vulnerability assessments, and comprehensive climate adaptation work. Lotus is excited to announce that our staff will be speaking about our recent resiliency work with the City of Birmingham (AL), and the City of Edmond (OK) at two upcoming conferences in 2026.  The 2026 National Adaptation Forum will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from May12-14, 2026.  The National Adaptation Forum is a biennial convening for adaptation professionals that seeks to innovate, network, and focus on existing and emerging climate adaptation challenges. The Forum provides opportunities for professional development through training sessions, facilitated presentations and panels, and formal and informal networking sessions. Lotus’s Rachel Meier and Shelby de Jongh will be presenting on the vulnerability mapping tool and vulnerability analysis that Lotus developed for the City of Birmingham. Learn more about Lotus’s work with Birmingham here! The South Central Climate Resilience Forum (SCCRF) will be held in San Antonio, Texas from April 15-17, 2026. The SCCRF is a three-day, in-person event focused on fostering meaningful dialogue and action on climate resilience and adaptation across Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The forum seeks to increase the understanding of climate-related challenges faced in the region and bring awareness to resiliency work in the region. Hillary Dobos, President and Owner of Lotus, will be speaking on Lotus’s resiliency work with the City of Edmond, Oklahoma. Learn more about Edmond’s Resiliency Action Plan here! We hope to see some of you at these events. Photo Credit: Visit Pittsburgh</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Lotus Staff are ClearPath 2.0 Certified!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is excited to announce that we have three team members certified in ICLEI and Climateview’s ClearPath 2.0, the newest version of the software for transforming climate and sustainability action. Lotus is a long time partner with ICLEI, USA. Currently we have three certified ClearPath 2.0 Trained Professionals, two staff that have completed the Academy, and more staff actively enrolled in the program. Trained Professionals are recognized implementation partners — equipped to provide advisory services, technical know-how, and delivery capacity. The ClearPath 2.0 platform offers local governments a user-friendly tool encompassing all the resources necessary for effective climate action. It can be used to track and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, model transition scenarios, set and refine targets, design and take action, visualize data and track progress, and create fundable projects. Is your community, company, or organization looking to complete a greenhouse gas inventory? We can help! Email hello@lotussustainability.com for more information.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - 1% for the Planet Certified</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is excited to announce that we have been certified with 1% for the Planet! Organizations certified with 1% for the Planet donate 1% of their profits towards environmental causes. Learn more about 1% for the Planet and check out all the great organizations who have been certified here!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Volunteering with Denver Urban Gardens</image:title>
      <image:caption>In October 2025, the Lotus team participated in a volunteering event with DUG (Denver Urban Gardens) to prepare a food forest site along Sanderson Gulch. The Lotus team in collaboration with other volunteers spent the afternoon digging basins for trees, mulching, flattening earth, laying the foundation for an accessible walkway, preparing for tree planting, and much more! Learn more about Denver Urban Gardens here! Photo courtesy of Denver Urban Gardens</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - McCall, Idaho | Rooted in Resilience: A Climate Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus led the development of the City of McCall, Idaho’s Rooted in Resilience Plan, a community-centered and community-driven Climate Action Plan. Lotus led the facilitation of in person and virtual engagements with community organizations and members, as well as city staff, City Council, and the Nez Perce Tribe. In addition, Lotus created multiple Meetings-in-a-Box  activities with all the necessary information and materials for non-city affiliated individuals or groups to  engage different groups of the McCall population and meet them where they are. Lotus also reviewed McCall’s previous greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory and updated the Business as Usual (BAU) projection to make data-backed recommendations and strategies. Lastly, the Lotus led the plan development and design process. Check it out by clicking here!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Grant County, Washington | Comprehensive Plan Climate Element</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus partnered with Measure Meant to complete the climate element of Grant County’s Comprehensive Plan, a requirement for all Washington jurisdictions through the Growth Management Act. Lotus assisted with the development of a climate vulnerability assessment, an iterative process that included future climate projections, “at-risk” populations, and an assessment of probability and magnitude of consequence regarding climate-related hazards specific to Grant County.  The assessment was supplemented by an engagement process targeting the Hispanic/Latinx population given their large composition of the County’s population. Engagement activities included Climate Advisory Team meetings composed of government and community stakeholders, critical partner interviews with local municipalities in Grant County and community-based organizations, focus groups structured around five climate sub-topics, meetings-in-a-box  for the public, a public survey, and tabling at the County’s Umani Festival. Key to the success of engagement was connecting with community-based organizations to gain actionable insights and community connections in a largely rural, agricultural community. Learn more by clicking here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Steamboat Springs, Colorado | Comprehensive Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is a subconsultant to the SE Group to create a Comprehensive Plan for Steamboat Springs. Couched in a number of recently updated plans, including a Routt County Sustainability Plan developed by Lotus (2021), Steamboat Springs is looking to improve sustainability and resiliency within the unique mountain town. Core to their way of life is recreation and subsequently tourism, but all of this puts weight on the city’s most precious resources - the Yampa River, and the Steamboat Springs Ski Area to name a few. The Comprehensive Plan will be instructive in outlining the Steamboat approach to responsibly managing assets, protecting the thriving outdoor life that folks travel all over the world to experience, improving traffic and walkability, all while keeping an eye to increasing frequency of wildfire and drought.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Remembering Brianna Johnson</image:title>
      <image:caption>As many of you know, our dearly beloved Business Development Manager, Brianna Johnson, passed away unexpectedly in October 2025. In her time at Lotus, Brianna played a foundational role in business operations, proposal development, graphic design, and equity initiatives. Brianna spearheaded much of Lotus’s equity work, having dedicated monumental contributions to monthly equity presentations, equity in hiring and our staff’s internal equity efforts. Brianna streamlined business development efforts and helped the company grow strategically. Brianna was a source of joy, positivity, and light for our staff and she will be deeply missed. You can learn more about Brianna by visiting her Lotus webpage here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Madison Davis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Madison joins Lotus as Research Associate II. A proud Wisconsin native, Madison grew up spending summers in the North Woods, where time on the lake sparked his early appreciation for the environment. That connection deepened in Colorado, where he fell in love with the Rockies while earning dual Bachelor’s degrees in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Denver. Madison spent a formative semester in Ecuador, living and conducting research in an Indigenous community, which further shaped his perspective. Here, he witnessed firsthand the community’s sustainable, climate-centered practices and deep relationship with the land. After three years with Teach For America, Madison pursued his environmental interests through Georgetown University’s Master’s in Global Human Development program, specializing in Environment &amp; Climate and Food, Agriculture &amp; Rural Livelihoods and earning certifications in Social Innovation and Diplomacy. He has since worked as a consultant and researcher with the World Bank’s Agriculture and Food Global Practice, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the National Laboratory of the Rockies, building expertise in stakeholder engagement, policy research, and cross-sector collaboration to advance climate-smart systems. Madison is excited to contribute to the mission of Lotus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Emma Kaznowski</image:title>
      <image:caption>Emma joins Lotus as Research Associate II. Raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the shores of Lake Superior, Emma developed a deep connection to the outdoors and an early interest in the relationship between the environment and community. She earned a B.A. in International Studies with a focus on Global Environment and Health, along with minors in Spanish and Environmental Geology from the University of Michigan. Following her undergraduate studies, she worked in urban food access in Detroit and supported rural food security efforts across the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands in Alaska. Building on her experience in food-based nonprofits, Emma relocated to Colorado to pursue a Masters of the Environment in Sustainable Food Systems from the University of Colorado Boulder. During graduate school, she worked on a range of projects including agricultural equity and carbon accounting in collaboration with local nonprofits and the University of Colorado-Boulder. After graduate school, Emma expanded her work into broader sustainability roles across consulting and the nonprofit sector before transitioning into corporate procurement and sustainability at a large food and beverage company. She is excited to apply her interdisciplinary background and systems-focused approach to advance equitable and impactful sustainability initiatives at Lotus.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Leah Roffman</image:title>
      <image:caption>Leah joins Lotus as Research Associate I. Leah grew up in New York and developed an interest in environmental solutions by way of an interest in politics and policy. In college, she explored internships and research opportunities where she could learn how environmental policy solutions were developed, evaluated, and advocated for in different settings. During this time, she also became fascinated with the role of data modelling in informing both public and private sector decision making. After graduating from Duke University, she worked at the Department of Agriculture supporting the development of environmental market incentives for sustainable agriculture. Leah has developed a range of skills in policy analysis, data visualization, statistical analysis, and writing. She is looking forward to joining the team at Lotus and helping support clients with their sustainability and climate goals.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter January 2026 - Unequal Storms: Understanding Inequity in Disaster Response</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our team discussed how disasters have affected communities differently, showcasing that socioeconomic factors, language access, housing stability, and insurance coverages play a major role in both vulnerability and recovery. Using case studies like Hurricane Katrina, Typhoon Haiyan, and multiple Colorado wildfires, it emphasizes the importance of recognizing these disparities to improve fairness and effectiveness in disaster response and recovery efforts.  Social Vulnerability Index Resources for Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Toolkit United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter August 2025 - We ARE HIRING!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Visit the Lotus Careers webpage to view the job description for the open position. Please help us distribute this new opportunity to your robust network!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter August 2025 - City of edmond , OKlahoma | Resiliency Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Edmond to create the city’s first Resilience Action Plan. The plan centers city-level action around improving on current initiatives and incorporating new strategies that the city can implement to improve resiliency over the next five years. Informational interviews and dozens of focus groups helped inform existing conditions, resources, and programming in Edmond, as well as the desired future conditions for the city. The final plan is a dynamic, public-facing dashboard.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter August 2025 - City of Denver impact report</image:title>
      <image:caption>For the past two years, Lotus has been supporting the City &amp; County of Denver’s Office of Climate Action,  Sustainability &amp; Resiliency’s Annual Report.  The report highlights the impact of Denver's investment into clean energy, energy efficiency, electrified transportation, circular economy, and more.  By helping Denver align interventions, measures, and metrics to greenhouse gas reductions, Lotus has helped demonstrate a return on investment and the emissions saving from Denver’s voter approved Climate Protection Fund.  Success like this is just one of many reasons Denver continues to be listed on CDP’s A-List for environmental leadership and transparency.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter August 2025 - Georgia Tech Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy Simulator</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Offices of Sustainability and Innovation at Georgia Tech worked with Lotus to create a Tableau dashboard that allows users to adjust modeled emissions with full flexibility.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter August 2025 - Injustice and equity in the service industry</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our team discussed injustice and equity topics within the food and beverage service industry, including the origins of tipping in the U.S. and resources and opportunities available to workers.  Colorado Restaurant Association Colorado Restaurant Association Health and Wellness Resource Center Prioritizing Mental Health in the Restaurant Industry Economic Policy Institute: Tipping is a racist relic and a modern tool of economic oppression in the South NPR: The Land of the Free</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Lotus Newsletter August 2025 - Impacts of AI and Data Centers</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Lotus team learned about the environmental and social impacts of AI and data centers. Western Resource Advocates recently published a report "Data Center Impacts in the West: Policy Solutions for Water and Energy Use.” Take a look at the report below!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Welcome New Lotus Team Members!</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Lotus is excited to launch our refreshed website! Our new website helps us tell stories better—both our own and our clients’. It is also now available in five languages. Check out our refreshed website and learn more about who we are, our story, and our history!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lotus is excited to announce our membership to 1% for the Planet, a nonprofit organization where members donate 1% of annual sales directly to environmental organizations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Colorado Supplier Diversity Directory (CSDD)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is proud to join the Colorado Supplier Diversity Directory (CSDD). The directory is an incredible tool for businesses to find and contact small, diverse-owned, and veteran-owned businesses.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Communications and design for Cleveland’s Climate Action Plans</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus, in partnership with ALH Design, led the development and design of several communication tools for the City of Cleveland’s Climate Action Plan and Municipal Action Plan, as well as the design of the two plans themselves. Lotus and ALH crafted two series of social media posts, a staff engagement workshop and a community toolkit to encourage community-based organizations and individuals to take action. Check out the Community Climate Action Toolkit here!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Maui County Council approves comprehensive plan for climate action</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed Maui County’s Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, which was approved by Maui County Council earlier this year. The plan includes four greenhouse gas inventories that informs how to achieve Maui’s goal of zero emissions and a carbon-neutral economy by 2045.  The project was heavily focused on engaging community voices and integrating Hawaiian cultural values. Our team worked with staff from the County and community leaders to create strategies that would have an impact on the climate and align with indigenous ways of knowing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Urban Villages and APARIUM Hotel Group, Populus Hotel GHG Emissions Dashboard</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Urban Villages and the APARIUM Hotel Group to create a public greenhouse gas emissions tracking dashboard in Microsoft PowerBI for the recently constructed Populus Hotel in downtown Denver. The dashboard tracks real and predicted greenhouse gas emissions and offset activities from the construction and operations of the hotel over time. The dashboard includes functionality that allows for easy data updates, transparency for specific operations (waste diversion, water, energy, etc.), and tracks whether Populus has achieved their carbon positive goal. Explore the live dashboard.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Fort Collins Under Resourced Buildings (URB) Engagement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Fort Collins to engage under-resourced building (URB) stakeholders. The core purpose of the engagement was to gather insight into specific tools, resources, and other support mechanisms that Fort Collins could deploy to support commercial and multifamily building owners and tenants in achieving greater energy efficiency. Read more about the project here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Roadmap to Zero Emissions New Construction</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with 15 jurisdictions in the Denver metropolitan region to develop a Roadmap to Zero Emissions New Construction. Zero emissions buildings reduce carbon pollution and are safer, more comfortable for occupants, and more resilient to changes in climate. The Roadmap recommends a phased approach to energy code policies for new construction and major remodels to achieve zero emissions by 2030. Implementing consistent energy policies across the region ensures that no one - residents, businesses, tenants, and workforce - is left behind in the transition towards clean electric technologies.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Lotus team utilized Erin Meyer’s Country Mapping Tool to learn cultural differences that exist across all cultures. The tool allows users to select countries and receive a cultural mapping of countries and cultures. Country Mapping Tool</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ashlee grew up in Southern California, surrounded by desert, the Colorado River, and alfalfa. She left for Utah to pursue her B.S. in Biology from Southern Utah University, where she fell in love with research in conservation and sustainability. She then traveled to Colorado to pursue a Professional Science Masters in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability with a focus in Carbon Management at Colorado State University. During her masters and through various internships, Ashlee developed her skills in GHG accounting, data analysis, and sustainable ecosystem management. She is excited to join Lotus to work on GHG inventories and is committed to helping clients implement more sustainable practices.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2025 - Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jenna joins Lotus with a passion for collaborating with communities to create well-informed, strategic climate action plans and emissions reduction roadmaps to foster sustainable communities. She uses her expertise in greenhouse gas analysis and emissions forecast modeling to co-develop unique plans that are solutions-focused to drive down emissions for a low-carbon future while enhancing equity and community resilience at every stage. Outside of work, Jenna enjoys hiking the many trails Colorado has to offer with her two adventure dogs, curling up with a good book beside her two sleepy cats, or popping some popcorn to watch a scary movie.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Originally hailing from Dallas, Texas, Savannah grew up loving National Geographic documentaries, camping, and anything to do with nature. In learning about sustainability and climate change outside of school, she wondered why humans weren’t doing more to combat these issues. This led her to pursue her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California, earning both in just 4 years. Savannah’s varied background has equipped her with skills in policy analysis, spatial mapping, public engagement, graphic design, technical writing, and more, allowing her to take on diverse projects. She is excited to contribute both her technical and creative skills to the Lotus team, bringing about positive social and environmental change.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Pitkin County Board of Commissioners has adopted of the County’s 2025 Climate Action Plan! Lotus completed the County’s community-wide GHG inventory and the municipal GHG inventory is underway. Both inventories are key to accomplishing the goals of the Plan.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/blog/2025/3/19/maui-county-council-approves-comprehensive-plan-for-climate-action</loc>
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      <image:caption>We are hiring!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - January 2025 - New Regional Roadmap Paves Way for Net Zero Buildings by 2030</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo courtesy of Daniel Bayer Photography, provided by the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE). Eagle County, Colorado, a collection of mountain communities with a population of about 54.5k people has emerged as a regional leader in sustainable development and green buildings. Lotus, in partnership with Walking Mountains and the Community Office for Regional Efficiency, led a cohort of communities from Eagle, Pitkin, and Garfield counties to develop a regional roadmap to achieve the Eagle County Climate Action Plan’s ambitious goal of achieving a net-zero or all-electric building codes for new construction by 2030. Some of the Roadmap’s objectives include defining a net-zero energy code for new construction, eliminating GHG emissions from new construction, developing building code implementation plans for local governments, and helping the municipalities in the region stay aligned on their building codes. The Vail Daily published an article about the Regional Roadmap that can be found here!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - January 2025 - Colorado Green Business Network Certification - Lotus Can Help!</image:title>
      <image:caption>What is the Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN)? The CGBN is a program that encourages, supports, and rewards organizations that make the move toward the goal of operational sustainability. The program’s goal is to support organizations throughout Colorado at any level of implementation to increase the efficiency and sustainability of operations through assessing opportunities for growth, recognizing success, and providing connections to like-minded businesses. Organizations in Colorado can apply for CGBN recognition and other benefits such as awards and networking, by meeting sustainability requirements and criteria on a point-based reporting application. The CGBN also provides free Technical Assistance to businesses interested in recognition and learning more about how to advance sustainability in their operations. If your organization is based in Colorado, Lotus recommends setting up a meeting with the CGBN team to learn more about the program and learn about growth opportunities.  Lotus was a recognized Silver member of the CGBN in 2023 and is aiming for Gold in 2025. We understand the hard work that can go into meeting sustainability requirements, developing internal policies, and planning projects to become a more sustainable company. As part of our mission to advance climate action locally, we offer support to businesses who are interested in learning more about Lotus’ experience with the CGBN, need help reaching a higher member status, or require assistance with specific criteria they would like to meet for the certification. Lotus is able to provide support with energy, water, waste, and GHG reporting, community outreach, project planning, transportation, and more! You can email hello@lotussustainability.com or get in touch with us through our website!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - January 2025 - Mountain Towns 2030 Climate Solutions Summit</image:title>
      <image:caption>In October, five members of the Lotus staff traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to attend and speak at the Mountain Towns 2030 Climate Solutions Summit. At the Summit, great minds in climate action gathered to discuss and think about environmental solutions for mountain communities who share similar impacts from a changing climate. Lotus’ Kim Schlaepfer and Eagle County’s Kira Koppel co-presented on Roadmapping to “Net Zero” New Construction. Their presentation focused on multi-county collaboration and redefining net zero alignment on new construction codes, which led to the Net Zero Roadmap for Eagle-Pitkin counties. They also discussed the differences between home-rule and non-home-rule states and advancing sustainability in building codes.  If you are interested in sustainability for mountain communities, consider registering for the Mountain Towns 2030 Climate Network, a peer-to-peer platform that enables collaboration amongst local government officials, staff sustainability teams, ski resorts, local businesses, and nonprofit leaders. In this online community, there are spaces to ask questions, help others, and share ideas. More information on the Climate Network can be found here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - January 2025 - Deer valley climate action plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus partnered with Deer Valley to develop a climate action plan for their resort operations. The Deer Valley Climate Action Plan will help the resort address their operational carbon footprint, prioritize implementation strategies, and clearly communicate their climate action commitments to their visitors and staff. Lotus’s approach walked the client through the crafting of a set of prioritization metrics through which the resort can assess its next steps: from proactively addressing climate risks to tackling critical opportunities in their infrastructure to empowering staff to solve problems. Lotus’s expertise in adapting climate plans to fit a specific culture, environment, and circumstance shines in this resort climate action plan. The scope of work included workshops with the Senior Leadership Team, focus groups and informational interviews with staff, a site visit to meet with all resort departments, a business-as-usual emissions forecast, climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, and a designed climate action plan document.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - January 2025 - Wheat Ridge, Colorado Climate Action Plan Update</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Wheat Ridge to update and formally adopt their Sustainability Action Plan. The community was the impetus for the first Plan created in 2018. Lotus led the strategic analysis of the 2018 plan, which involved a comprehensive review of relevant City plans, as well as regional, state, and federal plans and initiatives. This review allowed the City to utilize existing collaborations and funding to force-multiply their sustainability efforts. Lotus also engaged City staff and key stakeholders to contextualize the 2024 plan update and identify critical opportunities. Engagement efforts also garnered community input on sustainability priorities and strategies. Lotus sought to capture the grassroots, community-driven spirit of the plan and ground the plan update in the key implementation details that City staff would champion.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - January 2025 - Equity in hiring practices</image:title>
      <image:caption>This equity presentation discussed hiring practices that help to create the most equitable outcomes for candidates, increase diversity in the workplace, and analyze cultural elements. How to Reduce Personal Bias When Hiring Culture Fit Versus Culture Add: Hiring For Growth</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As part of our mission to expand our equity learning and efforts at Lotus, we partner with Seven Focus to provide each of our team members with an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and an individualized Intercultural Development Plan (IDP) with opportunities to learn, reflect, and write goals. The IDI is a tool that can provide information about one’s cultural mindset and competence, with specific focuses on cultural commonalities, differences, and growth. The IDI helps Lotus staff develop internal, company-wide equity activities that initiate dialogues, provide space for reflection, and create outlets for change.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - September 2024 - EXPANDING WORK IN THE SOUTHEAST</image:title>
      <image:caption>In July, the City of Birmingham, Alabama selected Lotus with partner, Hummingbird Firm, as the vendor for the development of the City’s first Sustainability Plan. The project will complement the work that has already taken place for the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant for the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area. Lotus is also performing ongoing work for Georgia Tech including  projects related to GHG inventories, Climate Action and Sustainability planning, and GHG modeling and visualization. We are excited to begin our work with Birmingham and extend our services to communities in the Southeast.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - September 2024 - LOTUS OFFERS GRANT WRITING SERVICES</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus offers grant writing services to help our partner communities implement their climate action strategies. This includes research, grant writing, grant management, and grant evaluation. Our client, DRCOG (Denver Regional Council of Governments), shared the following exciting grant opportunities:  Federal Highway Administration: Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Colorado Energy Office: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Colorado Department of Local Affairs: Infrastructure Investment &amp; Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Grant Writing Assistance Please reach out if you need grant research and writing support!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - September 2024 - Streamlined Program Impact Reporting and Evaluation Tools</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus offers program impact evaluation tools as part of our suite of data visualization services. Program impact dashboards make it simple and efficient to comply with State and Federal reporting requirements, especially when new funding becomes available. These tools can also be used internally to measure program effectiveness. Lotus breaks program impact evaluations into four steps.  1. Background research and metric identification. Metrics can include GHG emissions reductions, energy use and cost reductions, jobs created, impacts in disproportionately impacted communities, etc. 2. Data collection. 3. Calculation and development of summary dashboard. 4. Reporting and sharing results with stakeholders. If you are interested in implementing a tool to track your impact, please reach out! Image: Sample program impact dashboard summarizing impacts of program implementation on energy use, emissions, air pollution, and jobs.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>As a continuation of the greenhouse gas emissions inventory work we completed in 2023, the City of Mission, Kansas was ready to prioritize its list of recommendations for climate action. Mission reassembled its Climate Action Task Force and Lotus facilitated the Task Force meetings.  Together, the City, Lotus, and the Task Force developed a prioritization matrix to help think through the implementation of the strategies initially developed in 2022. Using metrics such as greenhouse gas emissions reduction, equity, and feasibility, we created a scoring rubric and scored the strategies based on that rubric. Watch out for some amazing work to come from the City of Mission!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The State’s Energy Code Board reconvened in 2024 to create a Low Energy and Carbon Code for Colorado. This code, based on the recently released 2024 IECC, will be the new State minimum energy code, starting July 1, 2026. Lotus is facilitating the Board’s process and providing technical support, code drafting, and review with support from Group14 and Shums Coda. Lotus is also convening an equity committee for the Board to ensure the final code advances equity and minimizes unintended consequences.  The Low Energy and Carbon Code will be published in September of 2025. Communities, organizations, and companies across Colorado have the opportunity to weigh in on the Board’s process. Colorado professionals and community members can submit comments at any time using the online comment form. In addition, the public will have two opportunities in 2025 to review and provide input on the draft code language. The first public comment period and draft code will be available in early January 2025, and the second in early April 2025.  Those interested in learning more about the Energy Code Board’s work or discussions can find more information on the Colorado Energy Office's website. Meeting notes and recordings are publicly available for review on the site along with comments and code proposals from the general public submitted to date.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Construction and Demolition (C&amp;D) debris management can be a considerable challenge for communities with limited landfill space and/or concerns about methane production in their landfill. While most C&amp;D debris is bulky and heavy, it can still be diverted from the landfill to be recycled or repurposed. The City of Aspen has taken this challenge head-on.   In January 2022, the Aspen City Council set a Science Based Target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 63% by 2030 and net zero by 2050. They also set waste reduction targets to reduce organic material going to landfill by 25% by 2025 and 100% by 2050, with a reduction of all waste going to the landfill by 70% by 2050. To continue to work toward these targets, Aspen wanted to better calculate fees based on the environmental impact of C&amp;D materials that should be diverted, but arrive at the landfill instead. Using an Embodied Carbon dataset for materials and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Social Cost of Carbon, Lotus quantified the present cost of future environmental damage from the material’s life cycle including extraction, production, transportation, and ultimately disposal. Aspen is currently in the process of applying this metric to C&amp;D debris that originates within the City of Aspen.  If you would like to utilize an embodied carbon or Life-Cycle Analysis for your community or company, reach out to the Lotus team!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This equity presentation covered the origins and history of the Dust Bowl, particularly highlighting injustices to indigenous peoples, and the legacy of environmental destruction that still abounds in the area today.  The Worst Hard Time</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This presentation introduced the Lotus team to some of the work Spirit of the Sun is doing around permaculture and mycelium. The content explored not only the benefits of permaculture and mycelium, but their roots in indigenous culture and their role in providing resiliency for BIPOC communities here in Colorado.  U.S. Permaculture and the Legacy of Colonizing Ideologies Reading</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2024 - Welcome to our new team members!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - May 2024 - SBA WOSB CERTIFICATION</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is proud to announce national certification as a participant of the The Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program, which helps even the playing field for women-owned businesses. This certification allows Lotus to be eligible to compete for federal contracts set aside for the WOSB Program.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lotus’ Climate Mitigation, Resiliency, and Planning team developed a Sustainable Purchasing Best Management Practice Guide (SPBMP) and an Electric Vehicle (EV) Procurement Policy (EVPP) for the Town of Erie to help them achieve their sustainability goals. The SPBMP will ensure that all products purchased will meet high standards of sustainability, social well-being, and economic vitality. The EVPP will allow Erie to implement an EV-First Policy for their fleet procurement, which will help Erie electrify its fleet over the next 10 to 25 years.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Lotus Communications and Engagement team is supporting the City of Fort Collins’s municipal utility in updating their Water Efficiency Plan. This plan will outline goals and strategies for the utility to improve efficiency in the community and in the City’s operations. Lotus, in partnership with Greenprint Partners, is facilitating staff and public engagement as well as developing an equity assessment for the plan’s strategies.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Lotus Data team is supporting Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) with greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction strategy modeling to analyze the impact of the Climate Protection Fund. Lotus has calculated the GHG emission impact and marginal carbon abatement cost of sixteen programs across CASR.  The results from this project will help ensure consistency in calculating GHG impact across all programs, as well as inform decisions about what programs to scale up and what to scale back to equitably achieve Denver’s zero emissions goal by 2040.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Many of our clients report on an annual basis to standard reporting platforms such as CDP. We’ve helped clients achieve CDP’s A-List status by preparing their greenhouse gas emissions inventories and assisting with their questionnaire. If you are considering reporting or looking to move your ranking up, send an email to hello@lotussustainability.com.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This issue exacerbates social and economic disparities and underscores the need for targeted initiatives to address energy affordability in the region.  Storymap - Energy Insecurity in the Southeast</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>White supremacy culture refers to a set of cultural/societal norms that negatively impact all members of society, no matter one’s racial identity. These norms are dominant in cultural institutions such as schools, universities, work environments, government systems, and within our social lives.  White Supremacy Culture Characteristics</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tourism boosts economies, employment, and development, but can tourism become harmful? We explored the background of Indonesia’s tourism and learned how overdevelopment in Bali is threatening the island’s environment, economy, religion, and culture. Storymap - Over-Exposure to Tourism in Bali, Indonesia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Learning about the past helps us to understand how historical inequities impact communities today. We learned about how neighborhood construction impacts racist housing policies, urban renewal, zoning connections to pollution, homelessness, and segregation.  Storymap - Equity in Denver: How History Impacts Equity Today</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Breann joins Lotus as a Senior Associate. Breann grew up in the Northeast with a love for adventure and the outdoors. College internships in Alaska and on a remote island off the coast of Maine solidified her passion for environmental and sustainability work. She received a B.S. and Master of Engineering degree in Bio-Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.  Prior to joining Lotus, Breann worked in local government on stormwater management, green infrastructure, climate action planning, and energy codes in the San Francisco Bay Area, pursuing her dream of serving her community and helping make it a healthier place to live. She recently relocated to Colorado to be closer to friends, family, and the mountains. Breann is excited to apply her intimate knowledge of the challenges and opportunities that local governments face to her work with clients to help them achieve their climate goals.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kara joins Lotus as a Research Associate. Kara resides in Lander, Wyoming at the crossroads of rugged mountains, and high mountain deserts. This ecologically and culturally diverse place helped form her identity growing up, and continues to inspire her sense of exploration. Being from a rural and remote area, Kara is an advocate for elevating the needs of these communities as they search for their own path toward sustainability. The first step on this path is learning a community’s energy use and operational systems impact cost, community wellbeing, and GHG emissions. Kara has helped organizations in the nonprofit and municipal sectors quantify these impacts, research funding opportunities, and evaluate cost implications as they set their sights on implementation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brendan joins Lotus as the Business Support Specialist. Brendan grew up in Pittsburgh - a city with a rich history, many bridges, and lots of rain. Looking for sunshine, an outdoor lifestyle, and sustainability, Brendan ventured to Colorado to attend college with focuses on Strategic Communication, Marketing, and Psychology. Brendan’s background in marketing and communications led him to work for a creative advertising agency, Denver nonprofit, and a university in southern Hungary. Brendan’s passion for sustainability blossomed in college where he was part of an environmental sustainability community. The program exposed him to climate-related issues, environmental science, and sustainability initiatives. Brendan is passionate about implementing sustainable practices wherever life takes him.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lotus is hiring for two positions: Data Research Associate and Part-Time Business Support Specialist. The review of materials is ongoing and will continue until the position is filled. We strongly encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Lotus is committed to providing its team with a work experience that compliments and supports the lives that employees want to live. We pride ourselves in supporting hybrid and remote work; providing essential benefits such as healthcare, a wellness stipend, parental leave, and 401(k); 30 hours of paid volunteer or board time; an annual matched donation to charity; and unlimited paid time off recognizing the value of time away from work for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>JSI is a public health organization, and Lotus is excited to join the important work of decarbonizing public health. We partnered with JSI to support climate action initiatives for their eight offices in the United States. This internal Climate Action Program will help JSI identify their carbon footprint, solidify their commitment to climate action, and clearly communicate their commitments to its funders (specifically government funding). This work included focus groups with JSI administration, interviews with funders and partners, a greenhouse gas inventory replete with an Inventory Management Plan, climate mitigation strategies, and an implementation plan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the YMCA of the Rockies to support the development of a Sustainability Action Plan that addressed the sustainability objectives in their strategic plan. The project actively engaged YMCA of the Rockies staff to foster a culture of sustainability within the organization and facilitate the implementation of effective climate action strategies. To support this work, Lotus conducted a comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory of both campus locations, as well as emissions modeling of sustainability strategies to gain insights into YMCA of the Rockies' environmental footprint and which strategies would be most impactful. Furthermore, Lotus developed a cost evaluation of carbon emission reduction strategies for the YMCA of the Rockies. Finally, Lotus worked strategically with YMCA staff to bring forward a GHG reduction goal to the YMCA Board of Directors and Senior Leadership to ensure the plan and associated goal were aligned with the mission and values of YMCA of the Rockies and that the Board understood the responsibilities associated with setting a GHG target for the organization. You can view the executive summary of the plan here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) was awarded a $1 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) from the EPA and hired Lotus to fulfill the requirements of the grant including a Priority Climate Action Plan (complete and available 3/1/24 on the DRCOG website) and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan. To date Lotus has led and facilitated multiple community and stakeholder engagements, as well as completed 12 separate GHG inventories for the region. Future work includes modeling GHG emissions reductions and analyzing costs and benefits of the selected strategies. Lotus is also will support the reporting requirements and development of the Comprehensive Climate Action Plan in the coming months. Stay up to date on the project and get involved here!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Xero Shoes creates a variety of shoe styles that embody the natural feeling of running barefoot. As part of the Recreational Equipment, Inc (REI) Product Standards Climate and Environmental Stewardship Valuation, Xero Shoes has committed to measuring its carbon footprint and reducing its carbon emissions in alignment with the recommendations of the United Nations (UN) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). To help Xero Shoes accomplish this, Lotus completed the company’s 2021 and 2022 operational greenhouse gas inventories, the results of which were shared with REI. In completing both inventories, Lotus followed REI’s requirements using the GHG Protocol and including emissions from scopes 1, 2, and 3. For the 2022 inventory, Lotus helped Xero Shoes translate the energy-use data from their secondary office in Prague, Czech Republic, as well as evaluate the emissions from the addition of a new, larger warehouse in Denver. Lotus also created inventory management plans for both inventories. Read more about Xero Shoes’ sustainability efforts here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Since completing the County’s Climate Action Plan, the jurisdictions in Summit County embarked on implementation work. Lotus worked with the High Country Conservation Center to update the County’s GHG inventory with 2021 data and develop a climate equity plan that will specifically detail projects and programs to enhance equity in the community through the implementation of climate action work. Learn more about Lotus’s work in Summit County here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency (CASR) to develop an equity-centered stakeholder facilitation and engagement process. This project convened members of the small Equity Priority Building (EPB) community to inform them about the type of services and incentives CASR offers to meet the Energize Denver requirements. Lotus reviewed previous EPB listening sessions, hosted several additional EPB community listening sessions, and conducted informational interviews with building owners, managers, and tenants. At the culmination of these conversations, Lotus produced a report sharing our findings and analysis to support CASR’s Energize Denver goals. Additionally, Lotus completes Denver’s community and municipal GHG inventories annually. We recently submitted Denver’s CDP response. For more information about all of our work the with City and County of Denver, click here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lotus contracted with the Colorado Energy Office to facilitate an Energy Code Board that created the State’s Model Electric and Solar Ready code. House Bill 22-1662 required the Energy Office to convene the Energy Code Board with diverse representatives from across the state to develop a new state minimum code in conjunction with the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code.  Read more about the process here and check out an article by Colorado Public Radio News about the impacts of the code here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Having grown up in Colorado, Grace has a love for the beautiful and diverse landscapes the State has to offer. She loves Palisades peaches and hatch green chiles and enjoys learning about the compelling and diverse parts of Colorado’s historical and cultural fabric. It’s in the unique, geo-sociological setting of the West that Grace began to understand the imperative challenge of climate change and its inextricable ties to race and equity. Grace’s background and passions continue to meet at the confluence of climate action and social justice. After receiving her master’s degree in International and Intercultural Communications from the University of Denver in 2020, Grace started work consulting in public health and emergency management. She has had the honor of responding to many recent disasters: The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Hurricane Ian, and the Surfside Condo Collapse. No matter the incident or landscape, she works to advance issues of sustainability and equity through community engagement and the facilitation of dialogue. When she isn’t working, she loves camping, gardening, crafting recipes from what she grew, and spending time with her many animals. LIFE GOALS: Complete my US National Parks Passport; Visit as many UNESCO World Heritage Sites as possible; Learn two more languages.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tom’s interest in sustainability was born from the writings of ecologists like John Janovy and Aldo Leopold.  That interest grew while spending time in Western Nebraska and fully appreciating the unique beauty of the Sandhills region.   Immediately after graduating from the University of Nebraska, Tom headed west to Colorado to further pursue his interests through graduate school and working for the US Environmental Protection Agency.   Having worked at all levels of government and the non-profit sector, Tom brings a depth of experience and a passion to help clients build internal capacity while pursuing climate and sustainability goals.  FAVORITE PLACES: The North Platte River during Sandhill Crane migrations; any National Park; Maine; any place new.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - March 2023 - Natalia Carminelli</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natalia was born and raised in Puerto Rico, surrounded by beaches, amazing food, and rainforests. This exposure instilled in her a fierce respect and appreciation for the natural environment. She later moved to Raleigh to pursue her bachelor’s in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management. While in college, she was introduced to sustainability and realized all the work that needs to be done. This led her to move to Colorado to pursue her master’s in Sustainability Planning and Management at the University of Colorado Boulder. Through her program she was able to explore and develop skills around stakeholder engagement, business sustainability, and community development. Natalia has worked in both the private and public sector. As part of her capstone project, she led the efforts to achieve B Corp Certification for a small coconut water company. Through this project, she evaluated every aspect of the business and the impacts on its stakeholders. Her work in the public sector includes developing a sustainable design report for future affordable housing developments and assisting with community engagement in the reimagining process of a sustainable business program. Natalia is excited to join the Lotus team to support clients set and reach their climate goals while ensuring these are done from an equity lens. FAVORITE THINGS: Long dinners with loved ones, summer nights, playlists that reflect your mood perfectly, the excitement on a powder day, quiet mornings, a cold coca cola after a hot day, Christmas in Puerto Rico.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - March 2023 - molly Marcucilli</image:title>
      <image:caption>Molly earned her B.S. in Geographic Science from James Madison University in 2013. Soon after, she left the east coast and moved to Colorado, chasing her love for nature and the outdoors. While living in Aspen, she was dazzled by the natural beauty, as well as the City's progressive planning and transportation systems. Her fascination with the intersection of natural and built environment inspired her to pursue a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado-Denver. After graduating from CU Denver, Molly joined Boulder County's Long-Range Planning &amp; Policy team where she facilitated updates to the County's comprehensive plan and land use codes. From Boulder County she moved to the City of Denver's Community Planning &amp; Development department, building upon her land use planning and zoning skills by conducting zoning review for commercial development around Denver. In her free time, Molly serves as a board member for her local RNO and also volunteers on the RNO's sustainability committee, promoting learning opportunities and community-based solutions surrounding sustainability within the Berkeley neighborhood. Molly is excited to leverage both her background in land use planning &amp; policy, as well as her passion for the natural world, to the Lotus team, supporting each client in reaching their climate, resiliency, and sustainability goals through the development and implementation of thoughtful, innovative, and client-specific strategies. PLACES OF INSPIRATION: Anywhere I am walking/hiking with a friend or my dog (Bandit), my shower, a cozy coffee shop, I-70 when I’m stuck in traffic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Candace grew up in Northern New Jersey, where she enjoyed hiking and volunteering for local river cleanups with her family. These experiences, along with much-anticipated visits to her cousins’ farm in rural Colombia, are what inspired her respect and appreciation for nature. This eventually led her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Science, allowing her to create a concentration in Environmental and Sustainability Studies, at Vanderbilt University. During her studies, Candace became fascinated with the interactions between society and the environment. She started to combine this with her passion for travel, participating in a field research program in New Zealand and interning at an environmental consulting firm in Tel Aviv. Candace then worked for the Sustainability Division at the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, where she helped with their transportation greenhouse gas inventory and conducted community outreach to promote sustainable practices within the city. Soon after graduating from college, Candace continued to pursue her love for the outdoors and moved to Colorado. Candace is thrilled to join the Lotus team to provide data analysis support in order to help clients understand the sources of their greenhouse gas emissions and reach their climate goals. LIFE GOALS: Learn how to produce music; Get better at snowboarding; Visit every place on my bucket list (Japan, Iceland, Vietnam, etc.); and Roadtrip to all of the best national parks out West.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photo by Stanley Dai on Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - December 2022 - ALLY MARK</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ally is a born and bred California girl, raised on countless hikes, beach trips, and cups of boba around the San Francisco Bay Area. After her mother insisted she get some perspective on real life, Ally moved to Chicago for college, where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in environmental engineering, with minors in International Studies and Global/Ecological Health Engineering. Formative experiences during this time include a study abroad trip in South Africa, a strong programmatic focus on user-centered design engineering, and political organizing in Ohio. After bouncing around several different internships, Ally settled in Minneapolis to work as a water resources engineer at a local consulting firm. She discovered public participation in planning as a field that united her interests in climate resiliency, justice and equity, and communications. These passions brought her to Lotus where she is thrilled to have the opportunity to focus directly on engaging communities, communicating complex issues, and supporting just and equitable climate transitions. GRATEFUL FOR: My gigantic close-knit family, access to the great outdoors, the activists, artists, and comedians who create the content that gets me through the day.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - December 2022 - mILES hOFFMAN</image:title>
      <image:caption>Miles was born into a family of bakers. He was taught from an early age, that sometimes, maybe most times, it's okay to eat dessert first. Of course, the ingredients consisted of the usual: butter, sugar, flour, and eggs. But what was more important was the care and love poured into each batch by the 300 employees that co-existed as one, large, diverse family. At Lotus, Miles brings this ethos to our clients and partners. As a senior associate on the Communications and Engagement team, he leads community conversations and stakeholder engagement to help co-create programs, and action plans for communities and businesses. Prior to joining Lotus, Miles spent three years at Premier Members Credit Union leading the implementation of sustainable initiatives and employee engagement, and six years with REV, a California consulting firm working with small and mid-size businesses to embed sustainable practices. He holds a bachelor's degree from George Washington University and an MBA from Trinity Washington University. He also sits on the board of Women in Sustainability, The Town of Superior's Advisory Council on Environmental Sustainability (ACES), and is an advisor to Jackie Mays, a plant-based drive-through restaurant startup in Texas. FAVORITE THINGS: Great sushi, mild weather, date nights, traveling to areas tourists avoid, and wine tasting with friends.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - December 2022 - nATALIE cROSS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natalie grew up in Oklahoma, witnessing firsthand the increasing intensity of springtime tornado events. This awareness of the consequences of a changing climate paralleled her growing appreciation for the natural world, spurred by her family’s love of exploring national parks. She chose to pursue a degree in Environmental Science at Colorado College, in hopes of learning more about the implications of climate change on the environment. At college, Natalie interned at her school’s Office of Sustainability, leading the annual college-wide emissions inventory process. In this role, she strengthened her data analysis skills and learned many science communication tactics. For her senior thesis project, she focused on the micrometeorology of semi-arid grasslands in order to research the manifestations of climate change in the natural world. This experience gave her GIS and coding skills and sparked her curiosity about the connections between human-induced climate change and ecology. Natalie is excited about this role in solutions-based climate work; she is ecstatic to utilize her background in environmental science and greenhouse gas accounting to help clients reach their sustainability goals and participate in climate change mitigation. LIFE GOALS: Travel to every country on my bucket list, gain fluency in at least one other language, read more books and take more photos, and become an interior design expert.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - December 2022 - bRIANNA jOHNSON</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brianna was born and raised in the Vail Valley of Colorado. She loves her mountain home but was always intrigued by the city and the rest of the world. She attended the University of Denver with a focus on international studies, Spanish, and geography. She also studied in Quito, Ecuador for a semester. It was during this time that Brianna saw the connections between community empowerment, climate change, and growing local food. Brianna enters the sustainability world from a local lens with a solid foundation in having a global impact. After graduating, Brianna worked with undergraduate students to cultivate their passions for environmental sustainability. Brianna is most proud when a former student reaches out to let her know about their thriving career in mitigating climate change. Brianna is also an equity practitioner, working predominantly with people who identify as white to build personal and organizational anti-racist practices that work through difficult conversations and make everyone feel that they belong. She recognizes that justice is at the core of sustainability. Throughout all of this work, Brianna has created a robust graphic design portfolio that emphasizes accessibility and clarity. Her work at Lotus is meaningful because our data-driven, people-centered approach is what creates a lasting impact for a thriving world. PLACES OF INSPIRATION: Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia; Segrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain; the Great Barrier Reef; any botanic garden; the top of any Colorado ski resort; my hometown.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Figure 1: Common Weather and Climate-Related Hazards</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This new website has various story maps and toolkits to help walk you through pre-and post-recovery efforts. It also has case studies and a peer exchange platform to engage with other communities in Colorado doing similar work. Check it out by clicking here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This comprehensive guide focuses on the processes needed to develop vulnerability assessments at the community-level with the ultimate goal of promoting actions that increase resilience and adaptive capacity. Four phases will be presented to guide the process: (1) Preparing for the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment and Action Plan; (2) The Vulnerability and Risk Assessment; (3) The Action Plan; and (4) Planning and designing the implementation. Read the full document by clicking here.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From Crested Butte News, photo by Nolan Blunck.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Figure 1. GCoM’s six top priorities for national action. See Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/metropolitcan/regional/building/policy/cohort</loc>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Metropolitan Regional Building Policy Cohort - Metropolitan Regional Building Policy Cohort</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus led the facilitation of a cohort of 15 jurisdictions in the Denver metropolitan region to develop a Roadmap to Zero Emissions New Construction that recommends a phased approach to energy codes for new construction and major remodels to achieve zero emissions by 2030. Lotus worked with the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project and Shums Coda Associates to develop a regional code amendment package based on the 2024 IECC that exceeds the state minimum requirements. Lotus also developed resources to support jurisdictions in adopting the Roadmap and code amendment package including a custom ICC code, factsheets, and council presentation materials. Lotus also provided support for jurisdictions to update their energy codes. Learn more about the project itself here!</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Boulder County, Colorado | GHG Inventories and climate chapter update - GHG Inventories and climate chapter update</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus first worked with Boulder County in 2016 to create a county-wide community greenhouse gas emissions inventory, delineated by community. The County asked Lotus to update the inventory for the year 2021. Also included in the scope of the 2021 inventory project was an update of the County’s climate chapter of its Sustainability Plan, the creation of an emissions dashboard for Boulder County, and the development of a StoryMap to detail the results of the 2021 GHG inventory. This tool serves as a platform to communicate what individual communities are working on in regards to Climate Action as well as proposes new strategies that could be implemented to help the County and its communities reach their climate action goals.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/fortcollins/greenhouesgas-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City OF Fort Collins, Colorado | GHG Inventory Review - ghg Inventory review</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Fort Collins to compare the 2022 community wide GHG inventory to the appropriate protocol(s). A review will include data as-is, with minimal source verification. Emission Factors will be verified according to the source listed. The inventory will also be thoroughly reviewed to ensure it is compliant with the industry-standard Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC). Lotus will also develop a short memo with any necessary changes or updates that should be made, any major errors that were found, and any place where the inventory was found to be out of compliance with the GPC.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/drcog-bpc-facilitation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) | Building Policy Collaborative (BPC) - Facilitation of DRCOG’s Building Policy Collaborative (BPC)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is leading the facilitation of a region-wide collaborative of local governments to develop and implement a series of regionally consistent energy codes and policies to reduce carbon pollution from buildings in the Denver Metro Region. The project is a five- year grant funded effort, that will culminate in regionally adopted model codes and policies to advance climate goals. In partnership with DRCOG, Lotus is managing several work streams to coordinate the region’s local government staff to achieve these outcomes. The workstreams include facilitation of quarterly meetings with all 40 local governments, facilitation of a steering committee to provide equity and process oversight on the project, policy working groups to research, identify, and draft model policy language for the region, development of a regional visioning document that outlines the region’s goals for carbon-free buildings by 2050, management of key partner engagement across the region for the building industry and community-based organizations, as well as ongoing engagement and technical support for all the local governments to engage with elected officials on the efforts of the BPC, provide technical and subject-matter expertise to answer questions on policy adoption, and provide resources and support for policy adoption and implementation.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/mercycommunitycapital</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Mercy Community Capital | Sustainability Grant Program Development</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Mercy Community Capital (MCC), a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides funding for affordable housing projects to develop a sustainability grant program. This program would allow funding recipients to receive small grants to enable the implementation of sustainable practices into affordable housing construction or retrofit projects. Lotus engaged with MCC and other similar organizations to understand where and how sustainability grant funding would be most effective. By leveraging MCC’s existing Salesforce and loan application systems Lotus created a full suite of grant guidelines, application questions, and a reporting and verification framework. This work will enable affordable housing projects to incorporate sustainable practices providing environmental benefits as well as energy or water cost savings for residents.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/grantcounty-washington</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Grant County, Washington | Comprehensive Plan Climate Element</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Measure Meant to complete the climate element of Grant County’s Comprehensive Plan, a requirement for all Washington jurisdictions through the Growth Management Act. Lotus assisted with the development of a climate vulnerability assessment, an iterative process that included future climate projections, “at-risk” populations, and an assessment of probability and magnitude of consequence regarding climate-related hazards specific to Grant County. The assessment was supplemented by an engagement process targeting the Hispanic/Latinx population given their large composition of the County’s population. Engagement activities included Climate Advisory Team meetings composed of government and community stakeholders, critical partner interviews with local municipalities in Grant County and community-based organizations, focus groups structured around five climate sub-topics, meetings-in-a-box (MIABs) for the public, a public survey, and tabling at the County’s Umani Festival. Key to the success of engagement was connecting with CBOs to gain actionable insights and community connections in a largely rural, agricultural community.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/utah-division-of-air-quality-engagement</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality | CCAP Engagement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the Utah Division of Air Quality under a larger consultant team led by E3 to craft the Beehive Emission Reduction Comprehensive Plan. Under the Comprehensive Plan scope of work, Lotus organized and led the stakeholder engagement, including the planning and facilitation of seven sectoral working group meetings, three sectoral focus groups, over 20 informational interviews, three community focused working group meetings, three meetings in a box, and two public meetings. These meetings collectively helped identify and prioritize key emissions reduction strategies, include detail and nuance in the final emissions model, and elevate community values in the Comprehensive Plan. A thorough report was developed to summarize the engagement results and synthesize critical insights from stakeholders. Strategy details collected from stakeholders throughout the process were included in a series of strategy coordination templates to assist with implementation. Throughout the project, Lotus built relationships with key stakeholders in and around the emissions reduction space, as well as equity and justice stakeholders in the Salt Lake City area. Engagements were conducted largely in workplace contexts, with a few exceptions for in-person meetings and community focused meetings. Lotus deployed tactics to facilitate inclusive engagement and respond to cultural norms and needs authentically, such as providing refreshments, pivoting agendas to respond to community needs, and a variety of activities. Feedback from stakeholders was reflected in the final engagement report and strategy coordination templates, particularly in the community values that anchor the prioritization framework of the plan.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/nevada-bps</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Nevada BPS | Building Performance Standard</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus partnered with Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) to facilitate a cohort of communities across northern and southern Nevada, aiming to advance the two regions towards implementing benchmarking and Building Performance Standard (BPS) policies, following the lead of Reno, NV, a City with a BPS program in place.  The facilitation included six meetings in which Lotus and SWEEP provided education on the technical aspects of benchmarking and BPS as well as key strategies for engaging stakeholders in the policy development and adoption processes. The technical policy topics included developing covered buildings lists, performance metrics and targets, data collection and reporting, compliance pathways, and enforcement strategies. Stakeholder engagement topics covered strategies for engaging with internal stakeholders, frameworks and approaches for external engagement, community-focused engagement, and strategies to engage elected officials.  The Cohort had varying levels of ambition regarding benchmarking and BPS adoption, so the project prioritized creating space for peer to peer collaboration while empowering each community to take meaningful steps forward in a way that aligned with their unique community.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/mccall</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of McCall | Resilience Action Plan - Rooted in Resilience</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus led the development of the City of McCall, Idaho’s first Resilience Action Plan, a community-centered and community-driven Climate Action Plan. Lotus led the facilitation of in person and virtual engagements with community organizations and members, as well as city staff, City Council, and the Nez Perce tribe. In addition, Lotus created multiple Meetings-in-a-Box  activities with all the necessary information and materials for non-city affiliated individuals or groups to  engage different groups of the McCall population and meet them where they are. Lotus also reviewed McCall’s previous greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory and updated the Business as Usual (BAU) projection to make data-backed recommendations and strategies. Lastly, the Lotus led the plan development and design process.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of McCall | Resilience Action Plan</image:title>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of McCall | Resilience Action Plan</image:title>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of McCall | Resilience Action Plan</image:title>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of McCall | Resilience Action Plan</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/taos</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Town of Taos | Fractional sustainability Coordinator - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is supporting the Town of Taos as a fractional sustainability coordinator. Partnering with Lotus has provided the Town of Taos with a deep bench of subject matter experts for various sustainability initiatives. To date, Lotus has reviewed the town’s Investment Grade Audit, advised on a Water and Sewer Plan, and supported a Land Use Review Committee. Lotus has also analyzed the Town’s foundational planning documents (Comprehensive plan, Hazard Mitigation Plan, Taos Regional Water Plan, and more) to create integrated sustainability recommendations on strengthening climate action and resiliency within the town’s ongoing operations and initiatives. The Lotus team will also deliver a sustainability framework in early 2026. The sustainability framework is designed to provide the Town with clear sustainability next steps and serve as the foundation for a sustainability plan. The project team is working to engage the community and key partners of the Town through a series of interviews and meetings-in-a-box to understand the nuances of Taos’ relationship to resilience and sustainability. The findings will be used to create a prioritization methodology by which the town can make quick decisions to address multiple competing priorities on limited resources.  The final deliverable of this scope of work is twofold. The first is a set of recommendations for planning processes to lead to more sustainable, resilient outcomes for the town through cross-sector collaboration. The second will lay the groundwork for a successful future planning process through the sustainability framework. Lotus never deploys a one-size-fits-all approach, and that has been especially helpful to Taos in staying flexible. Given Taos’ unique, complex social structure, remote location, and tourism-based economy, Lotus continually hones and adjusts the approach to meet the Town’s needs and ensure the work ladders up towards long-lasting sustainability.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/metropolitcanregionalbuildingpolicycohort</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-04-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Metropolitan Regional Building Policy Cohort - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Metropolitan Regional Building Policy Cohort - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/net-zero-roadmap-eagle-pitkin</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/puc</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Colorado Public Utilities Commission - Impact Study of Investor Owned Utilities’ Tariffs, Policies, and Practices on Beneficial Electrification and Distributed Energy Resources</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus supported the Colorado Public Utilities Commission in conducting a thorough review of the State of Colorado’s Investor-Owned Utilities (IOU) electric utility tariffs, interconnection and line extension policies, programs, and cost allocation principles to determine if they pose any barriers to beneficial electrification and the implementation of distributed energy resources (DERs). The two IOUs evaluated were  Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy. The project involved data requests to the IOUs to better understand their tariffs, interconnection and line extension policies, programs, and cost allocation principles. In addition, Lotus facilitated several external stakeholder focus groups to learn from utility stakeholders how they perceive the programs, policies, tariffs, etc and posing barriers to electrification and the deployment of DERs. Following engagement with external stakeholders in both Xcel and Black Hills Energy territories, Lotus compiled a report summarizing the input they received on barriers and identified recommendations for the PUC to consider to help remove barriers for electrification and DERs in the utility service territory. As part of this project, Lotus also researched utility best practices for several of the identified barriers and presented these to the PUC in the final report.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/pitkincountyco</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Pitkin County, CO | GHG Inventories and Regional Summaries - County and Municipal-level Community-Wide GHG Inventories and Regional Summaries</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed 2019 and 2020 community GHG emissions inventories for Pitkin County, the City of Aspen, Snowmass Village, the Town of Basalt, and Unincorporated Pitkin County. In 2024, Lotus worked with Pitkin County again to update the County-wide greenhouse gas inventory as well as the Aspen municipal inventory. Lotus worked with CLEER to write summary reports with findings from the updated inventory. Lotus also completed a 2024 municipal GHG emissions inventory for Pitkin County, following the Local Government Operations Protocol. Lotus managed the data collection and workbook creation for the inventory. An inventory management plan detailing methodology was also created for the client. Lotus and Pitkin County are collaborating with ICLEI to pilot ICLEI’s ClearPath 2.0 software to help train the County on the software and to provide process and technical improvement feedback to ICLEI.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/refrigerantsimpactstudy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | Refrigerants Impact Study - Refrigerants Impact Study</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus conducted detailed policy and emissions impacts analyses to better understand the impacts of increased refrigerant use in residential settings as a result of replacing fossil-based heating and the replacement of existing cooling systems or installation of new cooling systems.  Lotus worked with the CASR team to identify potential scenarios of changing fossil fuel and heat pump technology for both existing and future residential buildings.  Deliverables included a final model that could be adjusted to account for future changes, documentation of methods and assumptions, and a final report. The project was completed on-time and within budget.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/e-bike-and-home-energy-rebate-program</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | E-Bike and Home Energy Rebate Program - E-Bike and Home Energy Rebate Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus contracted with Aptim and the City and County of Denver to conduct an impact analysis of the City’s e-bike and home energy rebate programs. Lotus conducted a series of stakeholder interviews to understand perspectives on program success, education, outreach strategies, and program challenges. Additionally, Lotus developed a series of surveys for each program targeted at program participants, rebate non-redeemers, and members of the community who had not engaged with the program. The purpose of these surveys was to identify key challenges, barriers, and opportunities from the programs. Lotus launched and analyzed the results of these surveys, developing digestible data visualizations that reported key findings. A slide deck was developed that included the survey results and maps tracking the spatial distribution of rebate program participation and key equity considerations. Finally, an impact summary report was developed highlighting findings from the interviews, surveys, and data analysis. In 2024, Aptim contracted with Lotus to update the analysis completed in 2023. This update included developing a new series of maps tracking e-bike and home energy rebates using program data from 2023. Lotus developed a slide deck mapping rebate recipients by neighborhood, council district, and census tract. Maps showing the change in rebate recipients over time and maps overlaying rebate uptake with key equity data (language, income, heat vulnerability, etc.) were developed. Additionally, contractor participation in the e-bike and home energy rebate programs was mapped, highlighting areas with gaps in participation or contractors with limited participation. Finally, Lotus conducted a series of interviews with contractors identified as diverse suppliers. These interviews were conducted to understand any barriers or challenges that contractors face in the program and any opportunities to engage additional diverse suppliers.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/fortcollins/wateronewaterfacilitation</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Fort Collins, Colorado | One Water Facilitation - One Water Facilitation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus has partnered with Fort Collins for two distinct projects with broad scope of engagement. The first project was for the Water Efficiency Plan Engagement and the Under-Resourced Buildings Engagement. For the former The City of Fort Collins partnered with Lotus to engage stakeholders during the development of the municipal utility’s Water Efficiency Plan. The purpose of engagement was to 1) understand which water conservation goals and strategies are most appropriate for the community and 2) understand the community’s needs and priorities, particularly those of equity-priority communities. The project team developed and executed a multifaceted engagement plan that included facilitating workshops with City staff, hiring community consultants to reach equity-priority communities, attending or creating community meetings and events, and developing a community-wide survey that was translated into Spanish. In addition to utilizing a similar process outlined for Denver above, Lotus focused on engaging the pre-existing Climate Equity Committee, established from the City’s foundational climate action plan, Our Climate Future. The Committee agreed to hear from Utilities staff three times throughout the process and provided feedback on the engagement process. Lotus deployed this engagement best-practice to reduce the burden of participation on equity-priority communities, working instead with the set of citizens who had already agreed to serve the City.  Some of this group was tapped to provide feedback on an equity evaluation process to assess the strategies for their potential equity impacts that Lotus co-created. To create the evaluation, Lotus shared the draft process with eight community leaders and sought initial feedback to shape the final tool. Then, based on the feedback from these community leaders, Lotus updated the evaluation process to encourage the City to score the strategies in collaboration with community stakeholders. The Lotus team met with the Climate Equity Committee to score key Water Efficiency Plan strategies, per this best practice, to ensure the final analysis foregrounded the Fort Collins community’s priorities. The equity evaluation methodology analyzes strategies based on the overall benefit to equity, assigning each strategy a score on a high-medium-low scale. The overall score estimates each strategy’s benefit to equity based on the assessment of potential impact on the five desired equity outcomes, including resilience and co-benefits, accessible participation, partnerships and investment, water burden, and community priority. These priorities were drawn directly from feedback from engagement, notably the informational interviews with community leaders and the community survey. A “high” score indicated the strategy had the potential to improve equity or serve equity-priority communities; a “low” score meant the strategy was unlikely to lead to better equity outcomes or does not serve equity-priority communities. This methodology is a pioneering example of a municipal utility’s efforts to incorporate equity into their strategic planning. In crafting the initial draft, Lotus could not find a similar evaluation process deployed elsewhere.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/vail-ghg</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Town of Vail | Greenhouse Gas Inventory - Greenhouse gas inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the Town of Vail to complete a 2023 greenhouse gas inventory for the community, as well as reconcile and update previous inventories to demonstrate progress on emission reductions. The 2023 inventory work was complemented by the development of a business-as-usual forecast of emissions. Using those combined data products, Lotus engaged Town staff to develop policies and strategies to model and estimate future emission reductions. Finally, Lotus provided support for Town staff to develop and update presentations and briefings for the Town Manager and Town Council.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/jsi</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - JSI | Sustainability Plan - JSI | Sustainability Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus partnered with JSI for a phased scope of work to support climate action initiatives for their eight offices in the United States. This internal Climate Action Program, will help JSI identify their carbon footprint, solidify their commitment to climate action, and clearly communicate their commitments to its funders (specifically government funding). It will also assist the client in proactively addressing risks (i.e., future regulations), ramping up a robust climate action strategy that was delayed by COVID, retain existing talent, and recruit new talent. Lotus’s work will ultimately move JSI towards greater climate action in its United States operations over the coming years. Lotus recognizes that JSI has not developed or implemented an official sustainability program to date, but there is significant interest among the company in climate action. The scope of work includes focus groups with JSI administration, interviews with funders and partners, greenhouse gas inventory replete with an Inventory Management Plan, climate mitigation strategies, and implementation plan.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/boulder-osmp/ghg</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Boulder, Colorado | Open Space &amp;amp; Mountain Parks Department - Greenhouse gas inventories</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the OSMP department to create department-specific greenhouse gas emissions inventories, a business-as-usual GHG model, and a GHG reduction strategy model for 10 top strategies. In addition to the data work, Lotus also created a dashboard and storymap in ArcGIS online to communicate the results of the data work and to highlight the sustainability work that the department is undertaking. A final report was also written to provide more detail on results of the data work and to expand on the top GHG reduction strategies that were recommended to the department.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Boulder, Colorado | Open Space &amp;amp; Mountain Parks Department - Trailhead Materials Embodied Carbon and Visitor Behavior Analysis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the OSMP department to complete a two-phase analysis. The first phase analyzed the embodied carbon of frequently used materials at the department’s trailheads. Lotus also developed a matrix with metrics such as durability, resilience to fires and floods, and other qualities to help the department make well-informed decisions on material choices when doing maintenance and construction at trailheads. The second phase analyzed strategies that are available to help reduce the emissions associated with visitor travel and waste production. A matrix was developed that rates strategies on metrics including cost, greenhouse gas impact, success of implementation, etc. One strategy that OSMP implemented was to install cameras at high traffic trailheads in order to reduce the high amount of vehicular transportation emissions during trailhead commuting and prevent trail deterioration. Trailhead cameras allow the public to view parking space availability at trailheads ahead of time and plan accordingly. The trailhead cameras are publicly available here.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/cleveland-hhfr7-zzj9f-f3ldk-5w7bb-m8xxw-3nh78-hhk93</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Walking Mountains | Climate Action Plan Equity Analysis - Walking mountains science center</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus conducted an equity analysis of climate action strategies and programs across Eagle County, Colorado. We worked directly with Walking Mountains staff who conducted community engagement. Lotus then analyzed the results of a bilingual, online survey and two focus groups held in Spanish. The feedback collected resulted in the Climate Equity Plan with strategies that specifically address equity-priority communities in the county.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/cliftonsanitationdistrictcap</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Clifton Sanitation District | Climate Action Plan - Clifton Sanitation district, CO</image:title>
      <image:caption>Clifton Sanitation District (CSD) contracted with Lotus Engineering and Sustainability, LLC (Lotus) to create its first greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and Climate Action Plan. Lotus created the GHG inventory utilizing custom inventory analysis spreadsheet tools that are compliant with the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC) and the Local Government Operations (LGO) Protocol. Once the team reviewed, analyzed, and leveraged the available data, Lotus conducted a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) on collected data to ensure that it aligned with best practices and industry knowledge. CSD’s goal with this project was to complete a baseline GHG emission inventory to: ●        Understand its climate action potential; ●        Measure progress on sustainability investments and initiatives; ●      Create an internal climate action report for board members and operational staff to use as a guide for implementation; ●    Demonstrate which areas of CSD’s emissions have the most impact on the climate, and; ●        Identify strategies to reduce these emissions. The inventory results were then used to set targets for emissions reduction and mitigation strategies to meet the goal of a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, mainly centered around energy efficiency. This report integrates the GHG inventory data with emissions and reduction pathways. It includes identified GHG reduction goals that are science-based and time-bound along with a prioritized list of strategies that Clifton Sanitation District can take immediately.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/missoula</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Missoula | GHG Inventories - Missoula, Montana</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus built off of the great work from previous greenhouse gas inventories at the City of Missoula to conduct a municipal and a community-wide greenhouse gas inventory for the year 2023. Along with these inventories, Lotus created an inventory management plan (IMP) documenting all data sources and methods used in the inventory. The IMP also included instructions for updating inventories enabling Missoula to develop their own inventories in the future.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/chaffee-county</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Chaffee County, Colorado | Sustainable Development Plan - Chaffee County Sustainable Development Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Chaffee County to create the first Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) for the County. This plan was designed to align with existing community plans, identify prioritized goals for sustainable development, determine immediate action steps to implement those goals, and create success tracking metrics. The Sustainable Development Plan included several key sectors of focus including Equity, Resilience, Water, Development, Energy, Transportation, Waste and Resources, Working Landscapes, Social Systems, and Recreation. Lotus conducted engagement with community experts in each focus area to inform the strategies and worked closely with a Steering Committee to review and finalize the plan.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/winterpark-ghg</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Winter Park, Colorado | GHG Inventories and Climate Action Planning - Town of Winter Park, Colorado</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the Town of Winter Park to complete the first ever greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the town government and the community. In addition to creating these inventories, Lotus developed a business-as-usual emissions model and is modeling several emissions reductions strategies to aid in the Town’s development of its first Climate Action Plan. Due to the small size of the Town, many innovative methods were used to collect and manipulate data to make it relevant to the Town, such as working closely with Winter Park Resort and utilizing Streetlight vehicle miles traveled data. Lotus also worked with the Town to complete its first ever Climate Action Plan. This will involve the development of a climate risk and vulnerability assessment, additional GHG emissions reduction strategy modeling, cost modeling, and strategy prioritization. Prioritization of the strategies will take into account factors such as cost to implement, GHG emissions impact, funding sources/availability, and equity impacts.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/cdphe-water-quality-facilitation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - CDPHE | Water Quality Fee Setting Facilitation - Colorado dEPARTMENT OF pUBLIC hEALTH AND eNVIRONMENT</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus has been working with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to facilitate a multi-year stakeholder engagement process to prepare the Water Quality Control Division for two rulemakings. As mandated by a bill passed in 2023, the Division must transfer their water quality fees from statute into regulation and update the drinking water and clean water fee structures to account for inflationary impacts and new service requirements. For this project, Lotus has helped the Division organize its stakeholder engagement efforts and develop tools and processes to work towards consensus on stakeholder feedback, improve transparency in the Division’s decision-making, and help stakeholders new to the process get up to speed quickly. Lotus led monthly large stakeholder group meetings, including preparation of stakeholder communications, meeting agendas, presentations, minutes, and summaries. For the 2024 rulemaking process, Lotus also supported the Division’s bimonthly stakeholder subgroup meetings by providing guidance and feedback on meeting agendas and presentations, as well as taking minutes and providing meeting summaries to post publicly.  Ultimately this work culminated in Lotus assisting the Division in their preparations for the 2024 and 2025 rulemaking processes, management of a diverse array of stakeholders, and communication of a complex, technical subject matter.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/aspen-cd-waste-audit</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Aspen, Colorado | C&amp;amp;D Waste Audit - Aspen, Colorado | Construction &amp; Demolition Waste Audit</image:title>
      <image:caption>Construction and Demolition (C&amp;D) debris management can be a considerable challenge for communities with limited landfill space and/or concerns about methane production in their landfill.  Much of C&amp;D debris is often bulky, heavy, and most importantly can be diverted from the landfill to be recycled or repurposed. The city of Aspen has taken this challenge head-on.  In January 2022, the Aspen City Council set a Science Based Target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 63% by 2030 and net zero by 2050. They also set waste reduction targets to reduce organic material going to landfill by 25% by 2025 and 100% by 2050, and a reduction of all waste going to the landfill by 70% by 2050. While a typical landfill fee approach is to weigh the items going into a landfill, Aspen wanted to better calculate fees based on the environmental impact of C&amp;D materials that should be diverted, but arrive at the landfill unsorted. Using a dataset of Embodied Carbon for materials and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Social Cost of Carbon, Lotus quantified the present cost of future environmental damage from the material’s life cycle of extraction, production, transportation, and ultimately disposal.  Aspen is currently in the process of applying this metric to C&amp;D debris that originates within the City of Aspen.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/edmond</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Edmond, Oklahoma | Resiliency Action Plan - Edmond Resiliency Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Edmond to create the city’s first Resiliency Action Plan. The plan centers city-level action around improving on current initiatives and incorporating new strategies that the city can implement to improve resiliency over the next five years. Informational interviews and dozens of focus groups helped inform existing conditions, resources, and programming in Edmond, as well as the desired future conditions for the city. All strategies were vetted and prioritized by Edmond staff. The final plan is a public-facing dashboard that will be regularly and easily updated via a google sheet that tracks KPIs. The final plan was developed in Power BI as a public-facing dashboard. Lotus worked with the City to identify key metrics for each strategy within each focus area. Individual actions for each strategy and focus area are also tracked, highlighting overall plan progress. Data sources, contacts, update frequency, and input steps were logged for each metric ensuring replicability in the future. Data for all metrics were compiled into a single spreadsheet connected to the dashboard, enabling centralized plan tracking. These metrics will ensure that Edmond knows it is on the right track to meet its goals.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/cleveland</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-12-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Communications and design for Cleveland’s Climate Action Plans</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus, in partnership with ALH Design, led the development and design of several communication tools for the City of Cleveland’s Climate Action Plan and Municipal Action Plan, as well as the design of the two plans themselves. Lotus developed two staff engagement workshops to promote plan implementation efforts amongst City staff to accommodate different audiences and use cases. Our team also created a community toolkit to encourage community-based organizations and individuals to take action. The adaptable and accessible toolkit was designed to meet the wide-ranging diversity of the Cleveland community. The workshops and the toolkit included a detailed step-by-step agenda to guide staff members through facilitating a workshop or community meeting and adapting the materials to their specific audience. Lotus also led the Spanish translation of the public-facing Climate Action Plan. ALH Design led the graphic design of the two plans, including the Spanish language version of the Climate Action Plan, and all social media posts, public-facing workshop materials, and the community action toolkit.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/populoushoteldashboard</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Urban Villages and APARIUM Hotel Group | Populus Hotel GHG Emissions Dashboard - Populus Hotel GHG Emissions Dashboard</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Urban Villages and the APARIUM Hotel Group to create a public greenhouse gas emissions tracking dashboard in Microsoft PowerBI for the Populus Hotel. The dashboard tracks real and predicted greenhouse gas emissions and offset activities from the construction and operations of the hotel over time. The dashboard includes functionality that allows for easy data updates, transparency for specific operations (waste diversion, water, energy, etc.), and tracks whether Populus has achieved their carbon positive goal. Lotus also developed back-end calculations for the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions and documenting methods and assumptions for all calculations in a user guide.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Urban Villages and APARIUM Hotel Group | Populus Hotel GHG Emissions Dashboard - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2025/2/6/city-of-fort-collins-under-resourced-buildings-engagement</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/083eef3f-0a8e-4e80-bb44-998061f69544/Fort-Collins-Colorado-Facts_.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Fort Collins | Under-Resourced Buildings Engagement - under-resourced buildings engagement</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Fort Collins to engage under-resourced building (URB) stakeholders. The core purpose of the engagement was to gather insight into specific tools, resources, and other support mechanisms that Fort Collins could deploy to support commercial and multifamily building owners and tenants in achieving greater energy efficiency. Lotus delivered a final report to the client that compiled current stakeholder challenges in pursuing energy efficiency and provided research-backed recommendations for programs that could overcome those challenges. The team successfully engaged all stakeholder types, including, but not limited to, affordable housing providers and nonprofits supporting affordable housing providers, multifamily tenants, business tenants and commercial developers, collecting critical data and program or policy recommendations specific to these building types. The team applied community-centered principles throughout the engagement process to ensure reach with key URBs. Lotus developed a context guide that documented the factors and processes for the City to consider when developing the engagement strategy, resources, and support services to help URB communities make building improvements. The context guide served as the foundation for fair and defensible engagement throughout the project.  Lotus also developed a stakeholder map of URBs based on the City’s specific, data-driven definition. Our team spearheaded the creation of the matrix of data criteria defining and categorizing URBs. Following that, buildings were specifically identified and targeted for engagement based on their criteria score. Lotus facilitated a number of engagements, including in-person focus groups, virtual focus groups, informational interviews, and listening sessions. All engagements were planned with a focus on bringing the community together, including providing participant stipends, food, and childcare while ensuring all materials and presentations were translated and interpreted into languages most appropriate for the audiences. Lotus conducted all Spanish written translations in-house. We contracted with the Community Language Cooperative (CLC) to provide interpretation services for in-person meetings in Spanish and for translation services in Vietnamese, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese. In addition to engagement, Lotus created a scoring methodology to categorize buildings as URBs. Lotus used building data provided by Fort Collins, affordable housing information, building condition information, energy use, demographic data, and a variety of other datasets to develop a list of URB criteria. Points were assigned to each criteria and buildings were assigned a point total based on the number and type of criteria they meet. URBs were identified based on a point threshold. Additionally, URBs were categorized into tiers to further highlight buildings with the greatest need for assistance. The scoring methodology was vetted through the engagement process and refined to ensure the scoring mechanism reflected Fort Collin’s unique context.  Once URBs were identified through the scoring methodology, Lotus developed a web mapping tool displaying all URBs. The mapping tool included filters and a data update workflow to enable Fort Collins to update the URB list and visualize URBs by tier, building type, or building size.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2025/2/3/dola-colorado-department-of-local-affairs-strong-communities-grant-program-impact-evaluation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) | Strong Communities Grant Program Impact Evaluation - Strong Communities Grant Program Impact Evaluation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus, in partnership with Economic Planning Systems (EPS) is completing an analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strong Communities Grant Program. The Strong Communities Grant Program incentivizes the adoption of policies that promote affordable housing and sustainable development. Lotus and EPS are developing a methodology and an analysis tool that assesses the environmental and economic impacts of the land use best practices that are supported by the program. The tool will provide insight into how these best practices can  reduce greenhouse gas emissions, vehicle miles traveled, household transportation costs, local government and infrastructure costs. Additionally it will quantify how best practices can increase affordable housing and influence housing costs. Understanding these impacts will allow grantees to communicate the benefits of the land use best practices and provide other communities with insight into how they could benefit from implementing these practices. In addition to the methodology and tool, Lotus and EPS will create individualized reports summarizing results of the analysis for each grantee. Lotus and EPS will also provide case studies of a sample of projects to enable DOLA to continue to communicate the benefits of the program and the included best practices.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2025/1/12/dola-colorado-department-of-local-affairs-renw-program-impact-evaluation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - DOLA (Colorado Department of Local Affairs) | RENW Program Impact Evaluation - RENW Program Impact Evaluation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus completed an analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the Renewable and Clean Energy Initiative (RENW), understand how RENW can be improved, and develop information on how to evaluate future applications for RENW funding. Lotus developed two tools to complete this analysis, an impact evaluation spreadsheet that quantifies the impacts of implemented RENW projects and a cost-benefit analysis tool to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of RENW applications. These analyses assessed reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, energy impacts, and impacts to Disproportionately Impacted and Just Transition communities. Through discussions with DOLA, Lotus identified key metrics to track and compare project impacts. An interactive evaluation tool was developed that allows DOLA to easily enter any new project data and calculates all identified metrics for all RENW projects. This work aids DOLA in making investments that advance renewable energy generation and reduce GHG emissions in Colorado.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2025/1/13/wheat-ridge-colorado-climate-action-plan-update</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Wheat Ridge, Colorado | Climate Action Plan Update - Climate action plan update</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2024 Lotus worked with the City of Wheat Ridge to update and formally adopt their Sustainability Action Plan. The community was the impetus for the first Plan, which was created in 2018. Lotus led the strategic analysis of the 2018 plan, which involved a comprehensive review of relevant City plans, as well as regional, state, and federal plans and initiatives. This review allowed the client to utilize existing collaborations and funding to force-multiply their sustainability efforts. Lotus also engaged City staff and key stakeholders to contextualize the 2024 plan update and identify critical opportunities, and guided community engagement to garner community input on sustainability priorities and strategies. Lotus sought to capture the grassroots, community-driven spirit of the plan and ground the plan update in the key implementation details that City staff would champion.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/12/5/birmingham-alabama-sustainability-action-plan</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Birmingham, Alabama | Sustainability Action Plan - Sustainability Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus, alongside Hummingbird, are partnering to produce a Sustainability Plan that will promote efforts to adopt best practices that address equity, social justice, environmental justice, air quality, soil contamination, water quality and efficiency, water quantity, energy and resource use, placemaking and equitable land use, and community health. The plan will be grounded in sustainability that balances the triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental aspects. The project will result in three key deliverables: 1) an inventory of existing conditions (socio-economic and energy efficiency and resource management inventories); 2) the development of a Sustainability Action Plan and; 3) the development of tools to monitor progress and evaluate results of implementing the action plan, including a vulnerability mapping tool that Lotus developed. All of this work will be supported by an in-depth engagement plan including facilitating a Steering and Implementation Team composed of internal, City stakeholders and external, community stakeholders. Engagement will include a significant level of public outreach such as town hall–style meetings, focus groups, and a website set up for public comment.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2025/1/7/commerce-city-colorado-climate-action-grants-consultant</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Commerce City, Colorado | Climate Action Grants Consultant - Climate Action Grants Consultant</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus, OSS, and Pinyon worked with the City of Commerce City (C3) to support their sustainability-focused grant writing projects. Lotus has worked with C3 in the past to create their Sustainability Action Plan and support their Environmental Policy Advisory Committee. The grant writing services were a rewarding extension of this multi-year partnership as we worked to fund their sustainability goals. We collaborated with the city’s grants coordinator to identify opportunities aligned with the city’s goals and drive applications to completion. Our team helped to coordinate stakeholders to create coalitions that will improve the competitiveness of each application. We also streamlined processes to expedite the grant writing and developed a prioritization methodology to identify strategies that will win funding.  Our team worked with community partner, Black Parents United, to apply for $17 million for the EPA Community Change Grant. We also helped C3 to establish a relationship with the non-profit, Spirit of the Sun. Spirit of the Sun is an indigenous organization that works with disadvantaged communities in urban areas and on reservations to boost resilience. Lotus led the grant writing process for C3 and Spirit of Sun in pursuit of a $250,000 CDPHE Environmental Justice Grant. The project seeking funding (designed in large part by Lotus) is titled Project Grow! Commerce City. It is a targeted environmental health initiative aimed at restoring the environment in disadvantaged communities through a two-pronged approach to improving soil quality. The first approach will assess the quality of the soil in Commerce City’s public right of way. The second approach will provide access to viable soil to community members and equip them with permaculture knowledge to catalyze change across the city. The award is still pending.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/12/5/cheyenne-wyoming-comprehensive-climate-action-plan</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Cheyenne, Wyoming | Comprehensive Climate Action Plan - City of Cheyenne Comprehensive Climate Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is currently working with the City of Cheyenne to fulfill the requirements of their awarded Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Lotus’ role is to complete the Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) including a community and local government greenhouse gas inventory, business-as-usual forecast, emission projections, and strategy prioritization and modeling. Lotus will also conduct community engagement, develop partnerships with surrounding communities, and more. To date, Lotus has led and facilitated multiple community and partner engagements and is developing a “sustained engagement” plan for the City of Cheyenne to utilize once the grant funds are expended. Lotus has also connected with community interests around clean water and resource conservation, aligning with the requirements of the grant to maintain community connections and buy-in to the planning process.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/blaine-county-idaho</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Blaine County, Idaho | County-Wide GHG Inventory - County-Wide GHG Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with Blaine County, Idaho to complete a 2023 county-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The inventory includes breakout tabs for the following communities: Hailey, Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Bellevue. The project updated previous inventories for the multiple communities and aligned methods and data sources across each community. The workbook also included a tab with activity and emissions data to be imported into ArcGIS Online allowing for easy creation of an interactive online dashboard to show the results of the inventory. Learn more about Blaine County’s climate change work here.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/boulderhousingpartners</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Boulder Housing Partners Behavioral Change Program</image:title>
      <image:caption>In concert with two other consulting firms, Lotus helped Boulder Housing Partners reach their goal of becoming the nation's first net-zero energy housing authority through an innovative occupant engagement program. The project involved outreach and education to BHP residents regarding energy consumption and energy efficiency and included in-depth work on behavioral change models that can be effective to reduce energy use.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/city-and-county-of-denver-home-energy-score-program-evaluation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | Home Energy Score Program Evaluation - Home Energy Score Program Evaluation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City and County of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency to conduct a program evaluation of the city’s Home Energy Score pilot program. The purpose of this program was to spur investment in energy efficiency at the point of sale of a home. Lotus analyzed survey data, home energy score data, qualitative interviews, and other data points to develop an analysis of the Home Energy Score program, an assessment of how it can support Denver’s energy reduction goals and recommendations for furthering that impact, and other ways Denver may compel homeowners to invest in efficiency at or around the point of sale. The results were delivered in a comprehensive program evaluation with a full report.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/city-and-county-of-denver-energize-denver-equity-priority-buildings-facilitation-services</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | Energize Denver Equity Priority Buildings Facilitation Services - Energize Denver Equity Priority Buildings Facilitation Services</image:title>
      <image:caption>First, the City and County of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resilience (CASR) Energize Denver program partnered with Lotus to inform equity priority building (EPB) owners about forthcoming building performance standards (BPS) for small buildings and gather insight into specific tools, resources, and other supports Denver may be able to offer to support these building owners in meeting the requirements. This project offers an overview of Lotus’s core steps and deliverables designed to foreground equity in the stakeholder engagement process: equity guide, stakeholder map, engagement plan, and final report. First, the equity guide identifies the factors and processes to consider when developing the engagement strategy, resources, and support services to help Denver’s EPB community meet the City’s BPS. The guide (1) contextualizes the need for an equity-first approach to community engagement and program development, (2) explores existing equity-first approaches that the City has undertaken, and (3) outlines equity-first best practices and processes for use in this current relationship-building phase and for consideration in future equity-focused engagement work by CASR. The equity guide served as the foundation for equitable engagement throughout the project, as well as offered insights into potential strategies and programs that may work well for the project.  Next, Lotus developed a stakeholder map of buildings that were between 5,000-24,999 square feet. The stakeholder map forms the basis for targeting engagement efforts, ensuring the project team is aligned on who to engage and when, how, and why. All data was run through a series of filters, including the percentage of affordable housing units in the building, whether the buildings were in Neighborhood Equity &amp; Stabilization (NEST) neighborhoods (neighborhoods identified by the City that are facing rapid change and increased cost of living, rent, labor, and materials), and building location compared to census tract. Following that, buildings were specifically pulled out based on their Equity Index.  From the research conducted for the equity guide and the stakeholder map, Lotus crafted and facilitated a number of engagements, including in-person and virtual focus groups, informational interviews, and listening sessions. All engagements were planned with a focus on equity, including providing participant stipends, food, and childcare while ensuring all materials and presentations were translated and interpreted into languages most appropriate for the audiences. Lotus also conducted all Spanish translation in house, contracted the Community Language Cooperative (CLC) to provide interpretation services for in-person meetings in Spanish, and contracted CLC for translation and interpretation services to Vietnamese.  As evidence of Lotus’s flexibility and responsiveness to the community, we focused on deploying informational interviews with key community connectors and convening or attending community meetings led by trusted community partners, such as BuCu West, DEDO, Little Saigon Business District, and Vecinos Unidos. This adaptive approach opened the doors to facilitating informational interviews with stakeholders from business improvement districts, property management, brokers, industrial contractors, and HOA boards. All engagements held space to listen to concerns and co-create solutions. Finally, Lotus drafted a report summarizing engagements and providing recommendations and guidance to Denver on opportunities to improve services and resources for EPB owners to better compel compliance with Energize Denver requirements. The final report was written in English and translated into Spanish to reach a broader audience and continue equitable practices during the project process.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/city-and-county-of-denver-80x50-climate-action-plan-amp-annual-ghg-inventory</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | 80 x 50 Climate Action Plan, Annual ghg Inventory report, GHG Strategy Modeling - 80 x 50 Climate Action Plan &amp; Annual GHG Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>The City and County of Denver’s 80x50 Climate Goal: Stakeholder Report establishes a path to reduce community-wide GHG emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. Lotus led the development of Denver’s 80x50 Plan by conducting a review of processes and plans already established by the City; conducting a needs assessment; working with a diverse network of over 80 stakeholders and community experts in the fields of energy and transportation to identify the most relevant and impactful strategies for Denver to pursue; modeling the impacts of stakeholder-identified emissions reduction strategies; and drafting a CAP that will support the City in achieving its goals. Additionally, Lotus completed Denver’s community GHG inventories for calendar years 2018-2022.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | 80 x 50 Climate Action Plan, Annual ghg Inventory report, GHG Strategy Modeling - 2023 Annual Report “Building a Carbon Free, Sustainable, and climate-resilient Denver for All”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategy model to analyze the impact of the programs implemented by Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) from 2021 through 2023. The model provided  consistency in calculating GHG impact across all of CASR’s programs as well as inform the programs used to achieve Denver’s zero emissions goal by 2040. Lotus utilized industry best practices consistent with accepted national and international standards for GHG emissions accounting to estimate the impacts of CASR’s programs. Deliverables included a detailed model, documentation of methods and assumptions, and graphic design of emissions visualizations for the report. The project was completed on-time and within budget.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | 80 x 50 Climate Action Plan, Annual ghg Inventory report, GHG Strategy Modeling - Greenhouse Gas Strategy Modeling</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus supported Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) with greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction strategy modeling to analyze the impact of the Climate Protection Fund. Lotus has calculated the GHG emission impact and carbon abatement cost of sixteen programs across the High Performance Buildings and Homes, Mobility and Energy Transition, and Zero Waste and Circular Economy teams at CASR.  The results from this project will help ensure consistency in calculating GHG impact across all programs as well as inform decisions about what programs to scale up and what to scale back to achieve Denver’s zero emissions goal by 2040 in a way that improves equity.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/city-and-county-of-denver-renewable-heating-and-cooling-plan-building-electrification</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | Renewable Heating and Cooling Plan (Building Electrification) - Renewable Heating and Cooling Plan (Building Electrification)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus led the development of the City and County of Denver’s Renewable Heating and Cooling Plan, a roadmap for beneficial electrification in existing buildings. As part of this process, Lotus convened stakeholders from across the metro area and the State to understand the impacts of electrification on the workforce, disproportionately impacted communities, building owners of all sizes, homeowners, equipment manufacturers, and other stakeholders. Lotus managed a variety of engagement activities ranging from surveys and one-on-one interviews, to large focus groups and workshops. In addition to the public input that helped to shape the plan, Lotus worked with subcontractors to complete a building stock and technology transition analysis and a grid and cost impact analysis. The final plan includes not only details on the technical components of electrification, but also the various levers (i.e., policy, financial, incentive, programmatic, and communications) that can be triggered to support full electrification of Denver’s applicable building stock over the coming decades.  Lotus has been lucky enough to consistently work with the City and County of Denver since 2016. Other work Lotus has completed for the City and County of Denver includes: -Completed GPC-compliant GHG emissions inventories every year since 2017, CDP Reporting, and developed Denver’s first municipal operations inventory (2020). -Completed a life-cycle GHG analysis for waste. -Completed an embodied carbon analysis for buildings. (see below)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City and County of Denver | Renewable Heating and Cooling Plan (Building Electrification) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/adams-12-five-star-schools</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Adams 12 Five Star Schools | GHG Inventory And Related Work - GHG Inventory And Related Work</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed the first GHG emissions inventory for Adams 12 Five Star Schools for activities in 2017, which included a measurement of emissions generated from energy use, fleet activities, industrial product use (i.e., refrigerants), waste, wastewater treatment, and consumption-based sources (i.e., paper, food, and fertilizer). Lotus developed the tool to align with the Sustainability Indicator Management and Analysis Platform (SIMAP) so that the district could compare its emissions with other school districts using SIMAP. Along with the GHG inventory, Lotus provided a summary report and an Inventory Management Plan (IMP) so that Adams 12 staff could complete this work in-house in future years. Following the completion of the GHG inventory, Lotus assisted Adams 12 in auditing the district's 2018 inventory (completed in-house with the guidance set forth in the IMP) and also created a modeling tool to measure the impact of the district's sustainability goals on GHG emissions.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/albuquerque</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Albuquerque | Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Data Consultant - Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Data Consultant</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is currently working with the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico to complete several projects to support its Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) as a part of Albuquerque’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG). Lotus’s scope includes the creation of a four county-wide community greenhouse gas and co-pollutant emissions inventories, a business-as-usual model, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions forecasting for all measures included in the City’s CCAP. Lotus will also support Albuquerque in developing several other deliverables necessary for the CCAP, including a workforce analysis, regular federal reporting, and a cost analysis for the measures included in the CCAP.  Albuquerque has also requested Lotus support additional CPRG-funded projects that include developing a benefits analysis, assistance with guiding a climate vulnerability assessment and tree canopy analysis, graphic design for the CCAP, and drafting educational materials for a take action campaign. Additional scope that Lotus will provide beginning in 2026 includes developing a benefits analysis to inform the development and implementation of climate pollution reduction measures. The benefits analysis will include a climate vulnerability assessment, tree canopy model, and other relevant activities to help local governments prioritize climate action and implementation. Lotus will utilize existing data sets and models, and where unavailable, will conduct research or interviews to fill any information gaps. For the Climate Vulnerability analysis, Lotus will summarize current risks, threats, and hazards and will detail predicted future vulnerabilities to the four counties and City of Albuquerque, including those to social, economic, environmental, and infrastructure, amongst other sectors. The full vulnerability and risk assessment will include a write-up with key takeaways. The tree canopy model will include the identification of high-impact tree planting locations (LIDAC focus, maximizing co-benefits such as traffic calming, home energy savings, etc.). The overlay map of data will include available data such as demographic data, heat data, and transportation data down to the census block group.  It will also overlay city property and parks.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/10/lafayette-colorado-sustainability-report</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Lafayette, Colorado | Sustainability Report - 2021 Sustainability Report</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus wrote Lafayette’s 2021 Sustainability Report, communicating the progress Lafayette has made on the goals laid out in the City’s 2021 Sustainability Plan. This work included informational interviews with several Lafayette community members involved in sustainability work. Additionally data to track the progress toward each goal were collected, organized, and analyzed. The final report was designed to be data visualization and graphic heavy to effectively communicate results.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/lafayette-colorado-2019-ghg-inventory-and-infographic</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Lafayette, Colorado | GHG Inventory - 2019 GHG Inventory and infographic</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed Lafayette’s 2019 community GHG inventory, wrote a final report, and created an infographic to communicate the results of the inventory and highlight progress toward the City’s climate goals. Lotus also created an Inventory Management Plan (IMP) to document all data sources and methodology used in the inventory.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/denver-regional-council-of-governments-drcog</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) | Climate Pollution Reduction Grant - Climate Pollution Reduction Grant</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is currently working with DRCOG to fulfill the requirements of the agency’s $1 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As part of this process, Lotus supported data collection, emissions calculations, modeling, stakeholder engagement, and strategy development and prioritization for DRCOG’s Priority Climate Action Plan. Currently, Lotus is supporting stakeholder engagement and related tasks to develop the regional Comprehensive Climate Action Plan.  To date, Lotus has led and facilitated multiple community and stakeholder engagements, and facilitated an equity subcommittee. Lotus conducted an all-day workshop that brought together representatives from communities across the 12-county region to organize implementation details for the eight PCAP strategies. The stakeholder engagement process that was deployed for the PCAP and will continue for the CCAP, has ensured that a broad constituency of community members from across the DRCOG region are engaged in, and empowered to participate in the resulting PCAP strategy implementation process. The creation and participation of the equity subcommittee as part of the PCAP process helped to ensure that the final implementation details for the PCAP strategies are informed by the communities that will be most impacted by this work.  DRCOG’s Priority Climate Action Plan was submitted to the EPA with the corresponding grant application for CPRG Implementation Funds. DRCOG secured grants funds for the Decarbonize DRCOG Program, the funding mechanism for the program related to this RFP and proposal.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/ymca-of-the-rockies</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - YMCA of the Rockies | Sustainability Action Plan And Cost-Analysis - Sustainability Action Plan And Cost-Analysis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with YMCA of the Rockies to support the development of a Sustainability Action Plan that addressed the sustainability objectives of the YMCA of the Rockies strategic plan. The project actively engaged YMCA of the Rockies staff to foster a culture of sustainability within the organization and facilitate the implementation of effective climate action strategies. To support this work, Lotus conducted a comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory of both campus locations, as well as emissions modeling of sustainability strategies to gain insights into YMCA of the Rockies' environmental footprint and which strategies would be most impactful. Furthermore, Lotus developed a cost evaluation of carbon emission reduction strategies for the YMCA of the Rockies. The strategies evaluated for implementation costs were also those that were modeled by the Lotus team for their anticipated carbon reduction impact. To ensure holistic implementation of the Sustainability Action Plan, Lotus worked with guest-facing staff to develop a Best Practice Guide and Lesson Plan for guest engagement in sustainability initiatives. Finally, Lotus worked strategically with YMCA staff to bring forward a GHG reduction goal to the YMCA Board of Directors and Senior Leadership to ensure the plan and associated goal were aligned with the mission and values of YMCA of the Rockies and that the Board understood the responsibilities associated with setting a GHG target for the organization.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/larimer-county</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Larimer County | Climate Smart and Future Ready Implementation Plan - Climate Smart and Future Ready implementation plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus supported the development of the Larimer County Climate Smart and Future Ready implementation plan. This detailed roadmap defines how the County and its partners across the region will work towards climate mitigation and resiliency over the coming years. The implementation planning process included collaboration with entities across Larimer County through topical working groups, the completion of a series of GHG inventories to ensure that decisions were backed by data, and public outreach through a website, videos, and other channels. Lotus also conducted emissions and cost modeling to help Larimer county understand the implementation costs and anticipated carbon reduction impact for proposed strategies. The final roadmap and progress dashboard serves as a jumping off point to make significant progress to reduce GHG emissions, improve resiliency, and enhance the quality of life across Larimer County. The Tableau dashboard was developed by identifying key metrics that reflect the goals, strategies, and actions in the plan. View the Social Pinpoint Site HERE.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Larimer County | Climate Smart and Future Ready Implementation Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Larimer County Dashboard</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/dubuque-iowa</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Dubuque, Iowa | GHG Inventory and BAU Project - GHG Inventory and BAU Project</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Dubuque to estimate the city’s 2022 community-wide greenhouse gas emissions. The city was looking for a consultant to verify their inventory and methodology as it had been done previously by student volunteers at the University of Northern Iowa. Lotus compared previous inventories to the standard GPC protocol and was able to suggest new emissions sources that can be included in the inventory and also wrote an inventory management plan so city staff can update the inventory workbook in the future. Lotus also updated the City’s business-as-usual model with the latest emissions and projections. The project was capped off with a presentation to the Dubuque City Council and a final report.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Dubuque, Iowa | GHG Inventory and BAU Project - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Dubuque to estimate the city’s 2022 community-wide greenhouse gas emissions. The city was looking for a consultant to verify their inventory and methodology as it had been done previously by student volunteers at the University of Northern Iowa. Lotus compared previous inventories to the standard GPC protocol and was able to suggest new emissions sources that can be included in the inventory and also wrote an inventory management plan so city staff can update the inventory workbook in the future. Lotus also updated the City’s business-as-usual model with the latest emissions and projections. The project was capped off with a presentation to the Dubuque City Council and a final report.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/denver-international-airport</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Denver International Airport | Net Zero Emissions Plan - Net Zero Emissions Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus completed a full QA/QC analysis of all past DEN greenhouse gas inventories. This work cumulated in a deeper understanding of recent reductions and increases in emissions and the creation of a process improvement plan to identify gaps and improve data collection. Alongside this work, Lotus completed research and interviewed staff to identify gaps, opportunities, and current and future successes. The result was a list of recommended strategies (High Impact Actions) to achieve our proposed science-based targets including: Identifying possible activities and associated emissions reductions. Identifying potential barriers including such as estimated costs; awareness/attitudes; countervailing priorities/projects; technology/scale limitations; areas outside of DEN control (Electric supply limitations); and areas where DEN has partial control (vendors). Identifying potential tailwinds such as policy and regulatory changes; funding Increases; grant opportunities; partnerships; and City and County of Denver initiatives.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/city-of-bozeman</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Bozeman | GHG Inventory, Infographic, and Report - GHG Inventory, Infographic, and Report</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed Bozeman’s 2020 community GHG inventory and developed an inventory management plan for the City’s new Sustainability Associate. Lotus also presented the results of the inventory in person to the City’s Sustainability Board and trained the Bozeman team on how to update the inventory workbook in future years. Additionally, Lotus created a final report that described the results of the inventory, trends between the baseline year (2008) and the 2020 inventory, and results from an analysis of the average annual carbon sequestration of the city’s lands using the LEARN tool from ICLEI. Lotus also developed an infographic for the City to use when communicating the results of the inventory with residents and important stakeholders.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/park-city-utah</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Park City, Utah | Community GHG Inventories - Community GHG Inventories</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus first worked with Park City in 2017 to create the City’s 2016 community-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Lotus later worked with the City again in 2022 to develop follow up inventories for calendar years 2020 and 2021. The Global Protocol for Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (GPC) was utilized to complete all inventories.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/mission-kansas</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Mission, Kansas | Community-Wide and Municipal GHG Emissions Inventories; Climate Action Task Force Facilitation - Community-Wide and Municipal GHG Emissions Inventories; Climate Action Task Force Facilitation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the City of Mission, Kansas to complete the City’s 2022 community-wide and municipal operations greenhouse gas emissions inventories. Additionally, Lotus was tasked with creating inventory management plans for each inventory for the City to use in updating the inventories in future years. Lotus summarized the results of both inventories in a final report and developed a Storymap to communicate the results of the inventories to the wider community. Lotus also presented the results to the City Council and helped facilitate a community meeting aimed at gathering input from community members about sustainability efforts in the City and greater Kansas City region. Additionally, Mission contracted with Lotus to help assist the newly hired City Administrator with updates to the greenhouse gas emissions inventories as well as to facilitate the City’s Climate Action Plan Task Force. The Task Force is charged with helping City officials to prioritize and implement actions within the City’s climate action plan. Lotus facilitated 4 meetings with the Task Force and assisted the Task Force in developing a Prioritization Matrix for the City’s climate action strategies.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2024/5/9/deer-valley-resort</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Deer Valley Resort | Climate Action Plan - Climate Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus partnered with Deer Valley Resort to develop a climate action plan for their resort operations. The Deer Valley Climate Action Plan will help the resort address their operational carbon footprint, prioritize implementation strategies, and clearly communicate their climate action commitments to their visitors and staff. Lotus’s approach walked the client through the crafting of a set of prioritization metrics through which the resort can assess its next steps: from proactively addressing climate risks to tackling critical opportunities in their infrastructure to empowering staff to solve problems. Lotus’s expertise in adapting climate plans to fit a specific culture, environment, and circumstance shines in this resort climate action plan. The scope of work includes workshops with the Senior Leadership Team, focus groups and informational interviews with staff, a site visit to meet with all resort departments, a business-as-usual emissions forecast, climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, and a designed climate action plan document.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/lakewoodghg</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Lakewood, Colorado | Municipal GHG Emissions Inventory&amp;nbsp; and Emissions Reduction Analysis - Municipal GHG Emissions Inventory  and Emissions Reduction Analysis</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 2018 The City of Lakewood requested assistance from Lotus to evaluate the GHG emission reduction potential for each primary strategy and to qualitatively rank the potential reduction impact for each secondary strategy. This effort provided the City data to vet improvement strategies and to develop GHG emission reduction targets. From this effort the City was able to work towards achieving the following goals: Understand GHG emission reduction potentials for all identified improvement strategies. Become familiar with gaps in existing data. Understand which factors influence GHG emissions and which metrics can be used to track GHG emissions. Be prepared for future sustainability planning efforts, such as a revised GHG inventory, initiatives to capture missing data, and a GHG emission dashboard. In 2015 Lakewood selected Lotus to help develop Lakewood’s first comprehensive municipal operations greenhouse gas emissions inventory and other related deliverables to set them up for a municipal decarbonization planning project. The goal of this effort is to establish a 2024 greenhouse gas emissions baseline. Additionally, Lotus identified long-term, municipal GHG emission reduction targets and developed, modeled, and forecasted reduction strategies. Finally, Lotus outlined a process for City staff to update the inventories and track progress towards climate goals in future years. The final report for the City took the form of a StoryMap, which includes an emissions dashboard, to present to the public the important work that the City is doing in the sustainability space.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/alpinebank</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Alpine Bank | Annual Sustainability Audit - Annual sustainability audit</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus has been collaborating with Alpine Bank since 2014 to help maintain and update Alpine Bank’s Utility Tracking Database on an annual basis, calculate emissions from facilities, and normalize energy use for the weather. Lotus performs a quality check on Alpine Bank’s energy and water use tracking spreadsheet. The tracking spreadsheet has records of monthly electricity, natural gas, and water usage at all of Alpine Bank’s locations across the state of Colorado. Once a quality check is completed, Lotus reviews the results and errors found with the project team at Alpine Bank. Finally, Lotus writes a section reviewing the emissions and activity data trends across the organization to be included in the annual report.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2022/4/22/alterra-mountain-company</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Alterra Mountain Company | GHG Inventory and Sustainability Strategies - GHG Inventory and Sustainability Strategies</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed greenhouse gas inventories for the 16 resorts owned by Alterra, Canadian Mountain Holidays, Alpine Aerotech, and Alterra’s Denver headquarters. Included in this was a detailed analysis of the emissions impact of visitor travel to the resorts. Lotus partnered with McKinstry to develop specific climate action strategies and an interactive Storymap detailing the results and recommendations. Lotus is currently updating the induced travel analysis for the latest fiscal year. Read the 2022 Annual Impact Report here.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Alterra Mountain Company | GHG Inventory and Sustainability Strategies - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2022/4/22/boulder-county-code-cohort</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Boulder County | Net Zero Codes Cohort - Phase 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>For Phase 1 of the project, Lotus facilitated a series of five meetings with eight community partners in the Northwest Metropolitan region of Denver to co-create consistent energy code amendments that could be adopted alongside the 2021 IECC to support local and regional climate goals. Equity, GHG reductions, and the needs of individual communities were discussed within the cohort while the group reached a consensus for the recommended code package. Phase 1 included code package development along with individualized community support to help each partner community with their code adoption process. Lotus worked with consultant partners Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) and Shums Coda throughout the project to develop the code package for the region along with supporting materials such as fact sheets, customized presentations, training materials, and other individualized support requested by each community. Lotus and the consultant team attended council meetings and study sessions with staff to ensure the code package was understood and could be adopted by each leadership council. The results of Phase 1 code adoptions for the region can be seen in the table to the left (as of February 2023).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Boulder County | Net Zero Codes Cohort - Phase 2</image:title>
      <image:caption>Phase 2 of the project began the summer of 2022 with a goal of creating a roadmap of ranked local, achievable, affordable, and equitable policies and strategies to reach the goal of net zero new construction by 2030 for the region. For Phase 2, Lotus facilitated a series of eight meetings with ten communities to co-create a regional definition of “net zero new construction,” as well as a roadmap with a stepped approach to achieving net zero new construction by 2030. Equity and regional collaboration were strong themes throughout the discussions and the roadmap. The roadmap was written and designed by Lotus, with support from SWEEP and Shums Coda, and lays a foundation for continued regional coordination on future building code updates for each community involved. The Boulder County Net Zero Code Cohort was funded by a Department of Local Affairs grant and created a framework in the state for regional collaboration on building codes which has been deployed in other areas of Colorado to support local communities with building code adoption.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2019/12/9/boulderghg</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Boulder | City of Boulder Annual GHG Emissions Inventories (Community and Municipal) - City of Boulder Annual GHG Emissions Inventories (Community and Municipal)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus completed the City of Boulder’s community and municipal GHG inventories in 2012, and from 2015 through 2022. Since 2016, Lotus has been preparing the city of Boulder’s community GPC-compliant greenhouse gas emissions inventories. Lotus develops community and municipal GHG inventories in separate Excel-based tools which include information regarding data sources, documentation of calculation methodology, and easy-to-digest data visualizations communicating inventory results. Lotus also writes final reports for the community and municipal inventories for Boulder. Lotus updates the inventories each year and in 2018, started updating the municipal GHG emission inventories. In 2018, Lotus also provided the city with an infographic describing the results of the city’s 2018 GHG emissions inventory for use by the city’s residents. New 2023 GHG inventory results published in Winter 2024 report that Boulder achieved an impressive 24% reduction in GHG emissions since 2018. The community continues to see declining GHG emissions as they make progress towards a resilient and sustainable future. The City’s GHG emissions reduction work has been highlighted by the press:: City of Boulder News, CBS News, Daily Camera Press Release.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2022/4/22/city-of-colorado-springs</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Colorado Springs | Sustainable COS Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2022/4/22/city-of-louisville-commercial-energy-code-review</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/e3f235a7-b5f9-43e8-bc97-c3a2049442a5/City+of+Louisville+no+background.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Louisville | Commercial Energy Code Review - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/ab87bdc1-f311-4300-81a6-01be516a74cc/Policy+Option+1+v3.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Louisville | Commercial Energy Code Review - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/commerce-city</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Commerce City | Sustainability Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus led the development of sustainability and community health recommendations that are woven into the first Sustainability Action Plan for Commerce City, Colorado. An environmental justice priority community, the City wished to ensure that recommendations were derived from community input and informed by data. Lotus facilitated a citizen-led Environmental Policy Advisory Committee to develop recommendations that will result in a healthier, more sustainable community. Additional community outreach occurred in the form of community meetings, civic engagement training, a community survey, and workshops with City staff and business and industry leaders. As part of the process, Lotus also completed the City’s first GHG inventory and business-as-usual forecast, modeling the GHG impact of strategies, identified the cost impacts of strategies and funding resources, and met with City staff to develop internal sustainability recommendations. Subcontractors on the project analyzed and made recommendations specific to air and water quality issues in Commerce City, which were woven into the full recommendations report.  In addition to completing the City’s first community-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory as a part of the Sustainability Action Plan development, Lotus developed the City’s first municipal operations greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Lotus utilized the Local Government Operations Protocol to complete the inventory. The development of this inventory will help the City government create and monitor sustainability actions outlined in the Sustainability Action Plan. Lotus continued supporting the Commerce City Department of Energy, Equity and the Environment with facilitation of the Environmental Policy Advisory Committee and designing program collateral for one year after the plan was finalized.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2022/4/22/city-of-golden-codes-consulting</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Golden | Codes Consulting: Building Policy Roadmap - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2019/12/9/lascruces</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Las Cruces | GHG Inventories &amp;amp; Climate Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus completed the City of Las Cruces’ 2018 GHG inventory and supported the development of GHG strategies to reduce emissions to 80 percent of 2018 levels by 2050. This work included the development of both a community and municipal inventory, in-person and remote stakeholder facilitation for two workshops to select GHG reduction strategies with a focus on equity and resilience, high-level modeling of strategy impacts, and drafting the final plan.  The inventory and strategies will help the City to understand its carbon footprint, identify and implement ways to reduce its carbon footprint, gain community buy-in, and inform future policy and programs. In 2024, Las Cruces contracted with Lotus to update the City’s business-as-usual GHG emissions model as well as to complete calendar year 2023 greenhouse emissions inventories for the community and local government operations.  In addition to these updates, Lotus created several charts to help Las Cruces check in on their progress towards the emissions reduction goals outlined in their Climate Action Plan. These charts compared the business-as-usual emissions projection, current emissions trajectory, and emissions reduction goal for each sector. Lotus also created charts that highlighted standout trends in the inventory data; these charts helped communicate notable data trends to the public.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2022/4/22/city-of-longmont</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Longmont | GHG and Related Projects - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2023/5/23/city-of-longmont-electrification-study-and-communication-plan</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - City of Longmont | Building Electrification Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2023/1/19/colorado-clean-energy-fund</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-11</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/a278f1f9-060a-4363-a564-dd1ec5a675bf/ccef-horizontal-logo-full-color-web-600px%4072ppi.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - Colorado Clean Energy Fund | Impact Evaluation Tool and Tool Updates - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2023/1/19/colorado-energy-office-building-performance-standard-task-force-facilitation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Colorado Energy Office | Building Performance Standard Task Force Facilitation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2023/1/19/colorado-energy-office-energy-code-board</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Colorado Energy Office | Energy Code Board - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/clearcreekcounty</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/5db3b5d8-d640-4d10-b683-8bf787d4b01e/ceo_ev_charging_hero_1_0.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - Clear Creek County | Vehicle Electrification Plan - Vehicle electrification plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus lead the community engagement tasks for Clear Creek County, Colorado, and their Vehicle Electrification Plan. We created and disseminated a community survey to gather information about EV use and barriers to adoption. Our team also conducted 12 informational interviews with stakeholders across the spectrum from community leaders to the local utility. We convened one focus group to vet and confirm the data collected from the community, as well as co-create the strategies for the County’s EV readiness plan. Lotus then prepared a report detailing the results of our engagements with a clear description of the barriers to EV readiness in the community and many solutions to address those barriers. An important aspect of this project was our focus on the impacts of EVs on underserved communities. We made several key suggestions to address EV equity throughout the community in our report.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/coloradoenergyoffice</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/dola</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/1625003079533-HD68W3QP34614G51Q7YP/Screenshot+2021-06-29+154359.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - Colorado Resiliency Office | Website and resilience Prioritization - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/core</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-10</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/1636404262072-GT2G2EPNF23UXIGPW55O/unsplash-image-UV0thimJOG8.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - CORE GHG Inventories and Regional Summaries</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus is completing Pitkin County and the Roaring Fork Valley’s GHG Inventories and regional summaries; this includes inventories for the City of Aspen and Towns of Basalt and Snowmass. The work is supported by the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE). Building off each communities’ past efforts, Lotus will help them determine how they are progressing towards their emission reduction goals. A data dashboard will provide the opportunity for the community to view emissions from different sectors, sources, and geographies.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/dps</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-11</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/579b3cf1-867a-4b2a-a5f3-6515aebacdf1/DPS.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - Denver Public Schools | Climate Action Plan - climate action plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our work supporting Denver Public Schools and their students was highlighted by Former Vice President Kamala Harris as a model for others to follow. Lotus worked with Denver Public Schools (DPS) to develop new goals and programs focused on GHG emissions reductions, renewable electricity, environmental justice and education, and resource management. The plan was co-created with DPS stakeholders and included a strong focus on equity and accessibility as well as a fun, interactive, and engaging process. The new plan outlined a roadmap for achieving the goals laid forth in the recent DPS Climate Change Resolution. These goals included reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent of 2010 levels by 2050, prioritizing sustainability actions in schools and communities facing greater environmental injustice, and making sustainability a core value of DPS.  Lotus also fully reworked the DPS website to drastically increase engagement with students, staff, and the general public. The prior version of the website was difficult to navigate, lacked transparency for students,  and made progress tracking challenging. Lotus worked with a web designer to develop the new website framework in alignment with the plan areas of focus. Lotus wrote all website content and created embedded progress tracking data visualizations and maps related to the overall plan’s key focus areas.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Denver Public Schools | Climate Action Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>DPS website on-site solar map example.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/eaglecounty</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Eagle County | Resiliency Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus led a stakeholder engagement process to support the development of the Eagle County Resilience Framework. This process included background data collection, hosting several informational interviews, convening a Resilience Working Group, and hosting two workshops to understand and develop overarching strategies to address and enhance resilience and vulnerability across Eagle County. Workshops and engagement sessions were designed to ensure a diverse representation of the community could make their voices heard in the planning process, and considerations of equity were an integral part of the engagement process and plan outcomes. The final Eagle County Resilience Plan exists as a project website to guide implementation work over the years to come. Lotus subcontracted to Adaptation International on this project; Adaptation International developed the final project website.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2023/1/19/eagle-county-energy-code-cohort</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Eagle County | Code Cohort - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2023/1/19/eagle-county-energy-code-modeling-work</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Eagle County | Building Code Energy Modeling &amp;amp; Upfront Cost Analysis - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/6be4464b-81c6-4da9-9ef3-2e17b3cd92b9/SF_model_results.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Where We Work - Eagle County | Building Code Energy Modeling &amp;amp; Upfront Cost Analysis - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/ecoproducts</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Eco-Products | GHG Inventories</image:title>
      <image:caption>Since 2015, Lotus has supported Eco-Product’s with their operational carbon footprint analysis. This work includes collecting and analyzing data for greenhouse gas emissions from the headquarters’ electricity and natural gas, business travel, employee commuting, materials management, and paper consumption. David Fridland can speak to our GHG Protocol work. We have been completing their annual inventory since 2016.  Lotus has also supported the writing of their Sustainability and Impact Reports for the last four years. To do so, Lotus has conducted informational interviews with key staff members and supplementary research to draft engaging, pithy text to showcase Eco-Products’ impactful work over the year in question.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/georgia-tech</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Georgia Tech | Climate Action and Sustainability Projects - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/grandcanyontrust</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Grand Canyon Trust Colorado Plateau | GHG Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus helped develop the first GHG emissions inventory and BAU projection for the Colorado Plateau. We developed a bottom-up approach to estimate overall emissions based on 64 unique municipalities, including sources such as oil and gas drilling and processing, coal mine emissions, and carbon sequestration from farming practices. The Colorado Plateau covers an area of roughly 130,000 square miles and includes portions of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Read a summary of our findings.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/grandjunction</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Grand Junction | Community GHG Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed Grand Junction’s 2018 and 2021 community GHG inventories; developed a business-as-usual forecast through 2040; completed a carbon sequestration analysis of the City’s urban forest and parklands; developed a dashboard to display the results of the emissions inventories; entered the emissions inventory data into ClearPath and CDP; and researched relevant resilience and climate adaptation metrics for the city to consider tracking. Additionally, Lotus synthesized the results of all deliverables into a final report while simultaneously providing high-level policy recommendations for the primary GHG sectors to help reduce emissions.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Grand Junction | Community GHG Inventory - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/2019/12/9/holy-cross-energy-greenhouse-gas-inventory</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Holy Cross Energy | Greenhouse Gas Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Holy Cross Electric Association, Inc. (HCE) has a vision to lead the responsible transition to a clean energy future for their 43,000 plus members. In 2018, HCE set a goal/target to provide 70 percent clean energy by 2030 (Seventy70Thirty) and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with their power supply by 70 percent based on 2014 levels. To accurately measure and report these targets, Lotus was hired to complete a 2018 greenhouse gas inventory and review power supply chain inventories for 2005, 2014, and 2018. The inventory is utilizing the Climate Registry’s General Reporting Protocol and Electric Power Sector Protocol.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Kamehameha Schools | GHG Inventory and Carbon Stock Assessment - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/maui</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-07</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/nmsu</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - New Mexico State University | GHG Emissions Inventory</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Pierce County, WA | GHG Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus developed 2015 and 2019 municipal operations GHG inventories for Pierce County, Washington. Lotus analyzed building level data and estimated emission factors for several utilities from which the County receives electricity. Additionally, Lotus created an inventory management plan (IMP) documenting all data sources and methods used in the inventory. The IMP also included instructions for updating inventories enabling Pierce County to develop their own inventories in the future.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/pitkincounty</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Pitkin County, CO | Embodied Carbon Analysis</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus conducted data analysis for Pitkin County and the Roaring Fork Valley, in partnership with Brightline Group, to estimate residential climate emissions and embodied carbon from the construction and home management sectors. This data was to guide local policy development. Using a data-storytelling process, Lotus detailed the impacts from the construction and home management economies on the region’s greenhouse gas emissions. Key findings from the Embodied Carbon Analysis can be found HERE</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/routtcounty</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Routt County and City of Steamboat Springs | GHG Emissions Inventoryj, Climate Action Plan, Comprehensive Plan - GHG Emissions inventory and climate action plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus has been hired twice by Routt County (with the support of Steamboat Springs) to complete sustainability projects. In 2019, Lotus worked with Routt County and Steamboat Springs to complete a 2018 GHG emissions inventory that was GPC-compliant. Lotus performed all data collection and analysis, developed a City- and County-specific emissions reporting tool, backcasted (until 2005) and forecasted (until 2050) emissions, developed an inventory management tool, and wrote an inventory summary report. In 2020/2021, Lotus led the development of Routt County’s Climate and Adaptation Action Plan which included leading an informed stakeholder engagement process considering equity, modeling the impact of emission reduction strategies, and developing an aspirational yet achievable Climate Action Plan for the County and each municipality located within the community. Lotus also helped design a public-facing website to assist with community engagement. You can track the progress in implementing the plan HERE. In 2025 the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council contracted Lotus to perform an update to the Routt County community-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory originally created for 2018. The inventory includes a breakout for the City of Steamboat Springs as well as the unincorporated portions of the county. Lotus also provided analysis into trends between inventory years and key drivers of emissions increases and decreases. Updates were also made to the 2018 inventory based on newly found data and methodology updates. A presentation to the YVSC board was also given at the end of the project.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Routt County and City of Steamboat Springs | GHG Emissions Inventoryj, Climate Action Plan, Comprehensive Plan - Steamboat Springs Comprehensive Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Additionally, Lotus is a subconsultant to the SE Group to create a Comprehensive Plan for Steamboat Springs. Couched in a number of recently updated plans, including a Routt County Sustainability plan developed by Lotus (2021), Steamboat Springs is looking to improve sustainability and resiliency within the unique mountain town. Core to their way of life is recreation and subsequently tourism, but all of this puts weight on the city’s most precious resources - the Yampa River, the Steamboat Springs Ski Area to name a few. The Comprehensive Plan will be instructive in outlining the Steamboat approach to responsibly managing assets, protecting the thriving outdoor life that folks travel all over the world to experience, improving traffic and walkability, all while keeping an eye to increasing frequency of wildfire and drought.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/summitcounty</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Summit County, CO | Climate Action Plan &amp;amp; Climate Equity Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>The jurisdictions, municipalities, ski areas, and institutions in Summit County, convened by High Country Conservation Center (HC3), contracted with Lotus to create a Climate Action Plan for the community. Lotus guided and supported the entire development process, which included conducting Summit County’s first GHG emissions inventory. Lotus facilitated and led the stakeholder engagement process that informed the development of Summit County’s Climate Action Plan in collaboration with the High Country Conservation Center. Our team convened meetings of stakeholders and experts, provided education and background on climate change, and facilitated conversations to develop strategies that will reduce emissions and achieve the goals of the Climate Action Plan for this mountain community. The development process also included modeling the impacts of stakeholder-selected strategies to determine emissions reductions, energy use, and other benefits; forecasting a business-as-usual case scenario; and providing the community with a final Climate Action Plan that defines aspirational targets for climate mitigation and resiliency and establishes a path towards achieving these goals. Lotus ultimately developed a Comprehensive GHG Inventory and an aspirational yet achievable Climate Action Plan for the County. Since completing the County’s Climate Action Plan, the jurisdictions in Summit County embarked on implementation work. Lotus worked with the High Country Conservation Center to update the County’s GHG inventory with 2021 data and develop a Climate Equity Plan that specifically details projects and programs to enhance equity in the community through the implementation of climate action work. Lotus facilitated an equity steering committee that included representatives from local community-based organizations, local governments, and agencies serving disproportionately impacted communities in Summit County. The Steering Committee advised on the development of a tri-lingual public survey, listening sessions, and informational interviews to guide the development of climate equity strategies that will supplement the existing climate action work. During the implementation of this work, HC3 will continue to work with Steering Committee members through the strong relationships that were built in this process to ensure that climate equity strategies meet their intended goals in supporting benefits for all Summit County residents.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.lotussustainability.com/client/townoferiesmp</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Town of Erie | Sustainability Master Plan and Community-wide GHG Inventory</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the Town of Erie to create the Town’s first Sustainability Master Plan. The process included in-depth research; informational interviews with staff, community members, and partner agencies; a series of advisory board meetings; stakeholder workshops; and community outreach at community events and a project open house. The result was an actionable plan for strategies that the Town and its partners can implement over the coming five years to enhance sustainability as the community grows. This Plan will serve as a decision-making tool and includes information on potential funding sources, partners, and actions that the Town can pursue in the areas of energy, recycling, transportation, and education and outreach. Since completing the Town’s Sustainability Master Plan Lotus has also supported work on behalf of the Town to obtain grant funds for charging stations, support community engagement efforts related to waste diversion policy, and is embarking on completing the Town’s first GHG emissions inventory. In 2022, Lotus developed the Town of Erie’s first-ever 2020 community GHG inventory and 2020 municipal GHG inventory. Lotus synthesized the results of the community and municipal inventories into a report as well as a dashboard to visually communicate the results of the inventories. Lotus also created inventory management plans for the two inventories, trained the Erie team on how to update the inventories in future years, and presented the results in person to the Town’s Sustainability Board.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Town of Mountain Village | GHG Emissions Inventory and Climate Action Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lotus worked with the Town of Mountain Village to complete a 2019 greenhouse gas emissions inventory and the Town’s first-ever Climate Action Plan! This effort was necessary in order to understand the specific emissions sources and impacts that the Town could influence, as well as modeling the status-quo emission projections over the coming years. The resulting Climate Action Plan (CAP) for Mountain Village presents the framework for achieving significant emissions reductions in the community between 2020 and 2050. Lotus then developed Mountain Village’s 2020 community GHG inventory and 2020 municipal GHG inventory. Additionally, Lotus modeled the impact of various current and proposed incentive programs on GHG emissions through 2030. 2020 Community GHG inventory Results Summary, Community and Municipal GHG Emissions Inventory Results Memos.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Urban Land Conservancy | Implementation Plan</image:title>
      <image:caption>In early 2021, Lotus had the opportunity to work on a small project with the Urban Land Conservancy (ULC), a nonprofit development organization that focuses on projects that benefit the whole community, such as affordable housing and below-market commercial space for nonprofits. We met with a core team from ULC to help them to define their goals and next steps for embedding sustainability into their operation.  Building off of these new goals, Lotus is now helping ULC develop an implementation plan for the sustainability goals and strategies defined in January 2021. Lotus is developing green leasing language and policies, internal office sustainability practices, a sustainability scoring rubric for RFPs, tenant energy use education toolkit, and sustainability language and procedures for a material and vendor procurement policy. Lotus is excited to continue working with ULC to grow its sustainability policies and procedures.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Where We Work - Xero Shoes | GHG Inventory - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Savannah Masters, Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brendan McCarthy, Business Support Specialist</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rachel Meier, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Julia Newman, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nick Russell, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Ally Mark - Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grace Sullivan, Senior Associate II / SME</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brie Zoller, Operations Contractor</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Breann Boyle, Senior Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Natalia Carminelli, Research Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natalia Carminelli, Research Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Shelby de Jongh, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shelby de Jongh, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Hillary Dobos, President</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hillary Dobos, President</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Tom Herrod, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tom Herrod, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brianna Johnson, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Claire Kantor, Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Claire Kantor, Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Molly Marcucilli, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Ally Mark, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ally Mark, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Savannah Masters, Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Savannah Masters, Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brendan McCarthy, Business Support Specialist</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Rachel Meier, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rachel Meier, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Julia Newman, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Julia Newman, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Ashlee Patacsil-Hardin, Research Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ashlee Patacsil-Hardin, Research Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Nick Russell, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nick Russell, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Grace Sullivan, Senior Associate II / SME</image:title>
      <image:caption>Grace Sullivan, Senior Associate II / SME</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brianna Johnson - Brie Zoller, Operations Contractor</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/72a78e9a-09c2-4aa8-b556-c1994df983e5/IMG_8158.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Equity at Lotus - At Lotus, we know our expertise is a catalyst to address the current and future impacts of climate change. However, that is not enough.</image:title>
      <image:caption>We recognize with humility that our role as consultants is to use that expertise to co-create solutions with communities. With this in mind, we commit to sustained collective action to heal past harms, uplift lived experiences, and dismantle systems of oppression to help all our clients realize a climate-just vision for their futures. We know environmental and climate justice is social and racial justice. We take this responsibility seriously.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Equity at Lotus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Breann Boyle, Senior Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Breann Boyle, Senior Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Natalia Carminelli, Research Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natalia Carminelli, Research Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Shelby de Jongh, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shelby de Jongh, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Hillary Dobos, President</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hillary Dobos, President</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Tom Herrod, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tom Herrod, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Brianna Johnson, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brianna Johnson, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Claire Kantor, Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Claire Kantor, Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Molly Marcucilli, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Molly Marcucilli, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Ally Mark, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ally Mark, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Savannah Masters, Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Savannah Masters, Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Brendan McCarthy, Business Support Specialist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brendan McCarthy, Business Support Specialist</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Rachel Meier, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rachel Meier, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Julia Newman, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Julia Newman, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Ashlee Patacsil-Hardin, Research Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ashlee Patacsil-Hardin, Research Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52f065dee4b022ddbd0c8028/1738736355976-LNQIK35NZXRA7YMM84EV/Nick+Russell+%281%29.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Nick Russell, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nick Russell, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Grace Sullivan, Senior Associate II / SME</image:title>
      <image:caption>Grace Sullivan, Senior Associate II / SME</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Natalia Carminelli - Brie Zoller, Operations Contractor</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brie Zoller, Operations Contractor</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brie Zoller - Breann Boyle, Senior Associate I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Breann Boyle, Senior Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brie Zoller - Natalia Carminelli, Research Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Natalia Carminelli, Research Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brie Zoller - Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jenna Decker Sherry, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Brie Zoller - Shelby de Jongh, Associate II</image:title>
      <image:caption>Shelby de Jongh, Associate II</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Savannah Masters, Associate I</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There are no open positions at this time. We welcome you to submit the Lotus Dream Job Application to stay connected! Research shows women and other underrepresented and historically marginalized groups tend to apply only when they check every box for job qualifications. If you are reading a job description and hesitate to apply for that reason, we encourage you to apply.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I take my job of letting you know when someone is leaving very seriously; I don’t really care to tell you when anyone arrives though. When I’m not listening for departing visitors, I love to make sure that tricky tennis ball knows its place (in my mouth). “My fashion philosophy is, if you’re not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.” – Elayne Boosler</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I am a skilled and high volume communicator who loves to meet and chat with new people. Although I’m still working on not talking over other meow-ting participants, I win everyone over with my good looks and biscuits. I never come to a meeting without them! Favorite activities: chasing treats, playing with the kitchen sponge, and stealing everyone else’s food.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mysteria and Orion are in charge of keeping office morale high through their adorable presence.  The pair provides essential purrformance enhancing services through cuddle sessions and soothing purrs.  But these managers are not afraid to keep everyone on task by providing timely reminders of when it’s time for a snack, break, or a stretch. Favorite quote: “Time spent with cats is never wasted.” - Sigmund Freud</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bobbi’s the dramatic one—she’ll drop and play dead at the first sign of trouble... for about three seconds. Then she’s back on her feet, sprinting across the office like she’s late for a very important meeting. Otis is her partner in chaos, a little more chill but just as quick. When not managing crises (or faking them), they enjoy long naps, the summer heat, and long walks.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Nick Russell, Senior Associate II / Team Lead</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kim Schlaepfer, Managing Director</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grace Sullivan, Senior Associate II / SME</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Brie Zoller, Operations Contractor</image:caption>
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