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is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The mission of Three3 is to foster equitable, sustainable futures. It is widely accepted that the three components, or pillars of sustainability, are environment, equity, and economics, in combination. Three3 conducts innovative, interdisciplinary research and offers educational programming to promote the integrated achievement of sustainability goals in these areas. 

Three3 assists communities with implementing plans for sustainable economic development. These plans are multi-faceted and incorporate components that create jobs through the development of new businesses, industries, and non-profits. Three3 utilizes an approach that democratizes research, planning, and decision-making rather than a one-dimensional approach to growth and development theory. This planning process is grounded in community organization and participation and assumes that within communities there are complexities of cultures, values, perceptions, stakeholder groups, and resources. This process recognizes that people long for effective and accessible ways to participate in shaping their future as citizens often feel unempowered as decision-makers.

Current Events

Stakeholder Workshops—Valuating the Health, Social, and Building Systems Resilience Benefits of Weatherizing Affordable Multifamily Housing: A Facilitation of Cross-Sector Dialogues

Three3 and Seventhwave recently wrapped up three stakeholder workshops facilitated in our hometown of Knoxville, TN (April 4 & 5), in Chicago (March 8 & 9) and New York City (February 16 & 17). Participants represented a myriad of domains and included many regional thought leaders. Many thanks to all the participants, we look forward to learning and collaborating within our newly developed research network as we move forward with the project. We also thank our hosts, the East Tennessee Foundation, Roosevelt University, and the Association for Energy Affordability, for helping make these events a success!

The goal of the workshops was to convene stakeholders, subject matter experts, and program implementers to aid in the design of a national research plan to monetize a broad set of outcome measures associated with improving the energy efficiency of affordable multifamily buildings. These activities are being supported by a planning grant awarded by The JPB Foundation. 
2016-November
White paper on residential health benefits attributable to energy efficiency "builds understanding and access to relevant data that can support inclusion of health impacts as a public benefit of energy efficiency." (E4The Future)