Sue Lebeck

Platform Director

Cool Block

Sue Lebeck is platform director for the Cool Block initiative, a public-private-partnership empowering citizen action to create more sustainable, resilient and livable cities. She is chair emeritus of the City Protocol global public-private partnership (PPP) to develop shared protocols supporting smart city solutions; and a former member of the innovation-PPP expert network StarNet LLC. In 2009, Sue founded InnovatingSMART to observe, support and promote smart, sustainability-driven innovation.

Creating circular cities hinges on valuing embodied carbon

July 14, 2021

by Sue Lebeck

From food to materials to buildings, cities host the experiences that transform embodied carbon into the stuff of life.
- Circular Economy
- Cities
A climate moonshot: Carbon neutral cities by 2030

May 24, 2021

by Sue Lebeck

A new prize invites and supports early adopter cities, first in California, then throughout the U.S. and worldwide, with funding and social change expertise.
- Cities
- Carbon Neutrality
The sustainability year 2020 in review, in haiku

December 29, 2020

by Sue Lebeck

A baker’s dozen of reflections, as the community responds to 2020’s series of unfortunate events.
Lifting cities is the key to a green and just recovery

August 7, 2020

by Sue Lebeck

Cities have been on the front-line of the pandemic and need support. Can they now become the engines of recovery?
- Cities
- Equity & Inclusion
The 2019 sustainability year in review, in haiku

December 25, 2019

by Sue Lebeck

A baker's dozen of developments.
- Corporate Strategy
Why supermarkets are key to a cooler climate

December 18, 2019

by Sue Lebeck

Refrigeration management is an urgent need, and a potent opportunity.
- Corporate Strategy
- Refrigeration
Circular cities: The state of the art

October 11, 2019

by Sue Lebeck

What happens when cities think in loops.
- Cities
- Circular Economy
Cool through community — a climate action moonshot

July 25, 2019

by Sue Lebeck

Can systems change come from the bottom up? These neighbors believe it can.
For partnerships to be sustainable, they must be SMART

February 25, 2019

by Sue Lebeck

Five keys to successful business strategies for public-private partnerships.
- Cities
- Public-Private Partnerships
The 2018 sustainability year in review, in haiku

December 28, 2018

by Sue Lebeck

A recap of significant milestones and events, organized in the 5-7-5 syllabic structure of a three-line Japanese poem.