Available through Wiley Publishing, Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices is a book about the creative and messy process of making environmental management decisions. The approach we describe is called Structured Decision Making, a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs.

Since December Compass has been providing strategic guidance to the City of Seattle on a long-term District Energy strategy.  In July Trent Berry and key City Staff presented interim recommendations to City Council.  A final report was issued in August. The final report and recommendations can be viewed here. The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce covered the Council presentation. For the news article click here.