Established in 1999, The Sustainability Institute is a Charleston, SC, nonprofit that works in three primary areas: (1) Home Efficiency and Repair: Home performance audits and upgrades, weatherization, critical home repair, and energy conservation workshops for households that are energy insecure; (2) Green Building Consulting and Certification: Advise commercial high-performance development projects to adopt rigorous green building and sustainability standards through our Charleston RISES green building certification program; and (3) Habitat Restoration: Saltmarsh restoration, rain garden design and construction, water-quality testing and monitoring, trail building, and more through our Americorp Conservation Corp job training and employment program. Our mission is to advance resilient, sustainable and equitable communities while building the next generation of conservation leaders.