Case study summary
- Client
CASE Consultants International
- Timeline
2024
- Solution
Partner Success & Adoption Solution (PSAS)
- Technology & Ecosystem
EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) • Federal Merit Review • Climate Investment • Impact Measurement • Cross-Sector Decarbonization
- Outcome
Strengthened the integrity of a historic federal climate investment process by providing independent subject matter expertise that helped distinguish implementation-ready climate strategies from high-risk proposals—supporting more credible allocation of over $4.3 billion in public climate funding.
- Why It Matters
Major public investments succeed when funding decisions are grounded in objective evidence, implementation readiness, and measurable impact.
The Partner Success & Adoption Solution (PSAS) helps governments, prime contractors, and mission-driven organizations improve the quality of complex investment decisions by integrating technical expertise, governance, and impact measurement into a repeatable decision-support solution.
Challenge
The EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program required rapid, objective evaluation of hundreds of technically complex proposals requesting nearly seven times the available funding.
Assess climate strategies across multiple sectors while maintaining analytical consistency and public trust.
Differentiate implementation-ready investments from proposals lacking credible delivery plans.
Complete high-stakes federal merit reviews under aggressive timelines without compromising rigor.
Solution
Through its Partner Success & Adoption Solution (PSAS), PSC embedded senior climate and impact measurement expertise into the federal merit review process.
Applied rigorous evaluation of greenhouse gas reduction methodologies, implementation readiness, equity, and long-term feasibility.
Integrated governance, risk, compliance, and impact measurement practices to strengthen evidence-based decision making.
Improved reviewer consistency by translating complex technical proposals into investment-ready assessments.
Impact
Strengthened Climate Capital Allocation
Helped improve the integrity and consistency of federal merit review supporting allocation of more than $4.3 billion in climate investments.
Distinguished implementation-ready climate strategies from proposals with weak execution logic.
Reinforced investment-grade standards for public climate funding decisions.
Improved Decision Quality at National Scale
Contributed expert evaluation across transportation, buildings, energy, industry, waste, and natural lands.
Supported evidence-based assessment of 223 implementation proposals competing for limited federal funding.
Reduced decision risk through balanced evaluation of technical merit, feasibility, equity, and implementation readiness.
Created a Repeatable Climate Investment Evaluation Solution
Demonstrated how the Partner Success & Adoption Solution (PSAS) strengthens high-stakes public funding decisions through structured expert evaluation.
Validated a repeatable framework for improving transparency, accountability, and consistency in complex grant review processes.
Established an approach that can be adapted to future climate, infrastructure, sustainability, and public-sector investment programs.