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National energy efficiency

How Busy Executives Can Leverage Energy Saving Facts to Drive Opportunities

  • energy saving facts
  • March 30, 2012
If energy costs run between one fifth and one third of total business expenses, why on Earth are organizations paying so little regard to cutting...
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Sustainable Energy Events January 24- February 7, 2012

The California Energy Commission will be conducting two workshops on the New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) in January and February 2012. This is...
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Sustainability 78: air, water and vapor barriers in green design

As designers and architects attempt to eke ever greater efficiency out of our buildings, they are focusing far more attention on appropriate air...
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Brooks Utley says greening homes is neither expensive, nor rocket science

  • Brooks Utley
  • November 3, 2011
Brooks Utley just wants to say one word to you."Plastics."The HGTV renovation expert, known for his personal philosophy of “recycle...
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Big oil and coal win again: GOP votes to eliminate efficient bulbs

  • energy efficient light bulbs
  • July 19, 2011
House Republicans failed last week to repeal the light bulb efficiency legislation scheduled to take effect next year. However, undaunted, they...
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It doesn’t go much lower than zero

A new TD Bank branch in Florida opens today and is 100 percent powered by on-site solar panels. Achieving a “net-zero” energy rating is...
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How do electric and gasoline powered cars compare in heavy city traffic?

As cool as electric vehicles are what will really prove their worth is what happens when they go into routine daily use. Most of us face heavy city...
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A light bulb moment: Understand what’s out there

  • buying lightbulbs
  • May 2, 2011
All the buzz lately is about the looming phase-out of the incandescent light bulb that was invented more than 100 years ago. It’s a bulb so...
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Can "Better Buildings Initiative" solve commercial real estate crisis

On February 3, 2011 in his State of the Union, President Obama laid out his vision for winning the future by investing in innovative clean energy...
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Tonight: Panel Addresses Impacts of Efficiency Program Restructuring

Efficiency programs in Massachusetts are undergoing a major restructuring that could expand job opportunities for local contractors while helping...
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