Energy Efficiency News Archives
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Eating right, exercising regularly, flossing -- we know we should be doing these things every day but they're just not that exciting. For many businesses, energy efficiency feels the same – it's clearly a good idea, but somehow it always falls to the bottom of the corporate "to do" list.
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Reporting from Sacramento - When octogenarian Arthur H. Rosenfeld vacates his utilitarian office at the California Energy Commission this week, one of his final tasks might seem of little consequence: He'll turn off the lights.
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Although energy use can account for up to 70% of an MIT building’s operating cost, exactly where and why that consumption occurs is not obvious. And when a blip in a building’s internal workings can lead to even higher costs, it helps to know what’s going on, energy-wise, around the clock.
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Fearing perhaps that his prescription for the world’s energy woes has gone unheeded with all the clamor over the Copenhagen climate summit, the head of the International Energy Agency today made another plea for a multi-trillion-dollar investment in a cleaner future.
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Speaking at Florida Power and Light's (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Centre on 27 October, president Barack Obama announced the largest single energy grid modernisation investment in US history. It will be used to fund a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation's transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. The end result will promote energy-saving choices for consumers, increase efficiency, and foster the growth of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. The US$3.4b(EUR2.32b) in grant awards are part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and will be matched by industry funding for a total public-private investment worth over US$8b(EUR5.5b). Applicants state that the projects will create tens of thousands of jobs, and consumers in 49 states will benefit from these investments in a stronger, more reliable grid.
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The American appetite for energy will grow by just 14 percent over the next quarter century as energy efficiency and high prices drive down demand, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.
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With a new energy-saving modular data center and the completion of a showcase Green Data Center at Syracuse University, IBM is flush with IT news. A new modular data center model puts computing power in the form of a trailer, which can be towed to remote locations or used as an on-demand addition at existing data centers.
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In building its $90 million new headquarters in Philadelphia, SAP America is expecting energy and water savings of 40-50 percent, when compared to similar buildings. SAP, which sells software that help companies reduce energy use, is using the building as a bit of a “credibility booster,” reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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First came the "green" jobs, green buildings and green energy. Now Southern Maryland will get a green city, where residents will live in energy-saving homes, shop in energy-saving stores and walk under energy-saving streetlights as a new plant next door generates carbon-friendly solar power. This is the vision to revitalize St. Charles, a planned community of 12,000 homes and 5 million square feet of offices, stores and industrial parks in Waldorf now showing its age.
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The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission should adopt a general policy that makes it clear energy efficiency is a priority in regulating utilities that sell natural gas in the state, commission chairman Dusty Johnson said Monday. The PUC met to consider its response to a federal law that established natural gas energy efficiency standards for consideration by states. The commission will vote on the issue later.
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