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• Big Agreement on Home Appliances Means Big Savings for Consumers (August 3, 2010)
• Can Retrofits Help Us Get Off Oil? Yes. (August 3, 2010)
• How to make a climate and energy bill more practical? Add efficiency! (June 29, 2010)
• DOE Paves The Way For Super Efficient Windows With New Program (May 27, 2010)
• Report from the China-US Building Energy Labeling Summit (May 19, 2010)
• New Report – "Using Executive Authority to Achieve Greener Buildings" (April 29, 2010)
• Earth Day – Coming to a Home Near You (April 21, 2010)
• Home Star Takes Another Step Forward (April 14, 2010)
• DOE On Target With New Water Heater Standard (April 1, 2010)
• Energy Star Under Fire: Are the Fixes Coming Fast Enough? (March 26, 2010)
• How Energy Efficient is a Doublewide? (Not very) (March 24, 2010)
• Home Star Gets A Hearing: Is It Really A Win-Win-Win? (March 11, 2010)
• Sometimes We All Agree – A Host of New Consensus Efficiency Standards on the Table in the Senate Today (March 10, 2010)
• This DOE Means Business: Enforcing Standards and Regulating Wasteful TVs (March 8, 2010)
• Don't Overreact to Growing Pains in the Weatherization Assistance Program (March 4, 2010)
• Another Call to Action from Obama on Residential Retrofits (March 2, 2010)
• Questions about the Recovery Act’s State Building Code Requirements? NASEO Has Answers (February 24, 2010)
• A $22 Billion Decision on Water Heaters? Tell DOE to do the right thing (February 17, 2010)
• State of the Union: Inefficient (January 27, 2010)
• Is Your Governor Keeping His/Her Promises About Efficiency? (January 5, 2010)
• President Obama to talk "Cash for Caulkers" (December 14, 2009)
• "Cash for Caulkers" Coming As Soon As Congressionally Possible (November 18, 2009)
• How It All Fits Together: New Outdoor Lighting Standard the Third Strike for Inefficient Lights (November 4, 2009)
• New Standards for Street Lights More Than Just a Bright Idea (November 3, 2009)
• New Reports Show Successes and Failures of Energy Star (October 27, 2009)
• Obama Administration Beats the Drum for Efficiency Retrofits (October 19, 2009)
• DOE and EPA Agree to Make a Brighter Energy Star (October 16, 2009)
• Big Savings and Big Changes as a Result of Agreement on New Air Conditioning and Furnace Standard (October 14, 2009)
• Obama issues executive order for greener and more efficient federal facilities and operations (October 6, 2009)
• How to Deal with Incandescent Excuses and "Dim Bulbs" (August 20, 2009)
• New Study Finds $123 Billion in Savings From New Appliance Standards (August 11, 2009)
• One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Alaska Legislature Rebukes Palin, but Alaskans May Still Lose (August 11, 2009)
• Shining the Light on Efficiency Lies (August 4, 2009)
• DOE Releases ARRA Funding for 29 States; Better Codes and Utility Policies Coming Soon (July 17, 2009)
• Proof of Concept: Well Crafted Standards Spur Innovation in Lighting (July 11, 2009)
• Deliberate Misinformation: Making Saving Money Sound Bad (July 10, 2009)
• The New DOE Steps Up: New Lamp Standard Will Save More Energy Than Any Previous DOE Standard (July 1, 2009)
• Lost in the Shuffle: Some Efficiency Policies Weakened in ACES (June 29, 2009)
• Is Energy Efficiency Recession Proof? (June 25, 2009)
• The Case For A National Building Energy Code (June 17, 2009)
• Efficiency in Waxman-Markey: Part 2 – Appliances and Equipment (April 8, 2009)
• Efficiency in Waxman-Markey: Part 1 - Buildings (April 7, 2009)
• Clean Energy in the Stimulus: Follow the Money (March 30, 2009)
• Water Heaters Are Boring (March 20, 2009)
• Dr. Chu is Watching (March 5, 2009)
• Time for You to Weigh In On the Biggest Potential Energy Saving Standard in History (February 27, 2009)
• State of the Nation: What Does It Mean For Efficiency? (February 24, 2009)
• To Spend or To Save? How Do We Get Out of This Mess? (February 18, 2009)
• Best Case Scenario: Congress Follows Obama's Lead on Efficiency (February 16, 2009)
• The President Gets It, But Does Congress? Efficiency in the Economic Recovery Bill (February 10, 2009)
• Obama to DOE: Chop-Chop! (February 5, 2009)
• New Lamp Standard: How much is 11 tons of mercury? How do fish feel about lamps? (February 1, 2009)
• DOE’s proposed rule on lamps: This is a big deal. (January 26, 2009)
• New commercial refrigeration standard from DOE a head scratcher (January 10, 2009)
• Momentum grows for economic recovery through efficiency Pt 2 (January 6, 2009)
• Momentum grows for economic recovery through efficiency (December 30, 2008)
• How DOE saves every American energy and money in the next administration (November 25, 2008)
• Thoughts from Greenbuild 2008 (November 24, 2008)
• Is ENERGYSTAR broken? No, but DOE sure is. (October 28, 2008)

• "Cash for Caulkers" Coming As Soon As Congressionally Possible (November 18, 2009)
• A $22 Billion Decision on Water Heaters? Tell DOE to do the right thing (February 17, 2010)
• Another Call to Action from Obama on Residential Retrofits (March 2, 2010)
• Best Case Scenario: Congress Follows Obama's Lead on Efficiency (February 16, 2009)
• Big Agreement on Home Appliances Means Big Savings for Consumers (August 3, 2010)
• Big Savings and Big Changes as a Result of Agreement on New Air Conditioning and Furnace Standard (October 14, 2009)
• Can Retrofits Help Us Get Off Oil? Yes. (August 3, 2010)
• Clean Energy in the Stimulus: Follow the Money (March 30, 2009)
• DOE On Target With New Water Heater Standard (April 1, 2010)
• DOE Paves The Way For Super Efficient Windows With New Program (May 27, 2010)
• DOE Releases ARRA Funding for 29 States; Better Codes and Utility Policies Coming Soon (July 17, 2009)
• DOE and EPA Agree to Make a Brighter Energy Star (October 16, 2009)
• DOE’s proposed rule on lamps: This is a big deal. (January 26, 2009)
• Deliberate Misinformation: Making Saving Money Sound Bad (July 10, 2009)
• Don't Overreact to Growing Pains in the Weatherization Assistance Program (March 4, 2010)
• Dr. Chu is Watching (March 5, 2009)
• Earth Day – Coming to a Home Near You (April 21, 2010)
• Efficiency in Waxman-Markey: Part 1 - Buildings (April 7, 2009)
• Efficiency in Waxman-Markey: Part 2 – Appliances and Equipment (April 8, 2009)
• Energy Star Under Fire: Are the Fixes Coming Fast Enough? (March 26, 2010)
• Home Star Gets A Hearing: Is It Really A Win-Win-Win? (March 11, 2010)
• Home Star Takes Another Step Forward (April 14, 2010)
• How DOE saves every American energy and money in the next administration (November 25, 2008)
• How Energy Efficient is a Doublewide? (Not very) (March 24, 2010)
• How It All Fits Together: New Outdoor Lighting Standard the Third Strike for Inefficient Lights (November 4, 2009)
• How to Deal with Incandescent Excuses and "Dim Bulbs" (August 20, 2009)
• How to make a climate and energy bill more practical? Add efficiency! (June 29, 2010)
• Is ENERGYSTAR broken? No, but DOE sure is. (October 28, 2008)
• Is Energy Efficiency Recession Proof? (June 25, 2009)
• Is Your Governor Keeping His/Her Promises About Efficiency? (January 5, 2010)
• Lost in the Shuffle: Some Efficiency Policies Weakened in ACES (June 29, 2009)
• Momentum grows for economic recovery through efficiency (December 30, 2008)
• Momentum grows for economic recovery through efficiency Pt 2 (January 6, 2009)
• New Lamp Standard: How much is 11 tons of mercury? How do fish feel about lamps? (February 1, 2009)
• New Report – "Using Executive Authority to Achieve Greener Buildings" (April 29, 2010)
• New Reports Show Successes and Failures of Energy Star (October 27, 2009)
• New Standards for Street Lights More Than Just a Bright Idea (November 3, 2009)
• New Study Finds $123 Billion in Savings From New Appliance Standards (August 11, 2009)
• New commercial refrigeration standard from DOE a head scratcher (January 10, 2009)
• Obama Administration Beats the Drum for Efficiency Retrofits (October 19, 2009)
• Obama issues executive order for greener and more efficient federal facilities and operations (October 6, 2009)
• Obama to DOE: Chop-Chop! (February 5, 2009)
• One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Alaska Legislature Rebukes Palin, but Alaskans May Still Lose (August 11, 2009)
• President Obama to talk "Cash for Caulkers" (December 14, 2009)
• Proof of Concept: Well Crafted Standards Spur Innovation in Lighting (July 11, 2009)
• Questions about the Recovery Act’s State Building Code Requirements? NASEO Has Answers (February 24, 2010)
• Report from the China-US Building Energy Labeling Summit (May 19, 2010)
• Shining the Light on Efficiency Lies (August 4, 2009)
• Sometimes We All Agree – A Host of New Consensus Efficiency Standards on the Table in the Senate Today (March 10, 2010)
• State of the Nation: What Does It Mean For Efficiency? (February 24, 2009)
• State of the Union: Inefficient (January 27, 2010)
• The Case For A National Building Energy Code (June 17, 2009)
• The New DOE Steps Up: New Lamp Standard Will Save More Energy Than Any Previous DOE Standard (July 1, 2009)
• The President Gets It, But Does Congress? Efficiency in the Economic Recovery Bill (February 10, 2009)
• This DOE Means Business: Enforcing Standards and Regulating Wasteful TVs (March 8, 2010)
• Thoughts from Greenbuild 2008 (November 24, 2008)
• Time for You to Weigh In On the Biggest Potential Energy Saving Standard in History (February 27, 2009)
• To Spend or To Save? How Do We Get Out of This Mess? (February 18, 2009)
• Water Heaters Are Boring (March 20, 2009)

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