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Obama to DOE: Chop-Chop!

February 5, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
appliances, DOE, efficiencystandards, energyefficiency

President Obama issued a memo today to the Department of Energy on appliance efficiency standards requiring that, a) The Department meet all their deadlines to issue standards between now and Aug 8th and,b) Accelerate the process for standards with deadlines...continued

DOE’s proposed rule on lamps: This is a big deal.

January 26, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
DOE, efficiencystandards, energyefficiency, lamps, lighting, simplesteps

DOE recently released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for general service fluorescent (GSFL) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL). See the actual document here, press release here, and general fact sheet here. GSFLs are the tube shaped fluorescent lights hanging in...continued

New commercial refrigeration standard from DOE a head scratcher

January 10, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt

Tags:
DOE, efficiencystandards, energyefficiency

The Bush administration released new efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment on Friday, finalizing the levels they proposed last October. This standard covers the refrigerated display units used in grocery stores and gas stations. You can find the full document...continued

Lane Burt
Lane Burt
Manager, Building Energy Policy
Washington DC
I am the Manager of Building Energy Policy in NRDC's Washington, D.C. office. My work...
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