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One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Alaska Legislature Rebukes Palin, but Alaskans May Still Lose

August 11, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildingcodes, economicrecovery, energyefficiency

The odd saga of stimulus money and the state of Alaska drew to a close yesterday, ending in what should have been a big win for efficiency, as the state legislature voted to override former-Governor Palin's veto of efficiency money....continued

DOE Releases ARRA Funding for 29 States; Better Codes and Utility Policies Coming Soon

July 17, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildingcodes, energyefficiency, stimulus

DOE has been rolling through approvals of state energy plans and releasing huge chunks of the $3.1 billion dollars available through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act for State Energy Programs. All told, 29 states and several territories have received...continued

Deliberate Misinformation: Making Saving Money Sound Bad

July 10, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildingcodes, buildings, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, labeling

The enemies of energy efficiency have unveiled their new tactic to keep you from saving money and energy: they're just going to tell you ridiculous lies and hope you believe them. It seems that because they have had a hard...continued

Is Energy Efficiency Recession Proof?

June 25, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildingcodes, energyefficiency, homeefficiency, taxincentives

Is energy efficiency recession proof? I seriously doubt it, but it should be. A low risk investment with great returns should be at the top of everyone's list regardless of the economic climate. This is true for consumers and the...continued

The Case For A National Building Energy Code

June 17, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
buildingcodes, buildings, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, waxmanmarkey

Recently, there has been a good deal of media attention given to building energy codes generally and specifically the codes provision of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), both good and bad. A couple of these articles piqued...continued

Momentum grows for economic recovery through efficiency Pt 2

January 6, 2009

Posted by Lane Burt in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
buildingcodes, decoupling, energyefficiency

I wrote last week about the joint proposal on efficiency in the economic recovery package from NRDC, the Alliance to Save Energy, Edison Electric Institute, and the Energy Future Coalition. I tried to link to some of the recent news...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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