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August 11, 2009
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
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- 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→
July 17, 2009
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
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- 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→
July 10, 2009
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
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- 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→
June 25, 2009
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
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- 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→
June 17, 2009
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
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- 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→
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→