Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
The media has been taking the Department of Energy (DOE) to task over a recently released audit by the Inspector General (IG) which highlighted some well known shortcomings in the Energy Star program. The conclusions were not surprising - there...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in U.S. Law and Policy
Last week the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Energy Star program. Who runs Energy Star, the extremely successful program for promoting efficient appliances, equipment, and buildings, and...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Green Enterprise
I just returned to DC after a couple of weeks of travel that culminated in attending Greenbuild, the annual conference from USGBC. Somewhere around 30,000 people were involved in this event, a mind-boggling total for a formerly fringe movement. Personally,...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
My colleague, Pierre Bull, blogged last week on the recent negative media attention the ENERGY STAR program has received due to refrigerators that could be more accurately labeled "Energy Hogs." (Consumer Reports and BusinessWeek) As Pierre said, this particular failure...continued→
