A panel of Times staffers compares a host of energy efficient lighting products against a traditional incandescent bulb. Bottom line: plenty of CFL bulbs emit light with "all the warmth and charm of a gas station," but there are some warm and homey except
As usual, Cai Steger stiches things together in a helpful way. This time talking about the importance of CHP to reducing the cost and GHG emissions from ethanol production.
Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute talks about how energy-efficiency tech could eliminate half of our oil needs, half of our gas needs and three-fourths of our electricity requirements, while maintaining a stable, growing economy.
"Energy Smart is dedicated to the search for more intelligent approaches to critical issues in American and global society, principally in terms of energy. Issues that stretch from our homes to the globe."
Lenders taking a little off closing costs for energy efficient home and loans to install energy efficiency measures. A good, if tentitive, step.
Putting aside the privacy issues, which are important but strike me as overblown, using this technology to identify inefficient homes looks pretty cool.
