Alliance in the News Roundup: LUMEN Under the Spotlight

The media regularly quote the Alliance's in-house experts and feature the Alliance's accomplishments in energy efficiency. The latest media coverage of the Alliance includes:

• The Alliance is one of the leaders of the LUMEN coalition- a group of lighting manufactures, associations, and retailers, which was mentioned in this month’s edition of Architectural Lighting. The article clarifies the light bulb debate and announces lumennow.org as a website that was launched to, “…clarify the issues that surrounds this debate.”
• The Environmental Leader quoted Alliance President Kateri Callahan on an article that highlighted President Obama's fuel economy standards that will force cars and light trucks to achieve 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
• Solve Climate News featured the Alliance on two topics:Fuel economy standards and Green Federal Buildings. President of the Alliance Kateri Callahan was quoted on the government’s need to update testing procedures to measure fuel economy. On greening the federal buildings, policy associate Steve Goldman responded to skepticism of the newly enforced scorecards.
• Beating the Heat has been a popular and relevant topic in the past few weeks. The Alliance’s director of media relations Ronnie Kweller offered some valuable tips in several publications including the Florida Times- Union , and MSNBC.
• An article in U.S. News about 10 Great 'Green' Home Improvements for 2011 quotes Alliance President Kateri Callahan on the benefits and ease of making homes more energy-efficient.
• The Alliance and AOL Energy have joined together to form a platform in which the Alliance will contribute articles on energy efficiency standards and policy. Check out the first one of many to come: Energy Efficiency: A Rare Bipartisan Issue.
• EnergyNOW! and the Alliance's car efficiency tip video: Auto Maintenance was featured in the Daily Motion, informing consumers on keeping their car well maintained and tuned, saving gasoline and money.