News for: March 04, 2013

Energy efficiency enters budget equation for school districts
March 03, 2013
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Energy efficiency enters budget equation for school districts. Filed by Lisa Roberson March 3rd, 2013 in Top Stories. Print this story. Read comments and discuss this story. There is a room on the first floor of Elyria High School that you can say is ...
Utilities push energy-saving incentive programs
March 02, 2013
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Oklahoma's electrical and natural gas utilities are trying to get even greener, both environmentally and financially, when it comes to energy efficiency programs this year. The worst of winter may be past, and summer's heat waves a distant worry, but ...
Bang On!: Research improves energy efficiency of Canadian homes 0
March 02, 2013
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The energy efficiency of Canadian homes has improved continually for more than three decades. A new home built today will use about one-third as much energy as the identical home built in the mid-1970s. Older homes also are becoming more energy ...
Daily Democrat: Federal Tax Credits in Place to Aid Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades
March 02, 2013
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84 Universities Fund Energy Efficiency Through Revolving Loans
March 01, 2013
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Despite the fact that energy efficiency upgrades result in significant long term savings, the high initial costs of implementation still deter campuses from doing them. Revolving loan funds provide zero or low interest loans that fund projects, and ...

News for: March 01, 2013

How Smiley Faces and Peer Pressure Can Make You Save Energy
March 01, 2013
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But using behavioral psychology to encourage energy efficiency has been more difficult, in part because while almost everyone wants to save energy (for both environmental and financial reasons), the resolve to do so wavers once the thermostat climbs.Slate Magazine
DOE spearheads Energy Efficiency and Conservation seminar
March 01, 2013
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NAGA CITY, Mar. 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy (DOE) spearheaded on Thursday, Feb. 28, a confab on Energy Efficiency and Conservation to create more awareness among users and stakeholders the need and implications of saving energy and ...
Town promotes energy efficiency
March 01, 2013
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Mark Thielking, chairman of the Energy Improvement Corp. (EIC), appeared at Monday night's Town Board meeting to describe a program to help commercial property owners finance energy-efficiency improvements. The program is known as Commercial ...
Energy efficiency — the next big thing
March 01, 2013
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Widespread energy efficiency and conservation seems to be an idea whose time has come. In his State of the Union speech, President Obama made a big deal of energy efficiency. “Let's free our families and businesses from the painful spikes in gas prices ...
LCPS receives $53000 for energy efficiency
March 01, 2013
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LAS CRUCES — LCPS received $52,811 for its second year of energy efficiency projects as part of El Paso Electric's SCORE® Plus Program. The amount is based on rebates received because of energy reduction and savings at four schools - University Hills ...