Business

Businesses can improve productivity as well as the bottom line by taking advantage of energy efficiency in office buildings as well as through production processes.

Taking Actions to Become Efficient

Industry surveys indicate that, mainly through procedural and behavioral changes, the average plant can reduce its energy consumption by 10 to 20 percent. Many companies are joining in to do their part in becoming energy efficient.

At the Alliance, we provide numerous forums for the business community to showcase the work it is doing to be energy efficient. Representatives from the business community share their firsthand experiences with implementing energy efficiency throughout their business practices at the Alliance's many speaking engagements, including our annual Great Energy Efficiency Day; Evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards Dinner; and international energy efficiency conference, EE Global.

Economic Stimulus Energy Efficiency

December 10, 2008

How important is energy - particularly energy efficiency - to the mechanisms of an economic stimulus package? Very important, asserts Alliance’s Vice-President for Policy and Research Joe Loper, who testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources this week. Among the recommendations in Loper's testimony is a call for more than $15 billion in energy efficiency investments.

Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

United States Senate

Joe Loper

Senior Vice President, Alliance to Save Energy

December 10, 2008

Topics: Appliances, Business, Climate, Codes and Standards , Federal Energy Management, Homes and Buildings, Industry, Policy, Saving Money and Energy, Transportation, Utilities and Distribution
Programs: Policy and Research Program
Resource Type: Testimony

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A Victory for Energy Efficiency

Date: Nov 05, 2008

After a year of advocating for renewal and extension of energy efficiency tax incentives, the Alliance is thrilled to announce a major victory: the inclusion of new and renewed tax incentives in the recent economic rescue plan.

The Alliance is thrilled to report a last-minute victory on one of our main priorities for 2008, the renewal and extension of federal energy efficiency tax incentives, which were included in the unexpected economic rescue plan that passed October 3. Described in the Alliance's fact sheet, the tax incentives will provide energy-efficient products and technologies traction in the marketplace.

Summary of Dingell-Boucher Climate Change Discussion Draft

October 27, 2008

This draft bill amends the Clean Air Act to establish an economy wide cap-and-trade program. The draft bill also allocates funds to various programs to decrease the cost of the policy as well as to assist with the transition to a carbon constrained economy.

This draft bill would amend the Clean Air Act to establish an economy wide cap-and-trade program. The draft bill also allocates funds to various programs to decrease the cost of the policy as well as to assist with the transition to a carbon constrained economy.

Topics: Business, Climate, Codes and Standards , Homes and Buildings, Lighting, Policy, Transportation, Utilities and Distribution
Programs: Policy and Research Program
Resource Type: Policy Summary

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The Alliance Helps to Develop New Energy Efficiency Group in India

Date: Oct 08, 2008

The newly formed Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy (AEEE) is an industry association supporting the vision of an energy-efficient India. Drawing inspiration from the Alliance to Save Energy and American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, the AEEE’s specific purpose is to facilitate collaboration among the country’s energy efficiency industries and service providers by enabling them to act jointly as the policy think tank that supports the government’s energy conservation and energy efficiency policy implementation, market development, and implementation of energy efficiency improvements in all sectors of India’s economy.

The newly formed Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy (AEEE) is an industry association supporting the vision of an energy-efficient India. The brainchild of Hema Hattangady, CEO of Conzerv and board member of Efficiency Valuation Organization, the AEEE is supported by a leading ESCO (DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd., or DSCL), top-rated energy efficiency (EE) companies in India, and USAID’s ECO III project. The Alliance to Save Energy is actively involved in AEEE and is providing secretarial support under the ECO III project.

2008 Policy Summit - Energy Efficiency: Cost-Effective Carbon Reduction

September 25, 2008 - 8:30am - 12:30pm

Washington, District Of Columbia

2008 Evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards Dinner

September 25, 2008 - 6:30pm - 10:00pm

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, District Of Columbia

Brief #1: Funding Mechanisms for Energy Efficiency

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September 19, 2008

The first in this series of policy briefs, "Funding Mechanisms for Energy Efficiency" explores the four major ways in which states can fund energy efficiency programs.

State Energy Efficiency Policies:Options and Lessons Learned
A Series of Briefs (View Full Series)

Brief #1: Funding Mechanisms for Energy Efficiency

By Matthew Brown
InterEnergy Solutions
September 2008

Topics: Appliances, Business, Financing, Homes and Buildings, Policy, Utilities and Distribution
Programs: Policy and Research Program
Resource Type: Report

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Industry Leader Interview: Dana C. Christensen

Date: Aug 05, 2008

Efficiency News spoke with Dana C. Christensen, associate laboratory director for Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

Dana C. Christensen is Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee.

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Raising the Roof on Green Buildings

Date: May 29, 2008

National Coatings Corporation (NCC) is prepared to green the rooftops of an important client: the city of Los Angeles.

National Coatings Corporation (NCC) is prepared to green the rooftops of an important client: the city of Los Angeles. Their sustainable roofing products, which satisfy criteria in three categories of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), can help developers earn the general LEED certification required of new 50-unit/50,000 sq.-ft-buildings, as described in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Green Building law.

2008 Great Energy Efficiency Day

April 16, 2008 - 8:00am - 3:30pm

Washington, District Of Columbia