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Saving energy in schools and making energy efficiency a lesson for students is fundamental in shaping a new generation of energy efficiency leaders.

Next Generation's Leaders

Nationwide, schools spend $8 billion per year on energy. To lessen the economic blow and influence the next generation of leaders, the Alliance uses a variety of educational programs to reach students.

PowerSave Schools and the PowerSave Campus Program

Through basic changes in operations, maintenance and individual behavior, PowerSave Schools has reduced energy use by 5-15% among participating schools. PowerSave Schools also encourages students to apply the lessons of energy efficiency in their homes and communities.

The PowerSave Campus Program is leading the way toward green careers and campus sustainability by growing the next generation of energy efficiency professionals.Through PowerSave Campus, students save energy on their campuses by conducting educational outreach; infusing energy conservation and efficiency into course curricula; and implementing projects targeting energy use, student purchasing decisions and operational changes.

Because even the youngest members of a household can be stewards for energy efficiency, the Alliance's mischievous Energy Hog teaches kids about ways they, and their parents, can practice energy efficiency at home.

EE Global 2009

EE Global 2009

April 27, 2009 - 8:00am - April 29, 2009 - 5:00pm
Paris
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Thinking Long-term: the Alliance's FY 2010 Funding Recommendations

Date: Apr 09, 2009

The recent avalanche of funding for energy efficiency in the  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has made the need for regular  appropriations more urgent, not less. This in mind, the Alliance-led Energy  Efficiency Coalition issued its FY 2010 budget recommendations in a letter  addressed jointly to the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House and  Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water.

 

The recent avalanche of funding for energy efficiency in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has made the need for regular appropriations more urgent, not less. This in mind, the Alliance-led Energy Efficiency Coalition issued its FY 2010 budget recommendations in a letter addressed jointly to the Chairman and the Ranking Member of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Energy and Water.

Industrial Energy Efficiency Bill Marked Up in Senate Committee; Will be Incorporated into Larger Energy Bill

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Date: 
March 31, 2009

Today the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources considered S. 661, the Restoring America’s Manufacturing Leadership through Energy Efficiency (RAMLEE) Act of 2009, which aims to transform the U.S. industrial sector by embracing clean energy technologies.

Washington, D.C., March 31, 2009 - Today the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources considered S. 661, the Restoring America’s Manufacturing Leadership through Energy Efficiency (RAMLEE) Act of 2009, which aims to transform the U.S. industrial sector by embracing clean energy technologies. No substantive amendments were recommended, and the bill will now be sent to the Senate floor, where it will be incorporated into a broader energy bill to be introduced at the end of April.

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Greening the Campus, Building the Workforce

Date: Mar 25, 2009

In January of this year, President Obama instilled hope in job seekers in the energy field – including those from the Alliance’s Green Campus Program – with the following words:

"First we must take bold action to create a new American energy economy that creates millions of jobs for our people. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan ... places a down payment on this economy...It will put 460,000 Americans to work with clean energy investments and double the capacity to generate alternative energy over the next three years. It will lay down 3,000 miles of transmission lines to deliver this energy to every corner of our country."

In January of this year, President Obama instilled hope in job seekers in the energy field – including those from the Alliance’s Green Campus Program – with the following words:

Recovery Act - Summary of Energy Efficiency Provisions

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March 23, 2009

Signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is the single greatest federal investment in the American economy in United States’ history. The Recovery Act provided more than $25 billion dollars for “core” energy efficiency and billions more which can be directly or indirectly applied to energy efficiency projects. This page summarizes the efficiency provisions in the Recovery Act.

Signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is the single greatest federal investment in the American economy in United States’ history. The Recovery Act includes more than $25 billion dollars for “core” energy efficiency and billions more which can be directly or indirectly applied to energy efficiency projects.

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Green Campus Cultivates LEED-ers in Energy Efficiency

Date: Mar 13, 2009

eNews checks in with Green Campus at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley in California to find out how the program's interns are tackling that infamous source of wasted energy: buildings. A good part of their efforts involve prepping campus buildings for prestigious green building certifications.

At UC San Diego and UC Berkeley in California, Green Campus interns are leading school-wide efforts to combat wasted energy in buildings, which accounts for nearly 40 percent of total wasted energy and CO2 emissions. By working towards recognized green buildings requirements, the students are improving energy waste on campus one building at a time.

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2009 GEED: Keynote Speeches

Date: Mar 11, 2009

For energy efficiency advocates, there is nothing  quite as satisfying as hearing policymakers testify to the critical role this  clean, cheap and fast fuel must play in U.S. policy. And so it was at the 2009  GEED, where the inspiring keynote speeches from leaders in both parties and both  houses of Congress issued a unanimous confirmation on energy efficiency's  capacity to generate a win-win-win for the economy, the environment, and energy  security.

For energy efficiency advocates, there is nothing quite as satisfying as hearing policymakers testify to the critical role this clean, cheap and fast fuel must play in U.S. policy. And so it was at the 2009 GEED, where the inspiring keynote speeches from leaders in both parties and both houses of Congress issued a unanimous confirmation on energy efficiency's capacity to generate a win-win-win for the economy, the environment, and energy security.

2009 Great Energy Efficiency Day

2009 Great Energy Efficiency Day

March 3, 2009 - 9:30am - 4:00pm
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Green Schools Hold Mid-Year Meetings

Date: Feb 25, 2009

Sponsored by Southern California Edison, the California Green Schools program held three meetings for its Southern California school participants: Hesperia Unified School District, Temecula Valley Unified School District, and Murrieta Valley Unified School District.

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Sponsored by Southern California Edison, the California Green Schools program held three meetings for its Southern California school participants: Hesperia Unified School District, Temecula Valley Unified School District, and Murrieta Valley Unified School District. Over 100 participants attended the meetings, in which school team members reviewed preliminary energy savings, revisited teacher lesson plans and shared successes and challenges from the first half of the year.

Comparison of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The White House
February 25, 2009

A comparison of energy provisions in H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), as signed by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009, with the version that passed the House on January 28, 2009 and the version that passed the Senate on February 10, 2009.

On  February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This table compares energy provisions in the signed version with the version that passed the House on January 28, 2009, and the version that passed the Senate on February 10, 2009.

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