Blog to Save Energy
Blog to Save Energy
 08/03/20 The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a renewed emphasis on household energy consumption in the U.S., as loads have shifted away from the commercial building sector and into residences as a result of stay-at-home orders. One report found that the commercial sector saw a 11% decline in electricity... |
 07/29/20 Even though the Great Recession was considered a once-in-a-century crisis, we’ve found ourselves in an even more catastrophic economic calamity just a little more than a decade later. Back in 2008, the United States and the European Union respectively passed the American Recovery and... |
 07/28/20 It’s not just you – it’s hot. In the past few weeks, heat indexes hit 120˚F in New Orleans, 111˚F in Houston, and 105˚F in Washington, D.C. Nearly 90% of the contiguous U.S. was anticipated to hit high temperatures of 90°F or higher last week, and it’s not even August yet. These heat waves would... |
 EECC’s Opening Chapter: 12 Years at the Alliance & An Almost 50% Boost in Building Energy Efficiency
07/23/20 It’s hard to believe it’s been more than 12 years since the Alliance took in the just-formed Energy Efficient Codes Coalition (EECC) with the goal of improving energy efficiency in America’s model building energy code, the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The IECC sets out minimum... |
 07/21/20 As the summer slides toward August, millions of parents are facing uncertain prospects about schools reopening and trying to figure out how to manage their work and family lives if virtual education is the only option. For parents like me whose office job allows working from home and whose kids... |
 07/17/20 The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are too numerous to count, but one unexpected positive effect for some families is a renewed interest in home gardening. Between understocked grocery stores and the need for new homebound hobbies, backyard vegetable gardens are having their heyday. With this... |
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