Energy Efficiency
The Most Significant Energy Efficiency Rule Ever
And it's one that even big businesses can get behind.
Do Energy-Efficiency Programs Pay for Themselves?
Taking a deeper look at a recent study that many misread the results of.
Greening Government Procurement
Seeking the environmental “hot spots” in $600 billion of government purchases.
Energy Efficiency: Now Free to Consumers
The government is really bad at guessing how much extra we'll pay to make appliances energy efficient. That's awesome!
Is the U.S. Cowardly in Its Approach to Energy Efficiency?
There's a raft of national benefits to being more energy efficient that don't need to invoke climate or politics. So what's the hold-up?
New York’s White Roofs Prove They’re Cool
A new study quantifies the true beauty of white roofs — dramatically cooler surfaces that reduce discomfort, cooling costs, and a tad of global warming.
Real Utility: Accounting for Energy Costs Makes Mortgage Sense
Backers of a move to add utility bills into home-loan considerations say it will boost energy conservation and create lots of jobs that can't be exported.
Compact Fluorescents Not the Only Light of the Future
Response: The editor of Midwest Energy News notes that while CFLs are a common replacement for power-hungry incandescent bulbs, new laws don't mandate their use and their drawbacks are often overstated.
U.S. Following Europe in Mandating CFLs
The movement to change your incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents completed its successful European Union campaign. The United States is next.
Solar Entrepreneurs' New Sales Pitch
Having seen well-intentioned but unsuccessful attempts to bring alternative energy to the developing world, several NGO founders suggest a more collaborative approach.
Is LEED the Gold Standard in Green?
A lawsuit challenges the claims of the nation’s foremost green building effort — the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED certification) program.
Saving Energy Means Getting the South on Board
Coal-fueled region uses more energy per capita and pays less for it than the U.S. overall.
Energy and the Empire State
The King Kong of buildings makes efficiency pay, but how much energy renovation should come from regulators?
Buildings Compete to Work Off the Waste
National contestants chosen by the EPA vow to slim down their energy "waste lines."