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New and Notable: November/December 2013
NYSERDA’s HPwES Program Completes 50,000 Projects The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently announced the achievement of a major milestone for its Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) program, with ...
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New & Notable: September/October 2009
Caroma’s High-Efficiency Toilet Caroma has recently rolled out its Profile Smart toilet and integrated sink. Like all Caroma toilets, the Profile Smart is dual flush, using 1.28 gallons of water per flush (gpf) for ... [continue reading]
New & Notable: July/August 2009
Rebuilding America’s Communities Every 80 minutes, another low-income family moves into a better place to live with the help of the Enterprise Foundation, a nonprofit group rebuilding homes, neighborhoods, and lives across the country. ... [continue reading]
New & Notable: May/June 2009
ACI News By all measures, ACI’s Northwest Conference 2009, held in Portland, Oregon on February 3–5, was a resounding success. Over 500 people, more than have attended any previous regional ACI conference, enjoyed a day ... [continue reading]
New & Notable: March/April 2009
WEATHERIZATION AWARDS A key goal of the Obama administration is to increase the number of homes weatherized annually from 140,000 to 1 million. To achieve this goal, the House version of an economic stimulus package increased ... [continue reading]
New & Notable: January/February 2009
Caroma Receives Awards for Innovation Caroma, maker of high-quality bathroom products, recently introduced two bathroom fixtures, one of them, the Profile Smart, won recognition in Popular Mechanics magazine’s Breakthrough Product Awards, 2008. The Profile ... [continue reading]
New and Notable: November/December 2008
Mainstreaming Renewables Borrego Solar partners with Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club stores to bring solar to the masses. In a pilot program, members who shop at one of nine participating Sam’s ... [continue reading]
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Is Energy Efficiency an American Value?
Energy efficiency is good for the economy, good for families, good for workers, and good for the environment.
