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Clean Energy Upgrade Program a HERO for California Residents, Economy
Making energy-efficient improvements to your home can save thousands of dollars and provide a healthier indoor environment. With utility prices at an all time high, there are few homeowner who would...
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Motivating Business Customers to Be Smart Energy Users on Their Own Terms
There are plenty of things keeping today’s business decision makers up at night. From expediting time to market and complying with new industry regulations to evaluating competition and recruiting top...
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Here’s Why the EPA’s Clean Energy Incentive Program Matters
Last summer, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever standards to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. The plan was a major...
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Boosting Energy Efficiency and Why It Pays to Research Retrofitting
The increasing abundance of retrofit solutions for lighting, heating and other key building systems is allowing customers to benefit from increased energy efficiency – but without incurring the...
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Energy Shortages are Soaring Before Winter Even Sets In; Energy Efficient...
The Independent is predicting that even a ‘moderately cold winter’ will increase the likelihood of the National Grid needing to use backup plans to keep the lights on. Felix Chow, a Project Manager at...
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Why Does the 5th Fuel, Energy Efficiency, Remain Underappreciated in the UK?
For as long as I can remember I, and therefore Energys Group, have pushed the message that energy efficiency and demand reduction are cheaper than building more capacity to generate electricity. You...
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California Energy Progress in Six Charts From the California Energy Commission
The California Energy Commission approved and released the 2016 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update last week and commented on the report in a blog post. In addition to impressive statistics on...
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California Energy Efficiency: Good Intentions, Poor Results
The energy efficiency industry in California is tangled with regulation. Without a doubt, there are many policies that have been successful. California’s strict building codes have reduced energy use...
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Lessons From Energy and Efficiency Improvements to 100,000 Homes
This month, Renovate America marks an important milestone: 100,000 American homes have now used our innovative financing option, HERO, to make energy and efficiency improvements. It’s a cause for...
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British Homes Could Cost-Effectively Halve Energy Demand by 2035
British homes could cost-effectively halve energy demand by 2035, according to a new report. In Britain, as a result of efficiency savings in products and efforts to make homes more efficient, homes...
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An Exciting Year for Energy-Efficient Buildings in British Columbia
A green building under construction in Vancouver. Photo: Stephen Hui/Pembina Institute What an exciting year 2017 has been for high-performance homes and buildings in British Columbia. Across Canada’s...
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Proposed Changes to Energy Conservation Standards Program for Appliances
When the Trump administration took office almost a year ago, one oft repeated promise was to remove and reduce regulations across the board– though environmental and energy regulations were frequently...
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Energy Savings: It’s Time to Put Data to Work
Cities are on the front lines in experiencing the impacts of climate change. They deal with the logistics of cleaning up flooded homes and businesses from ever-more powerful storms, rebuilding leveled...
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Sharpening the Focus on Vehicle-to-Grid Efficiency and Economics
Image: Nissan USA Many electric vehicle and renewable energy enthusiasts are enthralled by the vast potential of a technology termed V2G. It’s argued that this technology could allow for widely adopted...
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Seeking Consensus on the Externalized Costs of Efficiency and Conservation
What is meant by “externalized costs”? Externalized costs are real costs that are not quantified within the levelized cost calculations presented in the internalized cost articles. These costs are...
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Externalized Cost Results from the Seeking Consensus Project
Introduction: This article will add the externalized costs to internalized costs determined in the previous section of the Seeking Consensus project. To ensure that results accurately reflect current...
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The Green March Madness Tournament: Setting the 2018 NCAA Tournament Field...
With the Super Bowl in the rearview window and the calendar about to turn to March, the attention of the sports world is about to be completely focused on college basketball and the annual NCAA...
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How Virginia Localities Will Get to 100% Renewable
Supporters of clean energy gathered in Richmond on April 25 to launch the 100% Virginia Campaign. Photo courtesy of the Sierra Club. Last week a coalition led by the Sierra Club launched a “100%...
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UK and EC Drag Themselves Towards Net Zero Emissions
In both London and Europe, the effort to reduce emissions summons up a picture of a person, put on a diet by a doctor, eying a cream pie: the head knows it shouldn’t eat it, but the body has to be...
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