Tag: energy efficiency
We don’t have to ditch capitalism to fight climate change
It is of course possible that the 95 percent-plus of scientists who have explored the topic and the National Scientific Academies of every major...
Powering down
The decline is due in large part to a significant decrease in electricity used by televisions and computers, according to a new report, which...
Leading beyond LEED
When the innovative foam-and-stucco structure at 803 Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn couldn't hold up to the blower door test that's a standard trial of...
Time is on my side
Multifamily buildings are the last big game on the horizon. Single-family homes, offices, and factories have been tracked and surveyed for their energy use...
Old school transformed into net-zero apartments
Finally realizing their dream, he and his wife, Barbara, stood inside one of those apartments in March watching that crew work on some of...
With lantern and with ladder
The Park Square rental complex at Arlington Street and Columbus Avenue in Bay Village has been carved out of a 1927 Renaissance Revival building. Built...
Golden bucks
Customers of California’s big utility companies will receive “climate credits,” small payments of money raised from the state’s cap-and-trade system for controlling greenhouse gas...
Breaking the breaker box
The graphs are monitoring the energy use of the tech incubator, which houses over a dozen startups focused on clean tech and infrastructure. One...
Trends to watch
That demise continues to stir debate among those who believe the mandate takes away consumer choice for old-school bulbs, which make up about half...
Obama: Energy efficiency for millions of apartments
And they plan on doing it through pressures in lending requirements. What comes of this partnership remains to be seen, but the goal is...
You can’t manage what you don’t know
Among those changes is the way a building's energy use is tracked, and subsequently adjusted to make it more green and cost-efficient. As time...
Energy efficiency, value not values
For a more current perspective on value in the controversial realm of energy efficiency, Wharton professor Howard Kunreuther, Wharton postdoctoral researcher Dena M. Gromet...
Change is coming
Coal formed the foundation of American industrialization in the 19th century. Between 1850 and 1900, coal's consumption in America rose from 10 percent to...
Beat the market performance
Consider what ROI you need to initiate retrofits. With banks paying 1 to 3 percent, and stocks showing 8 percent to 10 percent, what...
The world of smart electric grids and meters: What’s in it for you?
What is smart infrastructure? Electric smart meters and smart grids have critical features not present in typical distribution systems today, which can be put to...
