Tag: energy efficiency

At a time when the nation was facing a severe energy crisis, this 323,000 sq. ft. structure was a beacon of light illuminating the...

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...

The decline is due in large part to a significant decrease in electricity used by televisions and computers, according to a new report, which...

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...

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...

Finally realizing their dream, he and his wife, Barbara, stood inside one of those apartments in March watching that crew work on some of...

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...

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...

The graphs are monitoring the energy use of the tech incubator, which houses over a dozen startups focused on clean tech and infrastructure. One...

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...

And they plan on doing it through pressures in lending requirements. What comes of this partnership remains to be seen, but the goal is...

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...

For a more current perspective on value in the controversial realm of energy efficiency, Wharton professor Howard Kunreuther, Wharton postdoctoral researcher Dena M. Gromet...

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...

Consider what ROI you need to initiate retrofits. With banks paying 1 to 3 percent, and stocks showing 8 percent to 10 percent, what...