Energy


Learn About Green Vehicles

Source: epa.gov Published: January 19, 2017 What Makes a Vehicle Green? EPA developed the Green Vehicle Guide to help you find information on vehicles that are more efficient and less polluting. Reducing vehicle emissions and increasing your fuel economy helps the...

Improving Operations Delivers Green Benefits

Source: airlines.iata.org Published: June 1, 2016 While aviation looks to the upcoming ICAO Assembly for a global market-based measure for carbon emissions, environmental improvements in daily operations continue apace Fuel efficiency is improving about 2% a year,...

Eco-Friendly Driving Habits Save Fuel and Help the Environment

Source: godfreymorrow.com Published: January 19, 2017 Looking to save money at the fuel pump this summer, earn favorable vehicle insurance rates, and do your part to keep carbon emissions out of the environment? The solution is simpler than you might think, and it’s...

Sacramento Has the Most Net-Zero Buildings of Any City in America

Source: greentechmedia.com Published: January 13, 2016 Sacramento Has the Most Net-Zero Buildings of Any City in America Katherine Tweed California is home to more than half of all the net-zero buildings in the U.S., according to a new survey from the Net-Zero Energy...

Retrofits Are Key to an Energy Efficient Building Stock

Source:  forbes.com Published: April 13, 2016 Liberty Tower Lobby By Benjamin Freas Even if all new buildings from today on were built to be net zero energy, it would take several decades for the change to have an appreciable effect on overall building energy...

India Looks to LEDs in Massive Energy Conservation Bid

Source: voanews.com Published: March 4, 2016 FILE – High-efficiency LED light bulb “E-CORE”, shown at the 17th Toshiba Group Environmental Exhibition in Tokyo. A street light retrofit is expected to lead to a significant conservation of energy in India and reduce its...

How to Make Cities More Energy Efficient

Source: news.mit.edu Published: April 20, 2016 In this image of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the colors represent which buildings could be retrofitted to obtain different percentages of total energy savings. Converting just red and orange buildings would achieve 40...

6 Ways to Fund Energy Efficiency Retrofits

Source: greenbiz.com Published: November 1, 2011 Shutterstock. By David Metcalfe Energy efficiency is one of the most popular first steps to take when addressing corporate energy footprints, for the simple reason that small investments can produce big results. Not...