Will Federal Push For Greener Appliances Spark Manufacturers?
Manufacturers in the Cash for Appliances program are setting up an online infrastructure that will make it easier for consumers to apply for rebates.
Manufacturers in the Cash for Appliances program are setting up an online infrastructure that will make it easier for consumers to apply for rebates.
A United States District Court has ruled against LG Electronics in a case the company brought against the Department of Energy for the revocation of Energy Star labeling on 20 refrigerator models.
District temperature control allows buildings to work in concert, taking advantage of scale and proximity, producing heat loss reductions of up to 35% of their previous levels by use
Bulk of DoE funding goes to cogeneration, waste heat, and district energy systems. File this one under “low hanging fruit”. Energy Secretary Steven Chu Tuesday announced the 41 recipients of $155 million in funding for industrial energy efficiency projects (PDF). The bulk of the project money will go to combined heat and power (CHP) and district [...]
Xcel Energy has completed construction of the infrastructure and launched the remaining software to enable all SmartGridCity operational functions in the city of Boulder, Colorado. According comapny officials, this step makes it the "first fully functioning smart grid enabled city in the world."
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a $3.7 million increase in the city's energy efficiency program, Energy Watch.
Over the next 5 years the City of Los Angeles will be undergoing the largest LED street lighting retrofit project to date. Working with the Clinton Climate Initiative's Outdoor Lighting Program, they will replace 140,000 incandescent, mercury vapor, metal halide and high pressure sodium lights with high efficiency LED lights.
Alcatel-Lucent today announced a significant enhancement to its GSM/EDGE mobile networking portfolio that can reduce power consumption by up to 27 percent, offering dramatic energy and cost savings for mobile operators.