They may say everything is bigger in Texas, but at KB Home (NYSE:KBH) your energy usage doesn’t have to be—in fact it could be zero. KB Home unveiled its first net-zero energy home in the Houston area during a special event held today at its Lago Vista at Westheimer Lakes community in Richmond. At the [...]
MADISON, WI. Focus on Energy, Wisconsin utilities’ statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, have announced new programs to better serve qualifying residential customers. A summary of new programs offered in 2012 include: Residential Rewards Program: Provides incentives for prequalified water heaters, furnaces and boilers. Additional incentives for attic insulation, other building shell improvements and [...]
Ottawa— A new standard for energy efficiency aims at lowering Canadians’ energy costs for new homes while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Honourable Gordon O’Connor, Minister of State and MP for Carleton–Mississippi Mills, on behalf of the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, and Ron Olson, President of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, launched [...]
California Solar Thermal, a San Diego-based solar company has announced their commissioning of a solar hot water heating system for the Parker-Kier Apartments in downtown San Diego. This 33-unit affordable housing project is being renovated through the use of Community Development Block Grant Funds. The building is owned and managed by the San Diego Housing [...]
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia. – Conventional water heaters that use electricity and gas are guilty of being the largest energy consumption devices in Australian homes. Because of this, the Australian government started offering Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to encourage homeowners to install solar water heaters or heat pumps to replace old-fashioned, energy-hungry electric water heaters. [...]
With no capital investment, Sanborn Reg. H.S. saves $17,000, cuts CO2 emissions by 48 tons and displaces 13,500 gal. of fuel oil yearly. Kingston, N.H.–Sanborn Regional School District has signed the world’s first power purchase agreement (PPA) for ultra-efficient solar hot air, which will reduce the fuel oil heating bills of Sanborn Regional High School [...]
Pilot Project Will Help Maintain Grid Reliability and Reduce Costs as More Renewable Energy is Added to Island Grids Honeywell has announced a pilot program with Hawaiian Electric Co. in Honolulu to demonstrate how demand response technology can help integrate more intermittent renewable energy to the electric grid. During the two-year pilot, the utility will [...]
BERLIN.-International Prize Under the Patronage of German Federal Minister of Economics Rösler Businesses from industry and production have until 4 May 2012 to apply for the international dena Energy Efficiency Award 2012. In order to participate in the competition, companies must have successfully implemented projects to increase energy efficiency in their own operations. The prize, [...]
Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Smart Industrial program goals shattered, over 40 aMW in energy savings verified in 2010-2011 Cascade Energy, Inc., the industrial energy efficiency experts, today announced unprecedented energy savings in the Pacific Northwest industrial sector. As the program partner for Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA’s) Energy Smart Industrial (ESI) program, Cascade Energy helped deliver [...]
SAN FRANCISCO,-Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and sales software, today announced the availability of its residential solar finance products in the states of Colorado, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Initially only available in California, the solar leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs) Clean Power Finance manages and markets are now accessible [...]
Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. announced today its development program for a solar thermal technology that will serve industrial needs for process heat and steam. The solar thermal application leverages the Company’s solar dish and other core competencies and will be a new addition to its product portfolio. Industrial heat accounts for a very large share [...]
Now that winter’s here, there are plenty of other signs besides high heating bills and cold, drafty rooms that a home is lacking adequate insulation. One sign is when snow melts off your roof and not your neighbor’s. Proper insulation in the walls and attic increases energy efficiency and can reduce heating bills by as [...]
By C.Todd Lopez CHICAGO.Net Zero for the Army means a reduction in energy used, in water used, and in waste produced. For Soldiers it can mean lives saved and more resources to train to fight. “We are already working operational energy initiatives now overseas and the way we explain that is important is that every [...]
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