Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:November 5, 2003

*News and Events Five Federal Energy Management Teams Earn White House Honors Federal Leaders Achieve $62 Million in Annual Energy Savings ASHRAE, DOE to Cooperate on Energy Efficiency and Renewables DOE Launches Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Education Effort U.S. to Host a Hydrogen Ministerial Meeting in Late November Interior Department Holds Meetings on Wind Power in the West*Site News Energy Efficiency 21*Energy Connections EIA: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Grew 0.5 Percent in 2002———————————————————————- NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————- Five Federal Energy Management Teams Earn White House HonorsThe White House awarded the Presidential Awards for Leadership in Federal Energy Management to energy-saving teams at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force last week. The teams implemented measures that will save the federal government about 1.3 trillion Btu (British thermal units) of energy each year — more energy than is used by 13,000 typical U.S. homes.Five energy management teams earned the awards: the team at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command drew on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and combined heat and power systems to save more than 900 billion Btu per year; the team at the Fort Carson Army post established long-term […]

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