NY State Buildings to Reduce Energy Consumption 20% by 2016
The state will retrofit local and state government buildings, schools and public hospitals; success of region's cap-and-trade program leads to more gains.
Renewables & Efficiency
Apps for Energy: DOE Challenge Offers $100,000
Entrepreneurs and students are invited to develop ways to implement the new Green Button program.
Facebook Launches App, Could Revolutionize Energy Efficiency
Facebook and Opower's app allow people to see their energy use and compare it with their friends.
Obama Administration Announces Green Button Program: Makes Energy Use Transparent, Forges Cleantech Business Innovation
Electricity customers can download their energy use data with a click of a button, and businesses are lining up to create innovative products around it.
Renewable Energy News Bites Around the World
DOE frustrates potential loan recipients, and investments, projects announced in Pakistan, Egypt, EU.
US Capitol Gets An Energy Efficiency Facelift
LEDs light up the National Mall and a cogeneration plant supplies the campus.
Resource Efficiency is World's 6th Wave of Innovation
Since the industrial revolution, there have been five long waves of innovation, resource efficiency is the next one.
$500 Million Fund for Sustainable Development in Asia
The main focus is energy efficiency in buildings and factories.
FirstFuel Raises $10 Million for Virtual Energy Audits
Its software remotely analyzes a building's electricity use, eliminating the need for on-site, costly assessments.
600,000 Homes Weatherized: DOE Meets Recovery Act Target
, the program will save more than $320 million in energy costs in just the first year.
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