From the EPA: Video from Bob Harper from Biggest Loser introduces Energy Fitness for Buildings WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring the first national energy efficiency contest of its kind, featuring 14 commercial buildings from across the country. While trimming kilowatt hours off is their bottom line, they’ll also save money [...]
In the run-up to Earth Day, Vice President Biden today announced of the selection of 25 communities for up to $452 million in Recovery Act funding to “ramp-up” energy efficiency building retrofits. Under the Department of Energy’s Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative, communities, governments, private sector companies, and non-profit organizations will work together on pioneering and innovative [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced support for energy-saving commercial building projects as part of an ongoing effort by DOE to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States. With money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE’s national laboratories will select and fund technical experts to provide technical guidance [...]
Green Squared’s Chief Engineering Officer, Andy Smith, put together some interesting comments on the different types of energy audits that are out there, and I figured why not share them with the class? The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, commonly known as “ASHRAE” has classified Energy Auditing into three distinct groups. ASHRAE [...]
I love accountability and think it is the best way to change/incent behavior. From a recent blog from Jetson Green (I told you I found all sorts of great things on his site!), Energy Performance Scores (EPS) is a rating of the total energy consumption of a home with an associated carbon emission score. To [...]
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