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Ben Franklin – America’s First Proponent of Energy Efficiency

January 16, 2012 by Christine Hertzog
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Ben Franklin, the first American genius, achieved fame and notoriety for his electricity research, which included that famous kite-flying experiment.  But did you know that he first described the concept of treating energy efficiency as an energy resource?  He memorably stated “A penny saved is a penny earned,” back in the... [read more]

Waste Management Uses Landfill Gas To Collect Trash

December 1, 2011 by Silvio Marcacci
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Earth’s natural resources grow increasingly more limited every day, but humanity’s consumption guarantees an abundance of one unlikely “resource.” A typical American throws out about four pounds of trash per day, or more than 240 million tons every year. Most of that garbage winds up in landfills and releases methane as it decomposes. But what if that gas could be harnessed as a clean energy source for vehicles? energyNOW! correspondent Peter Standring visited a California landfill to see how one waste disposal company is turning trash from landfills into clean-burning fuel for trash trucks. [read more]

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California Hopes To Speed The Transition To Clean Energy

April 15, 2011 by Rosana Francescato
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Panama Bartholemy and Stephanie Wang at the San Francisco Green FestivalThose of us who live in California often have occasion to feel proud of our state's leadership in the area of clean energy. Last weekend's spring San Francisco Green Festival provided another such opportunity at the session on "Accelerating the Transition... [read more]

You can thank Arthur Rosenfeld for energy savings

January 11, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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Note:  If readers want to thank Art for his lifetime of work — he gave up an almost certain Nobel prize in physics to pursue energy efficiency — put them in the comments and I’ll make sure he sees them. When octogenarian Arthur H. Rosenfeld vacates his utilitarian office at the California Energy Commission this week, one of his... [read more]

Smart Homes, Smart Grid, and Not-so-Smart Consumer Electronic Association

November 9, 2009 by Christine Hertzog
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Update on the CEC TV Energy Efficiency Standards There was plenty of “whine” on November 4, or to be exact, at 4:55PM on November 3, when the CEA sent a 91 page document 5 minutes ahead of the 5:00PM deadline for comments on the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) proposed TV energy efficiency standards. In order to review this and... [read more]

California Tightens Building Standards Yet Again

May 4, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) last week adopted stricter energy efficiency standards for new construction. Known as Title 24, California’s standards seek to reduce heating, cooling, and electricity bills for consumers. Title 24 dates from the 1970s, but has been updated continuously since. Concern about natural gas availability... [read more]