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Strong Partnerships for Multi-family Energy Efficiency
The world of multifamily efficiency is reaching a turning point in its evolution. The multi-family sector promises substantial potential energy savings that have not yet been adequately addressed due, in part, to a number of market barriers impeding...
Northeast Region Innovating to Accelerate Energy Efficiency in 2013
The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions are seeing unprecedented savings in electricity and natural gas use, thanks to a combined commitment to invest over $2.5 billion dollars in energy efficiency through 2013, according to NEEP’s second annual...
The Future of LED Innovation: An interview with the DOE’s Jim Brodrick
Dr. James Brodrick, manager of the Department of Energy Solid State Lighting programAs the DesignLights â„¢ Consortium (DLC) gears up for the 2012 Stakeholder Meeting October 28-31 in Atlanta, GA, we had a chance to sit down with the meeting keynote...
Energy Efficiency Goes Social in the Northeast
Energy efficiency programs are gaining increasing traction using social media, especially to promote residential retail products. Alison Emerson, Digital Content & Social Media Producer of Efficiency Vermont’s highly successful social...
States Urge DOE to Wring More Savings from Battery Chargers
With the growth of home entertainment systems, home computer systems and battery-powered devices, the number of consumer electronic products we own has mushroomed in a matter of just a few years. Consumer electronics now represent the fastest...
How Smartphones Can Help You Make the Right Energy Choices
In a recent blog post, Penni McLean-Conner of NSTAR, highlighted the tremendous innovation spurred on by the new EISA standards enacted on January 1. The standards have truly brought about the biggest evolution in the lighting industry since...
MA Governor Patrick: The Green Communities Act is Working
Recently, Massachusetts’s landmark energy efficiency law, the Green Communities Act of 2008, has come under criticism for raising energy costs and harming state businesses at the expense of its utility companies. Governor Deval Patrick, though...
Energy Efficiency: Jobs Creator
The national news has been focused lately on some high profile renewable energy failures. But they’ve been missing out on the bigger picture: clean energy jobs, powered by energy efficiency, are growing and here to stay. A recent report from Mark...
Check Out Our Energy Efficiency Policy Tracker!
Our most recent Policy Tracker is available now, with updates on important energy efficiency policy and building energy code developments from across the Northeast, including: State Energy Efficiency Plans: EmPOWER Maryland 2012-2014...
Energy Guides for Buildings? It’s Coming!
First adopted over a decade ago in Australia and Denmark, mandatory building energy rating policies are now in place in over 30 countries worldwide. Fundamentally, rating and disclosure is pretty straightforward – we see the concept applied every...
DOE Energy Codes 2011 Conference Focus on Advocacy
As reported by NEEP's Director of Public Policy, Jim O'ReillyHello from Salt Lake City, where the U.S. Department of Energy is hosting its annual energy codes conference. This year’s event has a decidedly different feel to it, as codes move from...
Technical Assistance to ARRA Funding Grantees – Get it While it’s Here
Where does the time go? It’s already been two years since the Department of Energy (DOE) established the Technical Assistance Network (TAN) to help grantees build strong energy efficiency programs under the requirements of the Energy Efficiency and...
