Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
The Natural Resources Defense Council, along with our fellow efficiency advocates, announced the results of successful negotiations with the lighting industry on standards for street lights and parking lot lights. Standards on outdoor lights are such a no-brainer because these...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
The media has been taking the Department of Energy (DOE) to task over a recently released audit by the Inspector General (IG) which highlighted some well known shortcomings in the Energy Star program. The conclusions were not surprising - there...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in U.S. Law and Policy
Last week the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Energy Star program. Who runs Energy Star, the extremely successful program for promoting efficient appliances, equipment, and buildings, and...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in U.S. Law and Policy
NRDC and other efficiency groups released a negotiated agreement with manufacturers of residential air conditioners and furnaces yesterday, marking the end of a journey to come to consensus that lasted many months. I negotiated on NRDC's behalf and we will...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
The Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) and the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a new report highlighting the opportunities for saving billions of dollars and huge amounts of energy through updated federal appliance standards. The full...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in U.S. Law and Policy
There was an excellent article in the NY Times last Sunday, detailing the unexpected rise of super-efficient incandescent light bulbs as a result of the standard in the 2007 energy bill. The article quotes our own lighting and electronics efficiency...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
Last Friday, the House of Representatives passed a landmark climate and energy bill that would finally begin to address the climate crises and move us towards a rational energy policy in this country. There are many key efficiency provisions in...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
Better late than never. As promised in my last entry on the buildings sections of the Waxman Markey draft, here is a review of the appliance section. Subtitle B - Lighting and Appliance Energy Efficiency Programs Sec 211 - Lighting...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
We all take hot water for granted. We turn a knob, wait a few seconds (hopefully very few) and it's there. No one wants to give it up because cold showers are not fun. But can we use less energy...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Curbing Pollution , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
President Obama issued a memo today to the Department of Energy on appliance efficiency standards requiring that, a) The Department meet all their deadlines to issue standards between now and Aug 8th and,b) Accelerate the process for standards with deadlines...continued→
