Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
The White House released the "Recovery through Retrofit" report today, which reaches familiar conclusions - retrofitting homes and developing a residential energy efficiency industry can save money, slash carbon emissions, and create jobs right now. The report also had specific...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 Solving Global Warming
The enemies of energy efficiency have unveiled their new tactic to keep you from saving money and energy: they're just going to tell you ridiculous lies and hope you believe them. It seems that because they have had a hard...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
Recently, there has been a good deal of media attention given to building energy codes generally and specifically the codes provision of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), both good and bad. A couple of these articles piqued...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
It has been a very busy couple of weeks here in Washington. It seems that folks in Congress have gotten the message that building efficiency is a great idea, no matter what the context. This is illustrated by the Waxman-Markey...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
President Obama gave the "State of the Nation" address tonight and didn't disappoint. He continues to beat the drum for efficiency and display a big picture understanding of how we can improve our economic outlook and take urgent action on...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
It's a recession! You have to spend to help us get our economy back on track! No wait, you're supposed to save, because you have too much debt and all that spending is what got us into this mess in...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
A few days ago I broke down the efficiency policies in play in the recovery bill and said, "...the best case scenario would be for Congress to adopt the House provisions in conference (with the exception of the Senate's version...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Green Enterprise
No one says it better than the President. "...why would that be a waste of money?" He is referring to efficiency generally and specifically to federal buildings and home weatherization. He's right. It's not a waste of money. It's a...continued→
