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
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
On Monday, President Obama and Secretary Chu announced a strengthened final rule on lamps that will save consumers $4 billion annually by 2022. This standard would cover the tube fluorescent bulbs (general service fluorescent or GSFL) that we are all...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 Solving Global Warming
Remember last week when I said you should tell the Department of Energy to fix the lamp standard because our Nobel Prize winning Secretary of Energy was listening? Here is what he had to say on pending standards yesterday during...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
I have blogged a couple times about the current rulemaking on lamps (bulbs) being undertaken by the Department of Energy. I won't rehash much, but it is the largest potential energy saver of any appliance standard in the program's history....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 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→
Posted by Lane Burt in Curbing Pollution , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I'm an engineer. I understand quads, kilowatt hours, British Thermal Units, therms, etc. After working here at NRDC in Washington, DC for a while, I have some concept of the importance of a million metric tons of CO2 emissions. And...continued→
Posted by Lane Burt in Solving Global Warming
DOE recently released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for general service fluorescent (GSFL) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL). See the actual document here, press release here, and general fact sheet here. GSFLs are the tube shaped fluorescent lights hanging in...continued→
