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Energy COOL: Direct Wafer

August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL.
The concept of Silver Bullet solutions concerns me and [...]

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Tags: Energy · Solar Energy · business practice · department of energy · energy cool · solar

“Forcing people to save is a cost that I am willing to bear.”

July 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu took on conservative economists in comments this evening, where he spoke with strong praise for regulation and standards for driving energy efficiency in appliances and other energy-related systems.
Chu explained that writing regulation and setting standards are — without exception — the lowest cost move with the highest payoff to the [...]

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Tags: Energy · Obama Administration · climate change · department of energy

Energy COOL Roofing is Cool: Secretary Chu takes action

July 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has advocated cool roofing as a very high payoff tool to improving energy efficiency in the built environment, reducing heat island impacts, and helping to move us forward in climate change mitigation. Yesterday, Secretary Chu announced a series of initiatives to spur cool roof deployment in (on) Department of [...]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · department of energy · energy cool · energy efficiency · environmental · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics

Clean Energy Jobs Fill Labs

November 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments

This is part of a series of brief posts on ‘clean energy jobs‘ opportunities for sparking meaningful employment, quickly, in the United States as discussed in Clean Energy Jobs: Stimulate Me.
Clean Energy Jobs Fill Labs: $4 billion per year for 60,000 jobs
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Congress created the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in 2007 but ARPA-E didn’t really [...]

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Tags: Energy · clean energy jobs · department of energy

Menendez lays down a solar challenge

October 13th, 2009 · Comments Off

One Senator has chosen to pay attention to The Solar Decathlon on the Mall and issue a challenge. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has issued A Challenge to Universities. He opened with a strong statement of praise and support for The Solar Decathlon.
Every two years at this time of year, an exciting thing happens on the [...]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · Solar Energy · department of energy · environmental · solar · solar decathlon

The NORTHern Sun Hits The Mall

October 11th, 2009 · Comments Off

Solar innovation has come to The National Mall from the north as part of the 2009 Solar Decathlon, with two Canadian teams out of the 20 energy efficient solar powered homes. Team Ontario/BC took their geography to heat, forming Team North to North House to Washington, DC.
Considering where they come from, no surprise [...]

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Tags: Energy · department of energy · solar · solar decathlon

Showing some CURIOsity at The Mall

October 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Thronging The National Mall at this time are thousands of curious people, visiting the Solar Decathlon with the 20 energy efficient solar powered homes, being awed by their designs, their technologies, and their visions for the future.  Team Boston has centered their entire project around that very sense of curiosity, with CURIO House having as [...]

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Tags: Energy · Solar Energy · department of energy · energy cool · solar · solar decathlon

Inefficient Governance? DOE misses Energy Efficiency Deadlines over and over again

March 8th, 2007 · No Comments

As we struggle to Energize America, there are many challenges … from mistaken impressions as to the costs of options, people seeking silver bullet (single point) solutions (X will solve everything … fill in X), priority challenges, and so on.
One of the key challenges, however, might be bureaucratic inertia.
Energy efficiency — saving power (Negawatts) — [...]

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Tags: department of energy · energy efficiency · gao · general accounting office