One of the precepts from the right-wing sound machine (RWSM) is horror at government standard setting that leads to an improved marketplace. Whether seatbelts for cars or speed limits or building standards or …, there is little to no problem finding screaming voices letting us know how this is a fundamental invasion of individual rights [...]
Entries Tagged as 'energy efficiency'
Citizens Against Government Waste Promotes Wasteful Citizenry
December 20th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · 2012 Presidential Election · Congress · Energy · conservation · energy efficiency · lighting · politics
Energy Cool possibilities at EcoBuild 2011
December 8th, 2011 · No Comments
Trade show spaces often have interesting surprises and value at conferences. Currently on through tomorrow in Washington, DC, EcoBuild America’s trade show has been the source of intriguing leads and items every time I’ve visited. (Note, I was told that this is free to visit if all you wish to do is go to the [...]
Tags: Energy · building green · eco-friendly · energy cool · energy efficiency
A “China Syndrome” … in a different twist …
November 10th, 2011 · No Comments
No, not a nuclear meltdown but a different form of nuclear option.
For many, one of the painful elements of European cap and trade along with other arenas enabling and funding carbon offsets is how it creates opportunity for gamemanship that exaggerate positive impacts and wastes resources.
One arena where this has seemed to be [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · 2012 Presidential Election · 746 · Global Warming · climate change · energy efficiency · environmental · global warming deniers · government energy policy
More on my master metered condo
November 9th, 2011 · No Comments
The 2012 operating budget for our 16- story master-metered condo with 230 units is $1,448,226. The budget anticipates an estimated savings of $27,400 in utility costs for the coming and future years as a result of various energy saving measures being made in the building’s HVAC and electrical systems.
The savings enable the board to [...]
Tags: Energy · economics · energy efficiency · master metering
Energy HOME: Common-Sense Solutions to Common Problems
September 15th, 2011 · No Comments
Every day, I strive to Make Energy CENTS from the Home to the Globe. Whether programming the thermostat to low temperatures overnight to providing comments on national energy policy drafts to opening discussions as to Energy COOL technologies and concepts, my efforts to Energize America to a prosperous, climate friendly future cross a broad spectrum.
To [...]
Tags: Energy · energy cool · energy efficiency · energy home · product review
My Master Metered Condo and Its Priorities
August 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: Congress · Energy · economics · energy efficiency · master metering · politics
UMW: a messaging path to a clean-energy future?
June 29th, 2011 · 4 Comments
When it comes to discussing the value and power of a clean-energy future, in a way that touches core values and life-experiences of a good share of Americans, perhaps it is time to think and speak UMW. No … not the United Mine Workers. Instead, when we think UMW and energy, we should turn to [...]
Tags: Energy · business practice · energy efficiency · political symbols
Solving the energy wasting dilemma of residential master metering
April 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
Ouch! Laura’s monthly electric bill just arrived. The kilowatt per hour rate and local taxes went up …again… but her take home pay didn’t. She needs a strategy to cut back on her household’s energy consumption. She gets her family together to discuss the increasing cost of all utilities to map out a conservation [...]
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Energy BOOKSHELF: Mr Governor, your state is “Addicted to Energy”!
March 29th, 2011 · No Comments
Elton Sherwin’s Addicted to Energy is an eminently readable and accessible letter to the nation’s governor. This 300+ page “letter” lays out a set of key issues and check lists that provide any (sane) state government (Governor) a sensible starting point for transforming their state from inefficient fossil fuel status quo to a more prosperous climate-friendly [...]
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Energy BOOKSHELF: “Crossing the Energy Divide” from inanity to sanity
March 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment
No serious student of energy can deny the inanity — the senselessness – of our energy system in the face of increasingly serious resource challenges (Peak Oil, climate change, etc). Beyond the necessity for confronting these challenges to stave off catastrophic implications, a simple (yet incredibly complex) truth: options exist to foster sanity out of the [...]
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