By Claire Miziolek |
We all know the decarbonization is the big goal. It’s in the news, reports, and policy discussions. But how do we actually get down and dirty to make it happen for the more than 24 million residential sector households in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic? Well, using NEEP’s newest resource—The Smart Energy Home: Driving Residential Building Decarbonization—as a guide, let us count the ways.
Here…
By Claire Miziolek |
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In the appliance standards world, 2018 started off with a bang! Five states (three in the Northeast) pursued legislation featuring a range of new appliance efficiency standards, with several other states expressing interest and intent to follow suit.
How did it go?
Well,…
By Claire Miziolek |
Take a look around you. If you are reading this blog, you are likely at work. Let’s talk about your office.
Is your computer ENERGY STAR rated? Hopefully.
Are the lights in your office LED? Maybe.
Is your building heated and cooled with the most energy efficient equipment? Unlikely.
While the commercial sector has long been understood as a great candidate for energy efficiency, there is…
By Claire Miziolek |
It is with mixed emotions that I write this blog to bid adieu to one of the hallmarks of energy efficiency, residential lighting. While homes across the region and nation still have inefficient lighting technologies installed, the market transformation path for this measure is all but inevitable, and the need for NEEP’s continued thought leadership has ended.
When We First Met
I’ve managed the…
By Claire Miziolek |
Did you ever watch the Jetsons? What about Back to the Future 2 (where the “future” was 2015, by the way)? Maybe you entered the new millennium expecting, in no time, to live in a home with fingerprint key access, voice commands preparing dinner, and perhaps even a robotic friend greeting you at the end of a long day?
Well, some of us may now own a robotic vacuum (guilty as charged), or use our…
By Claire Miziolek |
Energy efficiency is changing. For years, if not decades, lighting has been a reliable and relatively easy source of energy savings across sectors. The extremely cost-effective savings, coupled with the commodity nature of lighting, has rightfully earned its reputation as a “bread and butter” measure.
NEEP’s role as a market transformation organization is to move markets. Within the definition…
By Claire Miziolek |
In the home automation space, innovations are abundant. Cool new gadgets and gizmos that simplify your life, provide an increased sense of security, and - as if an afterthought - help you save energy are popping up everywhere. While NEEP and other efficiency stakeholders have used the phrase Home Energy Management System (HEMS) to talk about products that can save energy within these ecosystems…
By Claire Miziolek |
After much pageantry and ceremony, a new LED is on course to de-throne the “traditional” options in efficient residential lighting. A new class of LEDs - with lifetimes lower than those that currently wear the ENERGY STAR mark - are set to replace traditional LEDs and CFLs in the residential lighting market.
Under ENERGY STAR Lamp Specification V1.1, omnidirectional LEDs should meet a 25,000…