By neepenergy |
Xinhua News Agency
Following the U.S., the E.U., and many other countries, China announced today that it will introduce lighting standards in 2012 to phase out inefficient incandescent bulbs by 2016 to help achieve the country's goal to cut energy consumption by 16 percent and carbon emissions by 17 percent before 2015.
Xinhua News Agency reported today that imports and sales of 100-watt-and-…
By neepenergy |
Yes Halloween is just around the corner, but we’re not talking about those types of vampires or phantoms. What we ARE talking about can be just as frightening — vampire or phantom loads refer to the appliances and electronics that draw electricity from your outlets even when they are turned off. The constant sucking of electricity these products produce not only are a drain on your…
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Which Bulb Should I Use?!
2012 is almost upon us and in preparation for the upcoming change in lighting standards the LUMEN (Lighting Understanding For a More Efficient Nation) Coalition gave media an opportunity to see a variety of energy-efficient lighting choices in action in a real home while also rolling out LUMENnow.org. The LUMEN Coalition is an ad hoc consortium of organizations…
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Annette Bellafiore, ThinkEco, Inc.
This summer, while temperatures were heating up across the Northeast, one residential community in lower Manhattan set out to reduce their window air conditioner (A/C) energy consumption while still staying cool. ThinkEco, Inc, a NYC-based start-up focused on plug-load energy-efficiency solutions and NEEP Partner, partnered with Con Edison to launch the…
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Adam Cooper - Manager, Institute for Electric Efficiency
The development of energy efficient practices and products requires deliberate efforts and actions by individuals and organizations. Technology breakthroughs can and do occur in a vacuum and in order for advancements to positively impact society there needs to be an action-oriented process for change to occur. Effectuating…
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Student Recycling Station at the Manchester Essex School
Students and teachers hit the ground running in September, sometimes without noticing all of the improvements made to the school building over the summer months by facilities staff. This fall, many schools will have new lights, new boilers, new or cleaner ventilation systems, maybe even a more comprehensive recycling program in…
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Webinar for new product categories and updated specifications for current categories scheduled for August 2, 2011, at 2pm EST. Lighting manufacturers, energy efficiency program administrators, and others in the Solid State Lighting (SSL) field now have more options for promoting and incentivizing energy efficient lighting technology thanks to a recent revision to the DesignLights Consortium…
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Bruce Wall, Vice President Resource Efficiency Programs at ARCA
If you want to enhance your energy efficiency portfolio while providing added public benefits with a green twist, an appliance recycling program may be the answer. Generating proven energy savings, appliance recycling and change-out programs are popular with utilities and customers alike for reducing energy consumption through…