By Fritzi Pieper |
When’s the last time you walked into your living room and got excited about your light fixtures? Really? Never? Well, then you’ve clearly never been to a lighting convention before! I had no idea what I was in for. Picture a massive room the size of a football field, covered in intricate booths that showed off the newest lighting technology using an array of colorful, vibrant displays…
By Claire Miziolek |
Incandescent. CLF. LED. By now, many of us are getting a grip on these technologies (and if not, visit some of NEEP’s resources). But what about OLED? Or Graphene? Now these are new. I recently spent 3 days at LightFair International (LFI) 2013, the “world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference” at…
By Fritzi Pieper |
NEEP’s DesignLights Consortium® (DLC) project has announced the opening of registration for the 2013 DLC Stakeholder Meeting which will be held on July 22-25 in Chicago!
Anticipation for this conference has been high since the inaugural DLC Stakeholder Meeting was held in Atlanta, GA last year. This year, the DLC team has been working hard to make the experience as, if not more, beneficial and…
By Carolyn Goldthwaite |
Testifying in front of the Boston City Hall Council is a lot like speed dating - at least from what I know of speed dating. I've never had the occasion or desire to try speed dating, but after appearing before the Council recently, I think I now have a good idea of what it might be like.
Last week I submitted written testimony and on Thursday had the opportunity - one entire minute…
By Ed Londergan |
The multifamily workshop at the ACEEE Market Transformation Symposium in Washington, D.C., attracted a large crowd of people wanting to join the conversation about innovative policies and programs in the multifamily housing sector. This event represented a prime example that the power of collaboration and conversation hold for the advancement of energy efficiency.
Presentations by Peter Ludwig…
By Claire Miziolek |
The world of consumer electronics is vast and complex. There are devices that we think about every day, such as our computers, televisions, or (for some) game consoles. Then there are the electronics that we tend to forget, such as that cable box that’s always on, or the router providing password-protected wi-fi to our homes 24/7. Or what about that desktop that’s been…
By Fritzi Pieper |
SAVE THE DATEJuly 22-25Second annual DesignLights Consortium®Stakeholder MeetingHyatt Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL. The Designlights Consortium® invites you to join us in Chicago as we bring together professionals from across the solid-state lighting industry at this one of its kind meeting!
This year's meeting will focus on:
DLC processes and future prospects,
hot…
By Josh Craft |
This edition of the Policy Tracker finds us right in the middle of legislative sessions in the Northeast states. Over the past monthly, NEEP has been engaged in a number of important policy discussions, including on the future of combined heat and power, oil heat energy efficiency programs, If you have questions or would like more information, please send a note to me at jcraft@neep.org.…
By John Otterbein |
What do the manufacturer of the Blackhawk helicopter, a community center and a medical school campus have in common? All of them were honored at the 2012 Northeast Energy Efficiency Summit as State Champions of the annual Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency program. Every year, NEEP invites its utility sponsors to nominate business customers throughout the region that show leadership in…
By Jim OReilly |
A great dialogue continues here in Baltimore on accelerating industrial energy efficiency and combined heat and power (CHP) in the region.
Not only do public policies need to provide a solid framework that allows for CHP to be broadly deployed, but champions among end users really need to drive projects and help other stakeholders understand their value propositions.
Those points were driven…