Energy Conservation and Efficiency
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) The mission of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is to lead the Nation to a stronger economy, a cleaner environment and a more secure future through development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies.
Energy Efficiency: A New National Commitment? Past energy efficiency and conservation measures reduce annual energy use, saving the economy about $225 billion per year. Total energy spending stands at about $450 billion annually. Energy is conserved when technical means are employed to improve efficiency or to reduce energy waste.
Energy Efficiency as an Insurance Loss-Prevention Strategy This website responds simultaneously to insurance industry concerns regarding two major categories of losses: (1) ordinary losses from property/casualty, health, life, and the like, and (2) extraordinary losses resulting from global climate change. Prevention of ordinary losses is central to the mission of the insurance industry, and is of prime financial importance given that payouts on claims have exceeded premium revenues for nearly two decades. More recently, the insurance industry has taken interest in global climate change as a source of losses. Some insurance companies are indeed convinced that climate change has already arrived and is hitting their bottom line. Increased incidence of hurricanes, tropical storms, hailstorms, flooding, mudslides, agricultural losses, and health effects are among the potential effects of climate change that can cause significant insurance losses.
Energy Efficiency
Connection 
The Energy Efficiency
Connection, featuring Home Energy Checkup and Business Energy Checkup. The
Energy Efficiency Connection is brought to you by the Alliance to Save Energy
and the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology, and Building
Environmental Science and Technology with partial funding through the EPA's
ENERGY STAR Buildings program.
Energy Efficiency - No Cost/Low Cost No cost and low cost energy efficiency tips.
Energy Efficiency Questions & Answers For the past several years, SEREF Executive Vice President Ken Sheinkopf has written a column on residential energy efficiency. These pages are answers to readers' questions, and the links provided will take you to the full question and its response.
Energy Efficiency Resource Gateway Find practical energy saving and energy efficiency help from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
Energy Efficiency Services The goal of NYSERDA's federally funded Energy Efficiency Services Program is to ensure increased energy efficiency and lower operating and maintenance costs for industrial, commercial, and institutional customers. Energy Efficiency Services programs for the industrial sector also provide guidance on improving economic competitiveness and productivity, and reducing pollution.
Energy Efficiency Technical Brochures in PDF Format More than 130 technical papers in a wide variety of energy efficiency-related topics.
Energy Efficiency Technical Library The Technical Library is a collection of reports made available to the World Energy Efficiency Association for electronic dissemination. The goal of this ongoing effort is to provide access to high-quality, full-text technical reports in a variety of file formats. The Technical Library was started through a program of the U.S. Agency for International Development who has made available a list of over 130 reports of which over 30 are available as full-text reports on this system. Work is ongoing to add reports available from other sources.
Energy Efficient Building Association, Inc. (EEBA) The Energy Efficient Building Association, Inc. is an International non-profit group dedicated to fostering energy efficient design and construction, and environmentally responsible development practices that provide quality living environments.
Energy Efficient Environments, Inc. The Energy Efficient Environments catalog contains a complete line of energy saving and earth friendly products for your home.
Energy Efficient Lighting Association (EELA) The Energy Efficient Lighting Association (EELA) is the only all-inclusive organization that embraces the entire energy efficient lighting marketplace, including manufacturers, distributors, contractors, specifiers, designers, architects, energy service companies and end users, such as building owners and facility managers.
Energy Efficient
Roofing Materials Can Cost Less
For years the energy savings benefits
associated with light and white roofing materials has made theoretical sense
to building owners, managers, architects and specifiers. This is particularly
important to those located in sun belt regions where air conditioning costs
can be a significant annual expense for the building owner or occupant. Such
Air conditioning costs are nothing to dismiss lightly. According to the EPA,
approximately $40 billion is spent annually in the U.S. to air condition
buildings. This represents one-sixth of all electricity generated in the
country each year. The good news, however, is that when reflective products
are used, roof surface temperature can be lowered by up to 100º F, say
EPA representatives.
Energy-Efficient Windows Windows bring light, warmth, and beauty into buildings and give a feeling of openness and space to living areas. They can also be major sources of heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the summer. In 1990 alone, the energy used to offset unwanted heat losses and gains through windows in residential and commercial buildings cost the united states $20 billion (one-fourth of all the energy used for space heating and cooling). However, when properly selected and installed, windows can help minimize a home's heating, cooling, and lighting costs. This publication describes one option-- energy-efficient windows--available for reducing a home's heating and cooling energy requirements.
Energy Federation Inc. EFI offers a wide variety of resource conservation-related items. These environmentally-friendly products will help you use energy and water resources in a sustainable manner - benefitting you... the community... the economy... and the environment.
Energy in Agriculture Program The purpose of the Energy in Agriculture Program is to promote the efficient use of energy resources among California's food and fiber industry. To achieve its goal, the program provides technical support and financial assistance to demonstrate energy efficient technologies and practices; produces educational materials and delivers training programs; evaluates project results and conducts technology transfer activities.
Energy Management
Cogeneration at MU The MU
Power Plant utilizes a process called cogeneration to maximize the efficiency
of energy production. The power plant provides all the thermal energy and
a portion of the electrical energy for the MU campus.
Energy Outlet™ Home
Page The Energy Outlet™
is the cooperative effort of three participating electric utilities in Lane
County, Oregon. Their mission is to help you make wise electric energy choices
by promoting energy efficiency, serving as a community information center,
providing energy efficiency education and by promoting energy-efficient products
and services.
Energy Partnerships for Affordable Homes The Energy Partnerships for Affordable Homes is a collaboration among the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), State, and local governments, housing and financing industries, and utility companies to make the Nation's public and private housing more energy efficient and affordable. Other program participants include product manufacturers and builders. This program builds on and integrates a number of existing programs at DOE and HUD.
Energy Rated Homes of Iowa
The most successful businesses
know what their customers need and work hard to satisfy those needs. In the
home construction trade, satisfying customers' needs means building homes
that can be heated and cooled efficiently and economically. StarTrac builders
can have home building plans rated before they begin the construction and
build to specifications which give their customers the most energy efficient
houses on the market today.
Energy Recovery XeteX offers energy recovery systems which save 60% to 90% of the heating or cooling energy from exhaust air. The recovered energy is transferred into the fresh, outdoor ventilation air, which is then heated or cooled to room temperature. Energy recovery products provide high indoor air quality while drastically reducing energy consumption when compared to conventional systems.
Energy Recovery Ventilator An energy recovery ventilator (ERV) is a type of mechanical equipment that features a heat exchanger combined with a ventilation system for providing controlled ventilation into a building. An energy recovery ventilator with humidity regulation incorporates a method to remove excess humidity or add humidity to the ventilating air that is being brought into a house.
Energy Savers - Tips on Saving Energy and Money at Home Did you know that the average U.S. family spends close to $1300 a year on their home's utility bills? Unfortunately, a large portion of that energy is wasted. The amount of energy wasted just through poorly insulated windows and doors is about as much energy as we get from the Alaskan pipeline each year. And electricity generated by fossil fuels for a single home puts more carbon dioxide into the air than the average car. By using a few inexpensive energy-efficient measures, you can reduce your energy bills by 10% to 50% and, at the same time, help reduce air pollution.
Energy
Savings Performance Contracting
Alternative financing funds energy
efficiency improvements in federal buildings. The Energy Policy Act of 1992
(EPACT) and Executive Order 12902 require that federal agencies reduce the
energy consumed in federal buildings. The order increased the goal to 30%
by 2005, when compared with 1985. Energy Savings Performance Contracting
(ESPC) offers a means of achieving this energy reduction goal at no capital
cost to the government.
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