From Energy Circle:
Pyramid of Conservation ranks among the Wonders of the Energy Efficiency World.
With the residential energy efficiency an increasingly hot topic, smart, simple visuals like the Pyramid of Conservation can have a monumental positive impact.
State Programs and Incentives debuts with our Guide to the Maine Home Performance Program.
Folks asked: How are states deploying stimulus dollars to incent residential energy efficiency? And what are the best ways to take advantage of these programs? We've begun a new category to highlight especially innovative programs. The first is in our own backyard in Maine. (Much more to come...)
Choose the best electricity monitor for you with our handy "Comparing Energy Monitors" chart.
Monitoring your electricity usage is a great ways to get started saving money on utility bills. But in a new field, there are lots of new players. We help you sort out features of four of the leading products.
And now... We're taking pre-orders for the PowerHouse Dynamics eMonitor!
The eMonitor energy monitor from PowerHouse Dynamics is the most advanced home energy monitoring system in the world, because it measures on a circuit-by-circuit basis enabling you to see the use of specific applicances. They're available for pre-order exclusively from Energy Circle, so check out the details and get in the queue. First come, first served. We'll ship the first orders March 15.
Curated Links from the Web:
Victorian townhouse to PassivHaus: One London family's lofty goal.
Tom Pakenham and his family (wife Sophie, baby Luke) are undertaking an ambitious project: renovating an historic brick townhouse to meet perhaps the most stringent energy efficiency standard in the world. (From Treehugger.)
Boulder finds the path to energy efficiency... rocky.
City leaders in the progressive college town of Boulder, Colorado are finding that efforts to spur energy efficiency throughout the city are coming up against a formidable foe: inertia. (From WSJ online.)
For energy efficiency products, "Buying American" is easier said than done.
The Department of Energy, instructed by Congress to "buy American" products for energy efficiency projects under the stimulus act, has found that many such products are unavailable from U.S. manufacturers. Josie Garthwaite sums it up at Earth2Tech: "Oops." (From Earth2Tech.)
Stylish, practical: In the future, buildings will wear sunglasses.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working on developing energy efficient windows that function like self-adjusting shades: darker when it's bright, lighter when it's dark. NREL is estimating that they could cut a building's energy consumption by up to 1/8, without requiring any lifestyle or behavioral changes. In our book, that's tres chic. What's more, we're relieved that, as it appears, the buildings will not be wearing their sunglasses at night. (From CleanTechnica.)
Philadelphia Mayor Launches "Coolest Block" Energy Efficiency Contest.
As part of an effort to turn Philly into the country's greenest city, Mayor Michael Nutter is encouraging some friendly competition between neighbors. The winning contestant wins an energy-saving cool roof, a home energy audit, insulation and air sealing materials -- for every home on the block! (From PRNewswire.)
OLED TVs: No longer big in Japan.
Sony announced that they will discontinue their line of OLED TVs in Japan. While we've been optimistic about the ability of super-efficient OLED technology to penetrate the mainstream, this may be an unwelcome sign that their time is still a ways off. (From Treehugger.)
Comments
just think of the style explosion we'lll have to deal with when houses start wearing sun glasses -- there's some money to be made here!!!
Posted by Anonymous on Feb 22, 2010 10:47pm