From Energy Circle:
Linda Wigington's Road Map to Deep Energy Reductions.
Premier building science expert and ACI founder Linda Wigington discusses the challenge of existing homes, and suggests that it may be time to raise the bar in building performance.
Lighting, illuminated: key terms in energy efficient lighting.
Energy Circle's new glossary of key lighting terms shines a light on everything from lumens to ballasts to CRI—in short, everything you need to know to pick the best lighting for the job.
Curated Links from the Web:
How deep energy retrofits can help the economy.
A new book by Gregory Kats, "Greening Our Built World," argues that existing buildings offer a "powerful and necessary lever" for responding to the grave threat of climate change. (From Climate Progress)
Energy Star on the road to recovery?
The oft-lambasted (oft-unjustifiably) Energy Star program has closed some loopholes in an effort to strengthen its certification process. (From Treehugger)
States now giving rebates for energy efficient appliances.
Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are now available (in many states) for trading in old appliances for new, energy efficient models. (From Energy Savers)
Studies find the South lagging in energy efficiency.
A new study calls attention to the potential benefits to this region, the nation's largest and fastest growing of all, if it increased its energy efficiency efforts. (From Green Inc.)
Five energy-saving smartphone apps.
Ariel Schwartz of Inhabitat looks at five smartphone apps that help individuals monitor their homes' energy consumption, from near and afar. (From Inhabitat)
Lemnis Lighting an up-and-coming LED powerhouse?
The Dutch start-up (founded, if you can follow this, by the great grandson of the founder of Philips Electronics) plans to unveil a full line of LED lighting products at next month's Lightfair lighting convention in Las Vegas. (From Earth2Tech)
Concept design dries clothes with waste heat from light bulbs.
We know that incandescent bulbs waste energy. This clever design concept capitalizes on the heat it takes to make them burn. (From Treehugger)
Tom Dixon and Philips team up, create OLED Flat Lamp.
Designer Tom Dixon and Philips have created a line of tremendously energy efficient, tremendously attractive, OLED lamps. (From Inhabitat)
Smart grid is about more than energy.
While folks debate the effectiveness of smart grid technology in reducing energy use, others list reasons a smarter grid may be a smart choice, after all. (From Greenbang)
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