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Energy efficiency measures could save U.S. government $1 billion on public housing expenditures Energy Boom Share    
The NCLC's latest report, "Up the Chimney: How HUD's Inaction Costs Taxpayers Millions and Drives Up Utility Bills for Low-income Families", states the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development spends over $5 billion annually to pay for heating and electricity of public housing authorities and subsidized rental units. The report finds by taking easy and inexpensive energy efficiency steps, such as insulating walls and roofs, and installing more efficient appliances, the government could shave one-fifth, or $1 billion, off its expense sheet. According to the report, 43 percent of the heating systems in public houses in the Northeast are over 20 years old. More Cash for clunker air conditioners kicks in The Palm Beach Post Share
The Florida Energy Star residential HVAC Rebate Program starts Aug. 30, and will end Dec. 31, or when all $15 million in rebate funds are disbursed. The rebate program is designed to encourage homeowners to replace their old heating and cooling systems with properly sized energy-efficient systems and to ensure home duct systems have minimal leakage. More
Ikea Denver leads the way for big box geothermal installations Fast Company Share
Swedish superstore Ikea has emerged as an unlikely clean technology champion. The company's $77 million greentech fund, for example, is investing in everything from recycling technologies to solar panels. Now an Ikea store outside Denver, Colorado is set to lead the charge for big box geothermal installations. Ikea has partnered with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to install a geothermal heating system in an under-construction store outside Denver—the first geothermal installation for the retailer. More GE heat-pump water heaters part of state energy plan Courier-Journal Share
GE's heat-pump water heater to be built at Appliance Park has become part of vastly increased weatherization aid to lower income families, state and local officials announced Monday. The recent tenfold increase in federal home weatherization subsidies will benefit an estimated 350 low- and middle-income families in Louisville, and roughly 9,000 households statewide. The aid boost for the decades-old, federally-funded weatherization program comes from federal economic stimulus funding, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth said at a press conference Monday. More Eco-friendly heating materials 'set to see significant growth' Specifinder Share
Heating materials capable of producing renewable energy in the home are likely to grow in demand significantly in the coming years, it is predicted. Building materials analyst AMA Research forecasts that eco-friendly heating materials could benefit in particular from government efforts to raise the proportion of the nation's power that is derived from renewable resources. More
Air-con assembly a prime industry in the UAE Construction Week Online Share
The assembly of refrigeration and air-con units accounts for nearly 50 percent of the UAE's machinery and spare-parts manufacturing sector, stretching across 46 industrial units in the UAE. This is according to the Dubai Export Development Corporation, an agency of the Dubai Department of Economic Development, which is seeing continual growth in the refrigeration and cooling sector in the coming years. More Energy upgrades bring cool savings CFO Share
United Electric Controls makes temperature sensors for a variety of commercial needs, yet until now it hasn't had much wherewithal to regulate the climate at its own 100,000 square-foot headquarters in suburban Boston. Maddeningly, the company's manufacturing machinery, which throws off a lot of heat, is located on the building's sunny side. Keeping that area sufficiently cool in the warmer months has meant that offices were often uncomfortably cold. The cure was part of a comprehensive, just-completed energy-conservation upgrade that involved retrofitting United's external air-chiller unit, converting the air-delivery system from constant volume to variable volume, installing new lighting, and other smaller changes. More Survey: Americans clueless on how best to save energy USA Today Share
Many Americans remain clueless about how best to save energy, focusing more on small behavior changes such as turning off lights than on effiency efforts such as using compact flourescent light bulbs that have far greater impact, a new survey show. The largest group, nearly 20 percent, cited turning off lights as the single best approach although it reduces energy use relatively little, according to the Columbia University survey of 505 American adults in 34 states published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. More
Chile government sees over $200 million in geothermal investments over two years The Wall Street Journal Share
Chile's government expects to see more than $200 million in investments in geothermal energy exploration and development over the next two years, Energy Minister Ricardo Raineri said. As Chile is one of the most seismically active nations on the planet, with frequent earthquakes and dotted with volcanoes from north to south, the potential for harnessing the earth's heat for geothermal energy is sizable. The government's goal is to grant 50 new geothermal concessions over the next year and then 120 in the following two years, said Raineri, who added that just in the next two years "these concessions will mean over $200 million in investments." More How businesses can plan for the unpredictability of climate change Reuters Share
With managers across industries under pressure to develop sophisticated views about how climate change will impact their companies, it might seem natural to look to the insurance industry for guidance on how to act and communicate about risks and opportunities. After all, with climate change threatening to increase the severity of humanitarian crises, economic disruptions, and weather-related disasters—which, in the last half century, have cost more than a trillion dollars and killed more than 800,000 people—the insurance sector is being called on to play a special role in helping society to adapt to climate change. More |
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