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May 17, 2012
A national clean energy standard (CES) should include energy efficiency, noted ACEEE Executive Director Steven Nadel in comments submitted for the record in conjunction with a Senate Energy Committee hearing held today on a CES bill authored by Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman.
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May 16, 2012Energy and water efficiency standards released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will deliver clothes washers that use as much as 35 percent less energy and water and dishwashers that use about 14 percent less energy and 23 percent less water.
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May 16, 2012Energy efficiency is gaining momentum in states traditionally ranked near the bottom of the American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. While these states must address numerous barriers to energy efficiency, a real window of opportunity exists to move efficiency forward, according to a new report, Opportunity Knocks: Examining Low-Ranking States in the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released today by ACEEE.
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April 5, 2012States and utilities invested over $811 million in industrial energy efficiency programs in 2010, far exceeding the spending by the federal government and other national-level programs. Nationwide, all industrial energy efficiency programs spent well over $1.1 billion in 2010, according to a new report, Money Well Spent: Industrial Energy Efficiency Program Spending in 2010, released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
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March 21, 2012China is now the largest market for new construction in the world, adding about 20 billion square feet to its commercial and residential building stock annually in recent years.
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March 7, 2012National efficiency standards for appliances, lighting, and other equipment will save consumers and businesses more than $1.1 trillion and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas pollution and other emissions by 2035, according to The Efficiency Boom: Cashing In on Savings from Appliance Standards, a study released today.
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February 23, 2012Recent smart grid policy initiatives in the United States and the E.U. have led to large-scale research projects investigating the use of real-time feedback technologies that leverage data provided by smart meters.
