Full Title: A Defining Framework for Intelligent Efficiency Author(s): Neil Elliott, Maggie Molina, and Dan Trombley Publisher(s): American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Publication Date: 6/2012 Language: English Length: 27 pages, PDF Full Text: –>ACCESS DOCUMENT<– Description: Energy efficiency has been a major...

Two energy efficiency bills introduced last year received bipartisan support in the House and Senate, but received limited attention at the time. The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of...

A new report from RFF points out that despite the absence of cap-and-trade legislation, the United States is on course to reach the same emissions reduction goal – 17 percent...

Full Title: Achieving Low-Carbon Growth: from Innovation to Market Expansion Author(s): Daniel M. Kammen Publisher(s): University of California, Berkeley Publication Date: 6/2012 Language: English Length: 27 pages, PDF Full Text: –>DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<– Description: Multiple renewable energy and energy efficiency tools are available; but...

Full Title: Addressing Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Buildings Author(s): David Austin Publisher(s): Congressional Budget Office Publication Date: 6/2012 Full Text: –>DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<– Description (excerpt): A large share of total U.S. energy consumption—40 percent—occurs in homes and buildings. Homes and...

Full Title: Airport Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction: A Synthesis of Airport Practice Author(s): C. Lau, J. Stromgren, D. Green, et al. Publisher(s): National Academy of Sciences Publication Date: 01/2010 Identifier(s): Project 11-03, Topic S10-04, ISSN 1935-9187,...

Last week Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, published a blueprint for energy policy, titled “Energy 20/20: A Vision for America’s...

Full Title: American Energy Productivity: The Economic, Environmental and Security Benefits of Unlocking Energy Efficiency Author(s): Rhodium Group Publisher(s): Alliance to Save Energy Publication Date: 2/2013 Full Text: ->DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<- Description: Energy is essential to American...

Full Title: An Evaluation of District Energy Systems in North America: Lessons Learned from Four Heating Dominated Cities in the U.S. and Canada Author(s): Lauren T. Cooper, Nicholas B. Rajkovich Publisher(s): Publication Date: Full...

Full Title: Analysis of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 Author(s): U.S. Energy and Information Administration Publisher(s): U.S. Energy and Information Administration Publication Date: 5/2012 Language: English Length: 44 pages, PDF Full Text: –>DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<– Additional...

Oil prices are expected to average between $100 and $120/barrel in 2012. “Economists say they expect prices to remain high despite the relative weaknesses of the American and European economies...

Full Title: Attention, Media and Fuel Efficiency Author(s): Stefan Thoenes and Timo Gores Publisher(s): Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne Publication Date: 8/2012 Full Text: –>DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<– Description (excerpt): This study examines attention effects in the market for...

Full Title: Base-load Electricity from Natural Gas and Nuclear Power: The Role of Federal and State Policy Author(s): Mary English Publisher(s): University of Tennessee Knoxville Publication Date: 3/2013 Full Text: ->DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<- Description: Demand for electricity is being tempered by energy efficiency improvements, and renewable energy sources are increasingly viable. Nevertheless, large‐scale electricity generation will be needed for the foreseeable future. With growing concerns about greenhouse gases and hazardous as well as conventional air pollutants, coal has fallen out of favor.  Its traditional role as the mainstay of electricity...

Full Title: Best Practices in Energy Efficiency Program Screening: How to Ensure the Value of Energy Efficiency is Properly Accounted for Author(s): Tim Woolf, Erin Malone, Kenji Takahashi, William Steinhurst Publisher(s): National Home Performance Council Publication...

As part of the Better Buildings Initiative, the Obama Administration announced a Presidential Memorandum on December 2, 2011 directing “nearly $4 billion in combined federal and private sector energy upgrades...

Note: Synopsis drawn from the report. Synopsis intended solely for the purpose of generating discussion. Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future by the Obama Administration Demand for oil in countries like China and...

A diverse coalition of energy leaders put together by the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) recently unveiled a set of recommendations for “Doubling US Energy Productivity by 2030.” Chaired by...

In an August 5th op-ed, the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman urges America to “Get It Right On Gas.” While noting domestic natural gas development’s potential to address a host...

A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office found that in 2011 federal support for fuel and energy technology development and production was $24 billion. Of this, $20.5 billion, or...

Full Title: Clean Energy Financing: 7 Policy Solutions for State Legislators Author(s): Graham Givens and J.R. Tolbert Publisher(s): National Caucus of Environmental Legislators Publication Date: 9/2012 Full Text: ->DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT<- Description: America has an abundant supply of...

Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) has introduced the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, which would require electric utilities to derive increasing percentages of their supply...

If Peabody Energy, SSA Marine and Goldman Sachs really want to stimulate jobs in Washington State, as they claim in their support of the Gateway Pacific project, they can find...

Full Title: Comparative analysis of efficiency, environmental impact, and process economics for mature biomass refining scenarios Author(s): M. Laser, E. Larson, B. Dale, et al. Publisher(s):  Biofpr, Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley &...

Full Title: Cost-Effectiveness of Electricity Energy Efficiency Programs Author(s): Toshi H. Arimura, Shanjun Li, Richard G. Newell, and Karen Palmer Publisher(s): Resources for the future Publication Date: 4/2011 Language: English Length: 46 pages, PDF Full Text:...

In 2011 the Obama Administration put out a challenge to utilities: give customers a way to better access and understand their energy use data. The challenge, and its result the...