From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, January 26, 2010:
A telephone survey aims to find out how residents of the Fairbanks North Star Borough go about heating their homes.
Borough officials want to use the information to help develop a pollution control plan for PM 2.5, tiny particulates known to embed in the lungs and cause health [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Information · Legislation and Policy · Northern Living · Sustainable Living
Event hosted by Alaska Interfaith Power & Light:
Join Alaska IPL at the Pioneer Park Civic Center on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 from 11 am to 3 pm, for an inspiring community event — One People, One Earth.
This free, family-friendly event will infuse fun, faith, education and charitable opportunities to learn about environmental stewardship and how [...]
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The Science for Alaska Lecture Series presents:
New Energy for Alaska Communites
Gwen Holdmann, Director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power for the University of Alaska
7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in the Westmark Gold Room, Fairbanks
Click here for more information.
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Events · Northern Living · Sustainable Living
Learn how to do or direct your own energy efficient improvements. Attend an informative workshop FREE TO THE PUBLIC! Workshops are brought to you by Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
The following workshops will be held from 6-8 pm at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, 1000 Fairbanks Street, near West Valley High School and the University [...]
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From The Associated Press, Tuesday, December 1, 2009:
A $4.6 million grant will help University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers study geothermal exploration techniques.
The Department of Energy grant will aid researchers at UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power.
They will use remote sensing to identify potential geothermal resources throughout Alaska and determine their potential.
The grant requires a [...]
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ASK A BUILDER
By CCHRC Staff
The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life.
Q: Why is it beneficial to have south-facing windows on a home?
Because of the orientation with the sun, south-facing windows bring in both [...]
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From The New York Times, Tuesday, November 17, 2009:
Today, President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United States and China on clean energy.
Click here to read the full story.
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From the Alaska Journal of Commerce, Monday, November 16, 2009:
A statewide weatherization program with the potential of reducing energy costs in thousands of Alaskan residences will improve some 1,740 homes in 2009 alone, and Alaska Housing Finance Corp. expects to more than quadruple that number by 2011. The goal is to weatherize 4,000 homes in [...]
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From The Daily Green, March 26, 2008:
Did you know that 90% of desktop computers are not optimized for energy efficiency? If yours is the one-in-ten that is, then pat yourself on the back, and get back to darning your handknit socks by the flickering light of a candle. If you’re like the rest of us, [...]
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From the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wednesday, November 11, 2009:
Current optimism for a continued economic turnaround is driving oil prices higher, despite high inventories, according to the DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA released its monthly “Short-Term Energy Outlook” on November 10. Its forecast for [...]
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