BY: Kristen Thomas, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 24, 2008, Section A3
When you’re finished using an electronic device you turn it off and you’re done. The power is off and the device is no longer using electricity, right? Wrong. A large majority of electronics, even when powered off, are still [...]
Don’t Let Phantom Power Haunt Your Home
July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Associated Press: Smarter electric grid could be key to saving power
May 6th, 2008 · No Comments
From Wired News, Associated Press, May 4, 2008
This is the beginning of a new way of thinking about electricity, and the biggest change in how we get power since wires began veining the landscape a century ago.
For all the engineering genius behind the electric grid, that vast network ferrying energy from power plants through transmission [...]
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Knowledge Is Power. Turn It On.
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
BY: Todd Hoener, GVEA Energy Efficiency Specialist
Fairbanks Daily Newsminer 4/3/08 Section A3
Of all your expenses, probably the toughest bill to manage is the electric bill. That bill is dynamic—you don’t pay for it upfront. If you don’t have the money for gas you might walk. If you can’t pay for heating fuel you might burn [...]
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