From the New York Times on Wednesday, June 11, 2009:
Environmental savings can be elusive, and the benefits and costs confusing. To help households wade through the information, consultants armed with stepladders and gadgets are selling advice on energy efficiency, indoor air quality and even methods for creating an eco-conscious wardrobe.
The field of personal and home [...]
How green is your shelter?
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Category: Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Recycling · Sustainable Living
Stimulus money for homeowners
April 6th, 2009 · No Comments
From treehugger.com on February 20, 2009, retrieved on 3/6/09:
The stimulus bill has finally been passed and signed into law—and now it’s time to help put the thing into action. Which shouldn’t be tough to do: tucked into the thousands of pages of confounding language, there are tons of fantastic new tax credits you can get [...]
Category: Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Legislation and Policy · Sustainable Living
Energy efficiency projects very popular thanks to stimulus bill
March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
From the New York Times on Wednesday, February 25, 2009:
The money in the bill is enough to pay for a tremendous expansion of efficiency efforts across the country. But as with other parts of the stimulus package, the efficiency plan is creating tension between spending the money quickly, to get rapid economic stimulus, and spending [...]
Category: Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Legislation and Policy · Recycling · Sustainable Living
State of Alaska energy plan not popular with some lawmakers
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments
From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner on Wednesday, January 28, 2009:
A document submitted as a state energy plan falls short of its mark, while renewable energy projects submitted for funding might go too far, legislators said.
Members of the House Energy Committee, including Rep. Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks, were critical of the Alaska Energy Authority’s state energy plan [...]
Category: Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Legislation and Policy · Mechanical Systems · Sustainable Living
One Green Year
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments
From www.thegreenguide.com (sponsored by the National Geographic Society), retrieved on Monday, January 26, 2009. A day-by-day guide to “greening” your life:
You could decide to lose weight—again—or this year you could resolve to lighten the load you leave on the planet. To help, we’ve outlined a series of small changes that add up to big results [...]
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USGBC offers Obama green building suggestions
January 14th, 2009 · No Comments
From usgbc.org, retrieved on Wednesday, January 14, 2009:
In ongoing talks with the transition’s energy and environment team since November, the U.S. Green Building Council has advanced vital green building policy priorities that will simultaneously create millions of green-collar jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and advance proven opportunities to deliver greener, more energy-efficient buildings.
Already, the President-Elect [...]
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Obama’s “green jobs” plan — retrofitting homes to be a major component
January 7th, 2009 · No Comments
From the LA Times on Sunday, January 4, 2009:
Jones said Obama’s proposal to weatherize homes would pay for itself through energy savings while putting legions of unemployed construction workers back on the job. A $100-billion investment in a green recovery could create 2 million jobs within two years, a good chunk of them in retrofitting, [...]
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More homeowners weatherizing homes to save on energy
December 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
From the New York Times on Monday, December 29, 2008:
Call it CSI: Thermal Police — energy experts armed with mostly low-tech tools but strong sleuthing skills, finding flaws that let the air inside a house go through a full exchange with the outdoors twice an hour, instead of once every two or three hours.
Correct those [...]
Category: Building Structure · Energy, Information · Energy, Renewable · Mechanical Systems · Sustainable Living
Home Improvement Options in Fairbanks
December 19th, 2008 · No Comments
BY Susan Keltner, Portal On Retrofits Training And Loans
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner December 18th, 2008, Section A3
Have you decided on a New Year’s resolution yet? Here’s an idea: resolve to make your home more energy efficient in 2009. It’ll save you money, make your home more comfortable and more valuable. Afraid you’ll lose motivation [...]
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Green homebuilding jobs may grow first
November 11th, 2008 · No Comments
From Builder 2008, on October 21, 2008:
Efforts to make buildings more energy-efficient will create millions of new jobs, researchers surmised, and will also have a greening effect on the job responsibilities of an estimated 111 million people worldwide who already work in construction. High-performance projects and upgrades could generate up to 3.5 million additional green jobs [...]
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