ACEEE’s 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard analyzed the efforts of 100 major U.S. cities grouped by population size and growth rate to make buildings and transportation more energy efficient and scale up the use of renewable …
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Gas Burning Appliances Dropped from Energy Star List
EPA’s 2022 Energy Star Most Efficient list will include only electric appliances that can run on 100 percent renewable energy. For the first time, it will not include furnaces, boilers, or gas dryers, which counter the …
Colocating Agriculture and PV – U of I $10 million Study
The University of Illinois will do field research on agrivoltaics as a means to maintain or increase crop yield, increase the food and energy productivity of the land, and increase farmers’ profits. Through a $10 …
Report Shows Strong Solar+Storage Market Growth… And Plenty of Room for Improvement
Article originally published by Berkeley Lab. A new report [August 2021] from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides a valuable initial look at residential and non-residential distributed solar+storage markets, showing significant growth and huge potential for …
Heat Loss Revealed by Drone Cameras Informs City Efficiency Programs
An instructor at Northland Community and Technical College specializing in remotely piloted aerial systems began, with student assistance, one of the first drone thermal-imaging programs in the country. Drone thermal imaging uses infrared cameras to …
Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Children’s Book
Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy is an upcoming illustrated multicultural children’s book featuring the women Energy Superheroes who are powering our planet. The book uses an A to Z format to share the range of careers …
Lawns Become Greener with Market Upswing in Electric Lawn Equipment
The electric lawn maintenance movement is gaining ground as lawn care companies and individuals choose electric equipment to get the job done. The US market jumped in five years from 32 percent in 2015 to …
A new program is making battery storage affordable for affordable housing (and everyone else)
Article originally published by Utility Dive. The battery storage market for homes and businesses has been steadily growing over the past few years, driven by falling battery prices, demand for reliable backup power and the …
Building Resilience Through the Efficiency-Resilience Nexus
US DOE’s Better Buildings program created building resilience resources and tools under Efficiency-Resilience Nexus. The resources are intended to help organizations across different sectors take steps to build resilience and increase their ability to bounce back from …
New Methane Detecting Satellite Technology Rises Up
The Environmental Defense Fund announced a deal to launch a methane-detecting satellite by the nonprofit, MethaneSAT, and an EDF subsidiary. The launch is anticipated for October 2022 on the Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. The $88 …