Photos courtesy of Sherrie Gruder, UW-Madison Extension. Opportunity seized to install a heat pump water heater to replace a conventional old residential 75 gallon natural gas unit that stopped working. Electrician installed a 30 AMP …
Energy Efficiency
Large Scale Solar Grows in Dane County
In June 2021, Dane County’s largest solar array became operational. The 20MW O’Brien Solar Fields owned by Madison Gas & Electric encompasses 160 acres and over 60,000 panels on farmland in Fitchburg. The arrays consist of bifacial …
The City of Waterloo Improves Energy Efficiency Through Lighting
Karl Junginger Memorial Library in Waterloo, WI A lighting retrofit at the Karl Junginger Memorial Library in Waterloo, WI increased their lighting efficiency tenfold. E3 Lighting upgraded nineteen 250 watt HID fixtures that used 315 …
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Waterloo Improves Energy Efficiency Through Lighting
Street trees provide shade and cool buildings
Street trees provide shade and cool buildings. City of Middleton downtown. Photo courtesy of City of Middleton
LED Street Lights in Madison, WI
Madison, WI Photo courtesy of Sherrie Gruder
Lighting at UW- Green Bay
Indirect and natural lighting at UW- Green Bay.
Rebecca Valcq Invites Greater Input into PSC of Wisconsin
Rebecca Valcq, Chair of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, addressed a packed room at the Midwest Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) meeting on Emerging Technologies Supporting Utilities of the Future that focused on the role …
La Crosse Home Energy Challenge Delivers
Participants in the La Crosse 100-Day Mayor’s Home Energy Challenge, Casey and Sonja Meehan boosted the energy efficiency of their 1928 house by replacing the insulation and adding air sealing and an attic exhaust fan. …