A lot of posts come about as a result of emails, conversations, or reading/editing other people’s articles on the site. The following is an example of the latter. While editing Nick’s book review of Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air, I started to think about energy consumption and the great white hope of renewable energy. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Energy Star’
Efficiency Cannot Trump Conservation
July 15th, 2012 
Eric Wilson Department of Defense Reduces Energy Use, Saves $6.8 Million
February 26th, 2012 Eric Wilson In yet another sign that saving energy makes economic sense, and arguably aides national security, the Department of Defense (DoD) cut emissions and energy consumption to the tune of $6.8 million. As part of the reductions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “recognized two Department of Defense (DoD) facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat [...]
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Tags: Biomass, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Star, EPA, Natural Gas 
No Comments »EPA’s Battle of the Buildings 2011 Winner Announced
November 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson The Environmental Protection Agency’s Battle of the Buildings recently wrapped up. 245 buildings, including high-rises and rural schools, competed to reduce energy consumption. Hailing from 33 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the entrants represented a range of businesses and organizations. In the end, a parking structure from the University of Central Florida [...]
Posted in Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson Tags: Energy Star, EPA, Florida, Video No Comments »Site Visit: EPA Region 8 Headquarters
November 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Located in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood, the EPA’s region 8 headquarters occupies a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified commercial building which they moved into four years ago. Sitting at the corner of Wynkoop St and the 16th St. Mall, the building is adjacent to Union Station, Denver’s future home of [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Building, Site Visits Tags: Energy Star, EPA, Green Roof, LEED, Mass Transit, Photovoltaic No Comments »Modern Green Living: City Living at its Best
July 13th, 2011 Guest Author In the classic sitcom, Green Acres, actors Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert bicker over the complications with their move from Manhattan to a rural farm. “Farm livin’ is the life for me/ Land spreadin’ out so far and wide/ Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside,” sings Albert, while Gabor pleads to return to Park [...]
New Town Builders to Construct Net Zero Home
June 13th, 2011 Eric Wilson Taking a page from the solar decathlon that runs annually in Washington DC, New Town Builders in Denver will complete their first net zero home in the Stapleton neighborhood later this year. As an example of what future homes (and buildings in general) can do, the net zero home will produce as much energy as [...]
Five Friday Facts: Residential Energy Consumption
May 27th, 2011 Chris DeArmond The average home in the U.S. incurred $1,817 in energy expenses, which equates to nearly $202 billion annually. Despite the number of primary residences in the U.S. increasing from 77 million in 1978 to 111 million in 2005, total household energy consumption decreased slightly, from 10.58 to 10.55 quadrillion British Thermal Units (Btu). From 1978 [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Five Friday Facts Tags: California, Chris DeArmond, Energy, Energy Star No Comments »Energizer Family Charger CHFC Battery Charger
April 20th, 2011 Eric Wilson Parents with small children may know that the amount of battery powered devices in their lives grows exponentially with the birth of their first child. Last year we bought Energizer’s battery charger to handle the AA batteries from our son’s music box, the C batteries from his music table, the D batteries from his swing, [...]
Green Roofing Benefits: How Green Roofing can Decrease Your Carbon Footprint
December 13th, 2010 Guest Author Learn more about how the installation of a green roof can help decrease energy costs, improve air quality, and decrease your carbon footprint.
Can We Reduce Peak Electrical Consumption?
October 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson One of the barriers to bringing renewable energy online is its unreliability. The fact that wind and solar in particular are intermittent can reek havoc on electrical demand. Peak load, the electrical consumption during the highest demand times, requires base load power: a steady, reliable source of electricity. Because electricity cannot be stored at a [...]
