Tweet Appalachian Power, engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power, has announced that it is launching a series of incentive and rebate programs to help West Virginia residential and business customers offset rising electricity costs and become better consumers of energy.Tammy Stafford, demand side management /energy efficiency, or DSM/EE, coordinator, said the company | Read More
Appalachian Power to launch energy efficiency incentives and rebate programs
Personal Choice and Freedom Unaffected by Federal Lighting Standard
Tweet Beginning January 1, 2012, the federal government is implementing a lighting standard that requires incandescent bulbs to be at least 30% more efficient, resulting in a $7 billion reduction in consumer energy bills by 2020. Further, the lighting efficiency standard will reduce energy consumption by 72 billion kWh by 2020, which is enough to displace | Read More
How Energy Efficiency is “Lighting Up” the Streets of Philadelphia
Tweet President Obama has made building a secure, prosperous energy future a top priority. On April 6, the President held a town hall meeting just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Gamesa Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of large-scale wind turbines, to further discuss our energy future. President Obama has proposed an ambitious, but achievable, goal | Read More
Lighting Retrofits Satisfy Carbon-Hungry Buildings
Tweet Today we have 400 times more electric light in our buildings than we did a century ago and our eyes are not 400 times worse, said Kevin Kampschroer, acting director of the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). “What has happened, actually, was we created this wonderful | Read More
Thin Is In: The Skinny On T5 Linear Lighting
Tweet In the United States, there have been three generations of fluorescent tubes, starting with the T12 and followed by the T8 and most recently the T5. With each generation, the technology has improved, resulting in a thinner bulb boasting increased efficiency and energy savings. With a T5 fluorescent the “T” stands for tubular and | Read More
Savvy Business Owners Boast Energy Efficiency Awareness
Tweet Savvy building owners and operators recognize the commercial market’s growing awareness of energy efficiency and sustainability issues. According to McGraw Hill, “today green building comprises 5 to 9 percent of retrofit and renovation market activity by value — projected to grow to 20-30 percent in just five years” based on reduced new construction and | Read More
America’s Favorite Pastime Goes Green with Energy Retrofits
Tweet The Wilmington Blue Rocks are starting the season with a win for the company’s bottom line. With the help of an Energize Delaware rebate and City Electric Supply, the Blue Rocks are upgrading their lighting throughout the facility by switching from using traditional T12 bulbs to the T5 Retrofit Kit. The project will cut | Read More
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