U.S. gets lackluster energy efficiency ranking
A new report released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ranks the U.S. 13th out of the 16 largest economies in the world. Germany was first.
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Thursday, July 24th, 2014
Monday, May 12th, 2014
Energy efficiency bill caught up in Keystone XL dispute
AP: A widely popular, bipartisan energy savings bill fell victim in the Senate on Monday to election-year politics and the Obama administration's continued indecision...
Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Energy Dept. proposes new standards for clothes washers
The regulations would apply to washers used in commercial settings, multi-family housing units and laundromats. The DOE is prioritizing appliance energy efficiency.
Energy data company Opower to raise up to $100M in IPO
Opower generated $89 million in revenue in 2013, up from $52 million in 2012.
Sunday, September 15th, 2013
White House backs Senate energy efficiency bill
The White House on Wednesday backed the bipartisan energy efficiency bill that’s on the Senate floor.
Nest Labs signs patent deal with Intellectual Ventures
Nest Labs, a startup that makes energy efficient thermostats, will license patents from the portfolio of Intellectual Ventures in a move that may help stave off a lawsuit...
Sunday, August 18th, 2013
Conservatives seek to block microwave oven rule over ‘social cost of carbon’
A conservative legal group wants the Energy Department (DOE) to withdraw microwave oven efficiency rules because the DOE didn’t seek public comment on its increased...
Monday, August 12th, 2013
Biofuel industry praises ‘realistic’ new cellulosic target
The U.S. EPA has backed down from an ambitious target for cellulosic biofuel production, releasing a final rule Tuesday that requires refiners to blend 6 million gallons...
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Washington DC launches sophisticated building energy data project
This week Washington DC kicked off a project that collects and organizes building energy data in granular 15-minute intervals, one of the first and biggest of its kind.
Sunday, June 9th, 2013
Senate bill sweetens loans for energy-efficient homes
Under a Senate proposal, a home’s projected energy savings could qualify buyers for larger mortgages and lower interest rates than they might otherwise receive.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Moniz vows to help advance big efficiency bill, sees ‘real chance’
New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz vowed Tuesday to help advance a big bipartisan energy efficiency bill that’s moving through Congress and make conservation a major...
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Nest Labs moves further into residential demand response
Nest Labs, the smart thermostat company that makes consumer technology lovers drool, today announced a range of new utility partnerships to expand its product offerings.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks soars in public debut
Investors jumped at the opportunity to invest in "smart" electrical grids, pushing shares of Silver Spring Networks up 29% in the energy-technology...
Lockheed Martin says it has new energy efficient, graphene-filter desalination process
(Reuters) - A defense contractor better known for building jet fighters and lethal missiles says it has found a way to slash the amount of energy needed to remove salt...
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Mark Warner: Link Keystone pipeline to efficiency boost
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, but hopes the project’s construction can somehow be tethered to more aggressive energy...
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
France to turn off office and shop lights at night
PARIS (Reuters) - French shops and office buildings will have to turn off their lights at night to save energy and reduce light pollution, the French environment ministry...
Nest has raised another $80M, now shipping 40K+ thermostats a month
Learning thermostat maker Nest has closed on $80 million to keep growing, and we've heard it's shipping 40K to 50K thermostats per month.
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Tendril, Hitachi eye set-top boxes as gateway to home energy management
Tendril announced this week that its firmware will be integrated into Hitachi’s SuperJ Applications Ecosystem, which operates on the OSGi framework, allowing for multiple...
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Cloud-powered GPS chip slashes smartphone power consumption
A Microsoft Research project offloads data and calculations to save battery life.
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
Leaner, restructured Tendril raises $15M
Tendril, a vanguard startup in the hard-to-crack home energy management market, has completed restructuring and has raised an additional $15 million of growth capital.
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