ACEEE Statement on Passage of the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 2126)

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

    NEWS RELEASE    Media Contact: Patrick Kiker  [email protected]   202.507.4043   aceee Statement on Passage of the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 (HR 2126)   Washington D.C. (March 5, 2014): Today 191 Republican and 184 Democratic members of the House joined to pass the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act …

ACEEE:Examining the Net Savings Issue: A National Survey of State Policies and Practices

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE    Media Contact: Patrick Kiker  [email protected]   202.507.4043 Examining the Net Savings Issue: A National Survey of State Policies and Practices    How much energy savings resulted from a given energy efficiency program? This is the fundamental question that program evaluators have faced since the days of the very …

Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE    Media Contact: Patrick Kiker  [email protected]   202.507.4043 Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency The inherent conflict between a utility’s business objectives and the objectives of customer energy efficiency programs has long been recognized. Alternative regulatory mechanisms can be implemented that not only make utilities indifferent to the …

Reaching the Underserved Multi-Tenant Market Through Energy Efficiency Financing

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE    For Immediate Release Media Contact: Patrick Kiker  [email protected]  202.507.4043   Reaching the Underserved Multi-Tenant Market Through Energy Efficiency Financing    Over the past several years, financing for energy efficiency investments has been widely viewed as a promising solution to reducing upfront cost barriers to investment in energy …

Are Utilities Missing Out on the Benefits of Combined Heat and Power?

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

  NEWS RELEASE    Media Contact: Patrick Kiker [email protected]  202.507.4043    Are Utilities Missing Out on the Benefits of Combined Heat and Power?    When a power plant generates power, it also generates massive amounts of heat. Though that heat is a valuable resource, it is typically rejected as waste …

Global Atlas for Solar and Wind: IRENA Update June 2013

Jay OwenResource Efficiency, Greentech

provided by IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency   What is the Global Atlas for Solar & Wind?   The Global Atlas is the comprehensive information platform on the potential of renewable energy. It provides resource maps from leading technical institutes worldwide and tools for evaluating the technical potential of …

CSRwire: Challenging Traditional Finance: Mapping The Transition To Sustainability

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Challenging Traditional Finance: Mapping The Transition To Sustainability A whole-system global transition is underway and accelerating as human activities encounter planetary boundaries. Globalization of our technologies of transportation and communication are unleashing disruptive business models while changing demographics and new political forces are now clashing with incumbent industries and elites. …

ACEEE – Power-Hungry Devices Use $70 Billion of Energy Annually

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE    For Immediate Release Media Contact: Patrick Kiker  [email protected]  202.507.4043     Power-Hungry Devices Use $70 Billion of Energy Annually   Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2013): A new analysis of devices and equipment commonly found in U.S. homes and businesses concludes that these products, with more than 2 …

Alternative Energy: Siemens Installing America’s First Regenerative Energy Storage Unit

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy Siemens Installing America’s First Regenerative Energy Storage Unit Japanese Solar Energy Industry Soaring Minneapolis Climate Change Grant Turns Up The Heat For Local Food Service Energy Efficiency Efforts Alternative Energy Mutual Funds And ETFs Show Solid Gains Changes to Ontario’s green energy strategy make a whole lot of …

ACEEE: New Standards Cut “Vampire” Energy Waste and Offer Hope that the White House and DOE Are Addressing Delays to Energy Efficiency Standards

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE     Media Contact: Patrick Kiker [email protected]  202.507.4043   New Standards Cut “Vampire” Energy Waste and Offer Hope that the White House and DOE Are Addressing Delays to Energy Efficiency Standards      U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced new national energy efficiency standards for microwave ovens on Friday that …