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Enforcing Energy-Efficiency Standards
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has said that when it comes to remediating climate change and promoting energy independence, improved energy efficiency is not just low-hanging fruit—it’s fruit lying on the ground. In other words, improving the energy efficiency of the products that we all use must be a critical component of any long-term national [...]
Upping Efficiency Standards, Lowering Utility Bills
Purchasing energy-efficient appliances is one of the easiest and most important ways consumers have to save money, reduce their electricity consumption and help cut down on carbon pollution. We use appliances every day – to cook our food, cool our homes, heat our water and clean our clothes. In fact, for a typical U.S. family, [...]
GE’s Bright Idea
General Electric (GE) created a new look for their Reveal CFL light bulbs but the look for this energy efficient light bulb is anything but new to consumers. GE decided to create a CFL light bulb that looks more like the traditional light bulb. GE initially tried this concept out with Energy Smart CFLs in [...]
U.S. Military Going Green?
One would not expect green technology to be a focal point of the U.S. Department of Defense but lately, the military has been working with more and more green technology, for reasons other than what you’re probably accustomed to. As the Pentagon is forced to work on leaner and leaner budgets, they are looking for [...]
California Giving Out Cash for Energy Efficient Appliances
Just when you thought that California was going broke, they come up with money to help all of us energy efficiency hounds out there. From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: When California announced earlier this year that it would give consumers more than $31 million in federal stimulus funds for replacing old appliances with new energy-efficient [...]
Energy Efficiency and the World of 2030
BASF, one of the largest chemical companies in the world, created the following video on how important energy efficiency is to the world of 2030 and beyond and how energy efficiency may help ease the global demand for energy. This is particularly interesting in light of the fact that the current dialogue coming out of [...]
Top Five Mistakes When Considering Home Solar Power
So you’ve decided to invest in solar power for your home to lower your utility bills. Great! But before you proceed any further, it’s important to know some of the more common solar mistakes that homeowners make so you can avoid them. Here are five of the most common mistakes: Mistake # 1: Missing out [...]
Obama Executive Order Pushing Government and Private Sector Towards Energy Efficiency
While I know this does not exactly qualify as fresh news, but as we wait and see what will happen with the cap and trade legislation in Congress, I thought it would be interesting to mention one of the measures that the federal government already has in place to promote energy efficiency. Back in October [...]
Fuel Cells – Fuel for the Future?
By Catherine Maleki One of the goals with MyEnergySolution.com is not only educate consumers on how to go green but also introduce them to exciting new technologies that they may not know about. After all, this is what we do: basically geek out over green tech! So, when I first saw the “Bloom Box” segment [...]
What is MyEnergySolution.com?
By Catherine Maleki To figure out what a word or phrase means, most of us have always been taught to dissect the word, analyze it and then put it all back together. So here we go: My. Energy. Solution. First: “My.” Well, “my” is a way of describing ownership like “my” car, “my” remote, or [...]
