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Really, really cool Magnetic cooling tech hits a milestone	JMG	28 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Now this is hopeful: a real advance in refrigeration. Lots of potential here. How cool.
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, scientific research (all these topics)

NYT columnists drinking the efficiency Kool-Aid And it's goood ...	David Roberts	23 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The NYT has done itself proud with not one but two op-eds this week pushing for energy efficiency -- first Nic Kristof's, and now the The Mustache of Understanding. I guess the idea is gaining traction. The Mustache references a potentially revolutionary change being pushed by Duke Energy's Jim Rogers. (On Rogers, the cynical should note this.) The idea, now before the North Carolina Utilities Commission, is as follows: Because energy efficiency is, in effect, a r ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

You light up my life A simple video about CFLs	Sarah van Schagen	21 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Natalie Portman, Chloe Sevigny, and Kyra Sedgwick in a National Geographic Green video about CFLs:
Topics: celebrity, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Kristof hits a home run Finally some mainstream focus on efficiency	David Roberts	19 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I've had my issues with NYT columnist Nic Kristof in the past, but he's knocking them out of the park on climate change. His latest hits exactly the right notes. Check it out: Concern about greenhouse gases and reliance on imported oil usually leads to a focus on the supply side of the energy equation, particularly exotic sources such as wind, solar, waves and hydrogen. ... but the low-hanging fruit on the energy front is curbing demand -- meaning more energy conser ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Turning down the house How lazy people can conserve energy	Clark Williams-Derry	15 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I love this idea: a single off-switch for your whole house, to power down all of those nonessential appliances that suck electricity while you're at work or out on the town. OK, so it's just a concept at this point. But it's a good one. I'm sure my family could make use of something like this. Oh sure, we try to be pretty careful about turning off lights, but every so often we leave a light burning for days in the basement. And of course, there's always ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Interview with Thomas Casten, part three Why efficiency is the key to CO2 reduction	David Roberts	15 Aug 2007	Gristmill
DR: The conservative argument on global warming is that CO2 emissions are a good indicator of economic activity. They rise and fall together. Thus, fighting global warming is a secret UN plot to hobble the American economy relative to China and India. That's Inhofe's theory, anyway. TC: He's the only elected official in Washington that might possibly be stupider than the man in the White House. Even people that very much want to do something about global ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

The energy of crowds	David Roberts	15 Aug 2007	Gristmill
My first reaction to this story was, well, if you suck energy out of people's movements, the people themselves will just need more energy, in the form of food, which is energy-intensive to make, so you're really not getting any net gain. Conservation of energy and all that. But then I remembered that Americans are, ahem, fat. That is to say, they consume way more embedded energy than they can use, and it ends up as cellulite. This is, in part, because we don't get any ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, health (all these topics)

Interview with Thomas Casten, part two Why aren't people doing this stuff already?	David Roberts	14 Aug 2007	Gristmill
DR: If every industrial facility in the world has been throwing money on the ground, why has it taken so long for somebody to come along and pick it up? What's the catch? TC: EPA did a study and it appears that we can generate 20 percent of our electricity with industrial energy that's now being thrown away. So we can't do everything. There is not silver bullet. DR: That's not small potatoes. TC: No. It would require an investment of somewhere north of $1 ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Marrying efficiency and renewables A match made in heaven?	Joseph Romm	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Energy efficiency and renewable power together are better than either alone, according to a recent report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the American Council on Renewable Energy. Not a shocking conclusion, but an important one, especially in a world where it seems that all types of zero-carbon power are competing against each other for funding. The report finds that synergies between renewables and efficiency would cut greenhouse-gas em ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, renewable energy (all these topics)

Interview with Thomas Casten, part one The world's expert on recycled energy discusses ... recycled energy	David Roberts	13 Aug 2007	Gristmill
All across the nation, factories and power plants are wasting energy -- lots and lots of it. If that energy could be captured and put to good use, greenhouse gas emissions could be substantially reduced, at a profit. Thomas Casten has been proclaiming this good news for almost 30 years now. Not only that, he's been trying to make it happen, starting and managing a series of profitable companies, founding and consulting for nonprofits, writings reports, articles, and ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

I had no idea Two crazy environmental stories via podcast	Maywa Montenegro	12 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I've been catching up on a backlog of podcasts this week (I haven't used my iPod in weeks; in New York City you almost feel alien if you walk the streets without cables in your ears). From one of my favorites, the NPR Environment podcast, two surprising stories.The first is from their excellent Climate Connections series, created in conjunction with National Geographic. Who knew that Nigeria's natural gas flares are so big they can be viewed from space? As horrify ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, natural gas, Nigeria, oil (all these topics)

A mile in my shoes Debunking the notion that walking is bad for the planet	Clark Williams-Derry	10 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Sheesh. Wouldn't you know it, the "walking is bad for the planet" meme has reared its head yet again, this time in a British newspaper: Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories to walk ... than a car would emit over the same distance. The climate could benefit if people avoided exercise, ate less and became couch potatoes. This made its way to the top of Digg over the w ...
Topics: agriculture, energy, energy efficiency, food, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Burning too much energy at the gym? New York Sports Club kicks in to conserve	Maywa Montenegro	07 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The other day at the gym I was engaging in classic attention-deficient media trawling -- attempting to read my magazine, watch the morning newscast, and work up a sweat all at the same time. So it didn't bother me too much when the TV kept shutting off. The equipment at these high-traffic fitness clubs is renowned for breaking down, so I chalked it up to an electrical glitch. Today I learned that in late July, the New York Sports Clubs reprogrammed their televi ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green living, sports (all these topics)

Do 'green' appliances live up to their promises? The WSJ asks and answers	Sarah van Schagen	07 Aug 2007	Gristmill
As home-appliance technology continues to move toward the energy-efficient (and brightly colored), more and more consumers are looking to replace their old appliances. But is it really an upgrade?No, says Jeanine Van Voorhees, who spent $1,000 on a new energy-saving washer only to find that it coughs up dingy, cat-hair-covered clothes. "I curse that machine every time," she says, and she often washes her loads twice. (I'm no expert, but that doesn't sound ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, green products (all these topics)

Dream a Little Ream of Me House passes ambitious energy bill, Bush threatens veto		06 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Dream a Little Ream of Me House passes ambitious energy bill, Bush threatens veto The first national renewable-energy standard. Revoked oil-industry tax breaks that will help pay for clean energy. Funding for green job creation. A carbon-neutral federal government. What's all this, the deluded longings of some kooky environmentalist? Nope, it's a few of the features of the ...
Topics: Big Oil, Congress, energy, energy efficiency, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Energy-saving web search Back(ground) in black	Maywa Montenegro	30 Jul 2007	Gristmill
It's called Blackle -- a black version of Google -- and according to this blogpost, it could save 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year globally:An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts. I thought I would do a little math and see what could be saved by moving a high volume site to the black format.Take at look at Google, who gets about 200 million queries a day. Let's assume each ...
Topics: websites, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Adventures in the smart grid no. 2: Demand response Information is power	Patrick Mazza	27 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The day is sweltering, air conditioners are cranked up, and the power grid is straining to meet demand. Today is a 'needle peak' day -- on the annual power demand chart, it shows up as a spike. Out of the year's 8,760 hours, needle peaks will occupy 200 hours or less. An extreme day like this is why the grid maintains roughly twice as much power generating and transmission capacity as it uses on an average day. Even though power plants and lines are idle most of the ye ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, fossil fuels, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

All You Need Is Lovins A conversation with energy guru Amory Lovins	David Roberts	26 Jul 2007	Main Dish
If politicians think in sound bites and intellectuals think in sentences, Amory Lovins thinks in white papers. His speech is studded with pregnant pauses -- you can almost hear the whirs and clicks as an enormous mass of statistics, analyses, and aphorisms is trimmed and edited into a manageable length. I've talked to experts who struggle to substantiate their answers. Lovins struggles to leave thing ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, biofuels, cars, coal, Congress, energy, energy efficiency, ethanol, fuel efficiency, Iraq, renewable energy (all these topics)

Glowing orbs for everyone Making electricity visible helps reduce consumption	Chris Schults	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Here's what might be an ingenious idea, as reported by Wired: Mark Martinez couldn't get Southern California Edison customers to conserve energy. As the utility's manager of program development, he had tried alerting them when it was time to dial back electricity use on a hot day -- he'd fire off automated phone calls, zap text messages, send emails. No dice.Then he saw an Ambient Orb. It's a groovy little ball that changes color in sync with incoming data -- growin ...
Topics: tech, energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

Frigi-Dare On refrigerator downsizing	Umbra Fisk	23 Jul 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Two of our favorite Brit-coms are Keeping Up Appearances and As Time Goes By. It is hard for an American not to remark that in both households, which seem quite affluent, the refrigerator is short, and fits beneath the kitchen counter: nothing so grand as what passes for normal in American kitchens. Do most Brits and Europeans in fact have in their kitchens only counter-height refrigerators? And if so, are they therefore ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy efficiency, food, green living, health, shopping (all these topics)

Maryland embraces California-style decoupling No, not like that	Joseph Romm	22 Jul 2007	Gristmill
No, I don't mean that the home of crab cakes and Orioles is suddenly adopting Hollywood-style divorces -- although the state's unusual flag (pictured here) certainly suggest the state likes to be different. Rather, the state is embracing the same smart electric utility regulations that has enabled California to be a leader in energy efficiency for three decades. As the Washington Post reports today: In a bid to cut energy use, Maryland yesterday became just the ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, Maryland (all these topics)

Loan star Making energy efficiency possible for cheapskate homeowners	Clark Williams-Derry	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Apropos of my recent realization that if I had bought a new furnace on credit rather than waiting to save up the cash I'd have saved a bundle of money over the last 5 years, here's something I've been meaning to write about for months: a Vancouver developer that came up with a smart -- I mean, diabolically smart -- financing scheme to build a super-efficient condo complex. (Proving, I suppose, biodiversivist's point that spreadsheets are, in fact, wonderful thi ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green building, green living, placemaking, Vancouver (all these topics)

Green computing: Hope or hype? Hard to say, but Zonbu has clearly done its homework	JMG	17 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A lot of the deepest environmental thinking is that we have to move away from the idea of purchasing consumer products and instead keep 'ownership' with the maker, who is responsible for minimizing the environmental footprint of the product and for dealing with it when the user is ready to move to another one. In other words, we should pay for the services we want (computing, hot water, power, cool air, comfortable office floors, etc.) rather than the devices used to provid ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, green living, green products, tech (all these topics)

Replacing Oil With, Uh, More Oil National Petroleum Council pictures life after conventional crude		17 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Replacing Oil With, Uh, More Oil National Petroleum Council pictures life after conventional crude There's a new voice in the crowd shrieking about waning oil supplies: the National Petroleum Council. OK, they're not actually shrieking. But in a draft report released this week, the group -- headed by former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond -- confirms that conventional crude oil supplies ...
Topics: Big Oil, biofuels, coal, energy, energy efficiency, natural gas, news, oil (all these topics)

Blue dogs for energy efficiency	Joseph Romm	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
This group of 43 conservative and moderate Democrats from around the country have a new energy plan. Here's what they say about energy efficiency: 8. Energy Efficiency Energy efficient technologies and energy conservation are among the most important ways for the U.S. to reduce its energy consumption, benefiting both consumers and producers of energy. Blue Dogs support the furtherance of energy efficient technologies including green build ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency (all these topics)

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