Tales of mobile cell telephones igniting gasoline fumes at gas stations have circulated around the internet for the past few years. Some of the stories say the person was not using the phone but had merely laid it on the trunk of his/her car while fueling. Some of the stories...
Studies of homes that have had ducts sealed show an average energy savings of 12 percent of the home's annual electric use. The Energy Trust's Home Energy Savings program offers free duct testing and sealing services in Oregon mobile home parks served by Portland General Electric and Pacific Power. Shirley...
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services DAS is the central administrative agency of state government, working to, effectively implement policy and financial decisions made by the Governor and the Oregon Legislature. When DAS began experiencing high energy use in their own Public Service Building and problems with their HVAC system...