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- Lighting the Way to Increased Energy Efficiency
- As the price of energy climbs and the specter of deregulated energy looms large in many states today, property managers around the country are considering the benefits of retrofitting their facilities with energy-efficient indoor and outdoor lighting. Given the new technologies available for commercial and industrial lighting, an installation that...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Improving Energy Efficiency
- This paper focuses on improving energy efficiency which offers a powerful tool for achieving sustainable development by reducing the need for investment in new infrastructure, by cutting fuel costs, and by increasing competitiveness for businesses and welfare for consumers. It creates environmental benefits through reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and...
- White papers 2004-08-23
- Risk Transfer Via Energy-Savings Insurance
- Among the key barriers to investment in energy efficiency are uncertainties about attaining projected energy savings and potential disputes over stipulated savings. The fields of energy management and risk management are thus intertwined. While many technical methods have emerged to manage performance risks (e.g. building diagnostics and commissioning), financial methods...
- White papers 2002-01-25
- Solar Cooling With the Absorption Principle: First and Second Law Analysis of an Ammonia-Water Double-Generator Absorption Chiller
- This article deals with the modeling, thermodynamic simulation and Second Law analysis of an ammonia-water double-effect, double-generator absorption chiller. Computer simulation was carried out in order to determine its stream properties and the amount of heat and work exchanged with the surroundings. Simulation results were then used to study the...
- White papers 2004-02-24
- Passive Solar Design: Increase Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Homes by Incorporating Passive Solar Design Features
- Sunlight can provide ample heat, light, and shade and induce summertime ventilation into the well-designed home. Passive solar design can reduce heating and cooling energy bills, increase spatial vitality, and improve comfort. Inherently flexible passive solar design principles typically accrue energy benefits with low maintenance risks over the life of...
- White papers 2000-12-01
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- U.K., U.S. Join Clean Energy Partnerships
- The Department of Energy DOE recently announced that the U.K. plans to participate in the U.S. Clean Energy Initiative's Efficient Energy for Sustainable Development Partnership EESD, with the U.S. joining the U.K.'s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership REEEP. According to DOE, both countries plan to "leverage human and...
- Research articles 2004-05-26
- Nomination for an assistant secretary of energy and the Ambassador to the Holy See
- April 22, 1993The President announced today that he will nominate Archer Durham, a retired Major General in the U.S. Air Force, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Human Resources and Administration. He also formally announced his intent to nominate Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn to be Ambassador to the Holy...
- Research articles 1993-04-26
- When One and One Make One | BTalk Australia
- (17min 52) The last year has set a new record for the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Australia. Putting two companies together can be a long and complex process, with the potential for lots to go wrong. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Getting to the Root of a Problem
- Organizations often respond to financial and market imperatives by resolving problems with short-term solutions. Often, there are procedures in place to guide people's actions so that they spend minimal time on original thinking and then focus on the immediate requirements of the job. However, constantly relying on quick fixes requires...
- Articles 2007-10-11
- The ABC of Carbon | BTalk Australia
- (Episode 304; 16 minutes 04) This month author Ken Hickson released his book “The ABC of Carbonâ€, which looks at climate change and the opportunities businesses have to help correct it whilst driving efficiencies. The book has taken two years to research and write. The author is...
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- The Irrational Side of Change Management
- Most change programs fail, but the odds of success can be greatly improved by taking into account these counterintuitive insights about how employees interpret their environment and choose to act. In 1996, John Kotter published Leading Change. Considered by many to be the seminal work...
- Articles 2009-05-15
- Using Captives for Employee Benefit Risks
- The ground-breaking U.S. regulatory exemption that has allowed Columbia Energy to use its captive insurance company to finance employee benefit risk has not resulted in a groundswell of activity there, but elsewhere there is interest and talk of their enormous potential among human resources HR and risk managers alike. This...
- White papers 2002-10-03
- Managing Your Time as a Freelancer
- In theory, when you work in an organization, systems and processes are in place to help you manage your work. However, often it is these very systems and processes that drive people out of organizational contexts and into freelance work.The freelance world, on the other hand, is defined by its...
- Articles 2007-10-18
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