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- Air Distribution Systems
- This Codes and Standards Enhancement CASE Study provides information to support including air distribution efficiency measures into the nonresidential energy efficiency standards standards. Air distribution system construction in light commercial buildings is often very similar to that in residential buildings. This study analyzes the savings potential of improving the air...
- White papers 2000-11-28
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation: Trends and Policy Issues
- This staff paper provides background for the efficiency workshop that is part of the public input process for the Integrated Energy Policy Report, a report to the Governor and Legislature. Trends in electricity and natural gas usage at the customer level and the contributions of different types of "demand side"...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Solano County
- Founded in 1850, Solano County has been at the forefront of local governments championing renewable energy and conservation. Since the 1980s, Solano County has undertaken numerous energy efficiency projects, as well as installed its own combined heat and power system at its Fairfield campus. Nevertheless, the County continued to face...
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- Metlab Plant-Wide Assessment
- This article describes about aircraft manufacturers. Metlab was founded in 1928 as a manufacturer of aircraft components. As part of its early manufacturing process, Metlab invented and patented the first "drop-bottom" furnace that allowed parts to be lowered into a quench tank directly under the furnace in a matter of...
- Case studies
- Smart Energy Strategies Integrating Solar Electric Generation and Energy Efficiency
- In Spring 2002, Alameda County successfully completed the fourth largest solar electric system in the world atop the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California. The Santa Rita Jail is the largest energy user of Alameda County's government buildings. This solar installation, the nation's largest rooftop system, was commissioned to help...
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- A Utility That Practices and Preaches Energy Efficiency
- Minnesota's largest natural gas distribution company serving Minneapolis and more than 240 other communities, needed to reduce electricity costs at its liquefied natural gas production and storage facility, they selected a Capstone MicroTurbine combined heat and power CHP system. The Capstone MicroTurbine generates onsite electricity for peak shaving to lessen...
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- Clinton: Energy Efficiency Is Not Sexy, But Important Low-Hanging Fruit
- Former president Bill Clinton acknowledged Monday during the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 that energy efficiency is not sexy. But, he said, it's the easiest-to-reach low-hanging fruit that will create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "It's worth remembering that the least sexy topic is where the jobs are,"...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Roofing: Energy Efficiency - More Than A Simple Black & White Issue
- The days when heating and cooling costs were a relatively insignificant line item on a facility manager's budget are long gone. Oil prices, though lower than they were last year, remain high and extremely unstable. Natural gas and coal prices are also on the rise. All of these increases and...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Bangor Naval Base Silverdale, Washington: Innovation Brings Cost Savings and Energy Efficiency
- Bangor is the headquarters for the Commander Navy Region Northwest and serves as one of two homeports to the Navy's Trident ballistic missile submarine fleet. Johnson Controls' goal in its work with Bangor is to provide service that is faster, better, cost efficient and more effective than in the past....
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- Alameda Power & Telecom Receives Community Service/Resource Efficiency Award
- ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Alameda Power & Telecom's innovative "Efficient Schools Program" has earned a Community Service/Resource Efficiency award from the California Municipal Utilities Association CMUA. "When schools and support facilities use resources efficiently, the entire community benefits," said Meredith Owens, Alameda Power & Telecom's Energy Management Supervisor. "Energy-efficiency measures...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
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