ENERGY EFFICIENCY
States Collaborate on Energy Efficiency
The network, which holds its first meeting next month, will follow the ambitious goals set out in the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, which has a 2025 target deadline in mind for making quantum leaps in energy efficiency.
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Festering Issue — The Cost of Smart Grid and
Who Should Pay
The price tag for upgrading the country’s system is set at $165 billion over the next two decades according to industry experts. As the costs mount, consumer advocates in Colorado and across the country are questioning how smart grid should be financed and who should pay the bill.
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GEO Funds Northern Colorado ENERGY STAR Program
NoCO ENERGY STAR Homes is a regional program with a focus on high-performance construction for new homes — homes that perform better than conventionally built homes.
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NREL Sets the Bar for Office Building Energy Use
The Research Support Facility will be a showcase for engineering net zero energy office design. “We want to take energy efficiency to Main Street,” said NREL engineer Shanti Pless. “The key is to make it a requirement and integrate energy efficiency early in the design process.”
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Colorado Sets Pace for Home Weatherization
A senior DOE manager joined Colorado officials in Aurora to highlight the state’s work in weatherizing low-income homes using money provided by the ARRA. Colorado has surpassed 2,000 homes since the program began July 1.
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It Pays to Save!
Breckenridge “Cashes In”
Despite the very cold temperatures on Thursday, a hearty group of managers from Breckenridge Ski Resort and Xcel Energy celebrated the resort’s receipt of a $110,800 rebate check for installing 70 new energy efficient snow guns and upgraded controls.
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GEO Launches Statewide Energy Outreach Program to Benefit Consumers
Working with utilities, local governments and service providers, the initiative will create a one-stop clearinghouse of information and resources regarding products, rebates, tax breaks and other incentives so that choices around energy efficiency shift from “brain damage” to “no-brainer.”
1Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Front Range Corridor Becoming Smart Grid Power Player –
Latest News: Power Tagging Lands Grant for eGrid
Said the Governor: “Power Tagging further extends the Colorado smart grid ecosystem with NIST, NREL and the most progressive green tech and smart grid projects in the country. Our state is creating the technologies that will allow all utilities to deliver power more reliably and affordably.”
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Historic Oxford Hotel Gets Efficiency Make-Over
The improvements have helped reduce the venerable hotel’s monthly electricity costs by 47%. Even in its earliest days, the Oxford maintained its own power plant with an advanced system of steam heating, electricity and gas lighting.
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Smart Grid Funding: A Step, Not a Solution
Like early-childhood education, smart grids are a cause that nobody doesn’t like. But there are many related and necessary developments that must happen before the technology can fulfill its promise to reduce energy demand and lower consumers’ power bills. For one thing, displaying a home’s energy usage doesn’t mean much unless the residents are willing to act on that information.
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GEO and Energy Outreach Colorado Partner
on Weatherization Improvements
The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) has selected Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC) in a competitive solicitation for a third-party administrator to provide weatherization services for large, multi-family buildings in Colorado.
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Colorado Moves Up in Latest Efficiency Ranking
In the latest ranking, Colorado joined a handful of states that moved up significantly on the list, going from 24th to 16th, not surprising given the extensive efficiency programs that Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility, has been implementing for businesses and consumers, as well as the efficiency focus of the Governor’s Energy Office under the Ritter Administration.
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Project Showcase –
More Capacity Using Less Energy
“Wastewater treatment typically represents a city’s single largest investment in the environment,” says Randy Earley, Utilities Project Manager for Boulder’s Public Works Dept. “Eenergy is an uncontrollable cost so we try to make our processes as efficient as possible to save money in the long run.”
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4CORE Lands Weatherizaton Contract with GEO
Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE) is partnering with Housing Solutions for the Southwest, NRG by Design and Southwest Conservation Corps on the $960,000 contract for service in Dolores, San Juan, Montezuma, La Plata and Archuleta Counties.
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Colorado is NOT Arizona
His critics will never acknowledge it, but executive leadership like the kind provided by Colorado’s governor can make a critical difference in a state’s economic well-being, even in the depths of a severe recession. Think we’re overstating the case? Take a look at what recently took place in Arizona, a state never known for consistent legislative policy-making.
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