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Congressional Unveiling of Major Energy Savings and Carbon Reduction...

Do you want to save 4.48-7.95 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon annually (equivalent to removing approximately between 3-5.4 million automobiles annually)? Do you want to save 25 to 42 Terawatt hours (billion kWh) per year (equivalent to 3 to 6 nuclear power plants or 6 to 10 coal-fired plants)? Do...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2009 9:22 AM by Hansen, Dain

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, General, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, electricity, economic stimulus, Emerging Technologies, climate change, Energy Resources, Congress, manufacturing, energy

Another "Baby Bottle" finding . . . . Whom do you believe?

This morning brought an announcement of another “official” government finding concerning the hazards of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical building block used primarily to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. If you’ve paid even minimal attention to current events the past few years...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 3:57 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environment, Regulation

REACH – Two Years In

Earlier this week I attended a day-long seminar at a DC law firm that provided a status report on implementation of REACH, the ground-breaking regulatory program for chemicals under construction in the European Union. In a landmark “paradigm shift,” the entry-into-force of REACH in 2007 made...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2009 8:58 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

NEMA Call to Action Legislation is Introduced

Last week saw many months of effort by NEMA staff and member company reps rewarded by introduction in the US House of Representatives of HR 2420, The Environmental Design for Electrical Equipment Act ("EDEE Act"). This proposed legislation would codify into US law Phase I of the NEMA Call to...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 4:22 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

HPB Congressional Caucus Issues Recommendations on Federal Buildings Acquisitions

Several days ago the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus issued a series of recommendations regarding Producing High-Performance Federal Buildings . The first one on the list asks Congress to require that for all Acquisitions of Federal Buildings True Life-Cycle Analysis and Decision - Making...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 10:07 AM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Environmental Design, Environment, economic stimulus, High Performance Buildings, Federal Buildings Acquisitions, HPBCC

Green Claims Advisory: Coming Soon to a Marketing Department Near You

I have been thinking a lot lately about the sea change in policy and the role of government we are witnessing here in Washington with the new Administration and the current Congress. While there is a much larger story to tell on that subject, it was a small story in today's Washington Post that caught...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 8:59 AM by Silcox, Clark

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Environment

Fact Versus Fiction on Energy Storage Systems

Often, important emerging technologies get caught up in misconstrued facts and misunderstandings of capacities and roles in an already technology-driven and confusing world. An example of this can be found in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, "Getting Real on Wind and Solar" by James Schlesinger...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 5:45 PM by Schweitzer, Eric

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, transmission, grid, PHEVs, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, demand response, wind, economic stimulus, meters, Emerging Technologies, Energy Storage

FOX - Misleading viewers on batteries

The FOX media network’s “Green It-Mean It” video campaign took a turn for the bizarre recently with a segment on single-use batteries. Entitled “Batteries,” the video asserts that most batteries sold each year are disposed in landfills where they “leak toxic chemicals into our land and air.” Behind a...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2009 3:47 PM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: Environmental Design, Environment

Misinformation at a California Conference

This week I flew to the West Coast to make a presentation on behalf of several NEMA sections at a solid waste management industry conference. The morning after my arrival, I took the opportunity to stroll the conference exhibit hall, where a number of waste industry product and service providers were...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2009 10:28 AM by Kohorst, Mark

Filed under: General, Education and Training, Environment

Energy Storage Technology Is Vital For "Smart" Grid Efforts

NEMA is taking the lead in making Smart Grid and Energy Storage technologies a reality. The NEMA Energy Storage Council (ESC) has held successful meetings where attendees have drafted a list of application categories that help define where Energy Storage (ES) and Distributed Generation (DG) technologies...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 12:08 PM by Schweitzer, Eric

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, Environment, Regulation, transmission, grid, Intelligent Transportation Management, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, NARUC, electricity, demand response, wind, DC power distribution, Economics

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Congressional Unveiling of Major Energy Savings and Carbon Reduction...

Another "Baby Bottle" finding . . . . Whom do you believe?

REACH – Two Years In

NEMA Call to Action Legislation is Introduced

HPB Congressional Caucus Issues Recommendations on Federal Buildings Acquisitions

Green Claims Advisory: Coming Soon to a Marketing Department Near You

Fact Versus Fiction on Energy Storage Systems

FOX - Misleading viewers on batteries

Misinformation at a California Conference

Energy Storage Technology Is Vital For "Smart" Grid Efforts