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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...
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Tue, Nov 11 2009 9:22 AM
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Hansen, Dain
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One Step at a Time
This week we saw something that hadn’t happened in over a year: growth in real GDP. Indeed, real GDP expanded 3.5 percent on an annualized basis during the third quarter, bolstered by consumer spending, business equipment spending, housing construction and exports. In a bit of a statistical quirk...
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Fri, Oct 10 2009 3:07 PM
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Lego, Brian
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The $14 Trillion Question
Times like these can test an economist's mettle. Since everyone seems to be interested in hearing the answer to one question, namely "Is the recession over?", it helps when you can give with some degree of confidence a reply of yes (or no). Moving from recession to recovery is not a process...
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Fri, Aug 08 2009 4:03 PM
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Lego, Brian
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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...
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Thu, May 05 2009 10:07 AM
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Moldoveanu, Andrei
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Environment
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High Performance Buildings
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Federal Buildings Acquisitions
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HPBCC
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
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Schweitzer, Eric
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meters
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Billions of Dollars for Energy-Efficient and Smart Grid Technologies
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the economic stimulus bill, which aims to rejuvenate the struggling U.S. economny. Within this bill were many NEMA-supported provisions. For the past several months, NEMA met with President Obama's staff and Hill staff to secure funding for NEMA's...
Published
Wed, Feb 02 2009 10:39 AM
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Hansen, Dain
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Economy
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The Next Shoe to Drop
So far the big news in real estate remains the depression-esque performance of the housing market. And with good reason, since the plunge in housing prices and surge in foreclosures has precipitated much of the economic mess we are now in. However, the commercial side of the real estate market is emerging...
Published
Fri, Feb 02 2009 10:54 AM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
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$68.5 Billion in Stimulus for Grid-Related Projects
Now that the house has sent its version of the stimulus to the Senate, we at NEMA have been able to take a closer look at how the various programs will assist the electroindustry. I estimate that about 30 programs will get $68.5b in the form of direct grants, loan guarantees, or tax incentives, as shown...
Published
Mon, Feb 02 2009 12:19 PM
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Hsieh, Eric
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Smart Grid
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