By Davis Wax As the indiscriminate budget cuts known as the sequester cause fissures throughout the federal government, programs that protect public health and the environment are feeling the crunch. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s budget is being cut from…
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The Inside Scoop on Residential Efficiency Policies
By Matt Grimley Jim and Edrianna Stilwells’ home in Fairview, N.C., is immersed in nature. It sits at 3,500 feet and offers nearly 360 degrees of mountainous views. It was designed to be energy efficient, and with lessening their carbon…
TAGS: Clean Energy Financing Energy Efficiency Energy Efficient Tax Credit Energy Saving Energy-Efficient Mortgage Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Solar Energy Solar Investment Tax Credit Weatherization Assistance Program
A Case for the Smart Grid
How adding intelligence to an aging system could put control in the consumers’ hands By Davis Wax While we can often take our 21st-century technology for granted, whether it is the next smartphone, laptop or means of digital storage, there…
TAGS: electricity Enegy Saving Energy Efficiency FREEDM Kentucky Roadmap Initiative Smart Grid Technology
Powering with Change
On-bill financing helps low-income co-op members retrofit their homes By Matt Grimley The Great Depression was a time of dust bowls and poverty, but at least cities had electricity. The rural areas had it rough. Citing high development costs and…
Central Virginia LEAPS into Energy Savings
By Cat McCue For a nonprofit organization just barely three years old, the Local Energy Alliance Program has racked up some impressive numbers: 1,000 homeowners served, 7 million kilowatt-hours of electricity conserved and a total of $500,000 annually saved on…
The Means to More Efficient Ends
Energy Conservation Takes Businesses to New Heights By Brian Sewell If not in person, most Americans have seen the Empire State Building in pictures and postcards, along with the emerald light that often illuminates the upper reaches of the spire.…
The Appalachian States of Energy Efficiency
By Matt Grimley Every year, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy releases rankings on individual state’s energy efficiency performance. And every year, Appalachia is middling at best in saving energy. The ACEEE’s State Energy Efficiency Scorecard examines everything from…
TAGS: Energy Efficiency Energy Savings Georgia Kentucky North Carolina Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia
Power to the People
By Molly Moore It’s no coincidence that the words “electricity” and “power” can be used interchangeably. Our society owes a huge debt to electricity — it’s often easier to recount the aspects of our lives that are connected to an…
TAGS: Dominion Duke Energy electricity Electricity Cooperatives Energy Efficiency Energy Savings Power Progress Energy
A Story of Perseverence
Hiker Overcomes Medical Condition to Complete Final Leg of AT By Molly Moore Exploring the mountains wasn’t a part of Kenneth Bordwell’s childhood in Dayton, Ohio. His father read news clippings about Grandma Gatewood, a remarkable woman from southeast Ohio…
TAGS: abdominal aortic aneurysm Appalachian Trail Grayson Highlands State Park Kenneth Bordwell Laurel Falls Mt. Rogers Nantahala Smokies
Trek Across Georgia’s Rooftop
Story and photo by Peter Barr Two short hikes in northern Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains climb to the state’s highest peaks and reward visitors with its most stunning views. While the elevations of Brasstown Bald and Rabun Bald reign supreme…
