Posts Tagged ‘efficiency’
Retired Southwest Virginia Couple Goes Solar
Retired couple Kathy and Gary Selvage are happy they decided to put solar panels on their Southwest Virginia home.
Read MoreTwo N.C. Counties Make Energy Efficiency History
Two North Carolina counties — Yancey and Mitchell — have become the first in the nation to pass resolutions supporting the development of an “on-bill financing” program for energy efficiency improvements by their electric utility.
Read MoreEnergy Efficiency Offers Promise of Lower Electric Bills
By Brian Sewell Even as residential energy efficiency improves, the impact of home energy costs on low-income families in the Southeast has become more severe since the turn of the century, according to a report by Appalachian Voices. The report, titled “Poverty and the Burden of Electricity Costs in the Southeast,” found that in 2001…
Read MoreThe Emerging Efficiency Lobby: Diverse Interests Find Common Ground
By Molly Moore Conversations about blowing up mountains for easier access to coal or risking offshore oil spills to boost a corporation’s bottom line spark passions in a way that those about financing energy efficiency retrofits don’t. But wherever national energy dialogue goes, talk of energy efficiency and minimizing our energy consumption is sure to…
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