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Promoting Green Jobs for the Future
Macie Schreibman
As we are working hard here to put the July/August annual training-focused issue "to bed" (that's magazine speak for getting it ready to send to the printer), I got to thinking: training really is the guiding force behind the future of the efficiency industry. I mean, what do we have if we don't have proper training and techniques? [continue reading]
Century Club Award Winners
Macie Schreibman
In life, there are some clubs that you are just dying to be a part of. In the life of a home performance contractor, that club is the Century Club. Defined by an award given each year by EPA and DOE, the Home Performance with Energy Star Century Club Award recognizes companies that improved the energy efficiency of more than 100 homes in a year through the Home Performance with Energy Star program. This year’... [continue reading]
The Cost of Energy in NYC
Macie Schreibman
In New York City, office buildings consume nearly 80% of all the city’s energy, making that energy weigh in at $2.50 per square foot—nearly $1 more than the national average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. [continue reading]
Efficient Cooking
Ted Shoemaker
A recent study done by Germany’s Bonn University has determined the most energy efficient ways of cooking. The study, done by Professor Dr. Rainer Stamminger and his assistants, was commissioned by the HEA, a German organization that supports energy efficiency. The results were presented to the Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL) 2011 international convention in Copenhagen, Denmark, and it was sponsored by the European Commission and the Danish Ministry of Climate ... [continue reading]
Healthy Homes Leader Awards
Kenae Boyer
HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) and its partners are excited to announce the inaugural 2011 Healthy Homes Leader Awards. For the first time ever, we will acknowledge and honor the extraordinary achievements of those who are "Leading the Nation to Healthy Homes, Families and Communities." You're invited to nominate colleagues, state and local leaders, agency teams and programs that have made significant contributions to making our homes, families and communities healthier ... [continue reading]
What's Hot in Hot Water
Macie Schreibman
During ACEEE’s Hot Water Forum that took place in Berkeley, California last week, not only did I learn a bit about water pipes and their distribution, but I also learned how the Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center at the Berkeley Marina does their laundry. Just another hot topic among the professionals, manufacturers and specialists that came together to discuss what’s happening in the world of hot water. [continue reading]
A Gathering of Efficient Minds
Macie Schreibman
Last week, home performance contractors gathered in New York and called upon the state to pass on-bill financing, which would allow moderate-income families to have access to funding for their energy efficiency retrofits. Organized by two local groups, Efficiency First and Building Performance Contractors Association, the efficiency advocates held news conferences in both Long Island and Syracuse to get the word out. [continue reading]
41st Earth Day Exceeds 100 Million Acts
Marsha Johnston
From sixth-grade Iraqi mine survivors planting trees without hands and Detroit school kids building a plastic bottle boat to Malays cleaning up their waterfalls, individuals and organizations from Delhi, Louisiana to New Delhi have racked up over 100 million Acts of Green in honor of the 41st Earth Day, which took place on April 22. The achievement puts Earth Day Network’s Billion Acts of Green campaign well on the road to success for delivering a ... [continue reading]
100 Homes and Counting...
Macie Schreibman
On April 15, 2011, Homes for Our Troops, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 2004 that's dedicated to helping veterans who have returned home from combat with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001, kicked off the build of its 101st home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Homes for Our Troops is building this particular home (see photo) for U.S. Army Sergeant Jude Recendez who lost both of his legs while deployed to Baghdad, Iraq in 2006. [continue reading]
Blair Hamilton (1949–2011)
Macie Schreibman
Known to most in the industry as the co-founder (with his wife, Beth Sachs) of Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) and Efficiency Vermont, Blair Hamilton will be remembered professionally for his dedication to affordable energy efficiency—and personally for so much more. At 61 years of age, Hamilton passed away on April 8 after a long battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. [continue reading]
