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Don’t let energy vampires suck away your holiday cash
Green Right Now Reports
You don’t have to wait for next Halloween to track down energy vampires in your home. Any time of the year will do.
Just follow these Alliance to Save Energy guidelines, which are fun for kids and can be enlightening for adults too.
First step, turn off all the lights and appliances in the house. Take a flashlight outside to see if the meter is still running. It probably will be, because you’ve got things on “stand by” all over the house — hair dryers, phones, computers, televisions, DVRs.
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Tags: · Alliance to Save Energy, appliances, energy drain, Energy vampires, KillAWatts, save energy, standby energy costs
Drive Smarter for the holidays
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
The Alliance to Save Energy is promoting its Drive Smarter Challenge in anticipation of Americans being on the move for the holidays. The challenge offers tips to bolster your mileage and other ways to trim transportation costs, some more effective (rent a hybrid) than others (use the right oil for a 2 percent improvement in mileage).
But even though these travel tips are wildly divergent – take a train, drive during off-peak hours – they should get most families thinking about conserving in these still-tough economic times.
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Tags: · Alliance to Save Energy, Drive Smarter Challenge, driving tips, GasBuddy, gasoline conservation, gasoline prices in America, improving your gas mileage, inexpensive gasoline, MapQuest
Old newspapers can keep you warm
By Bill Sullivan
Green Right Now
The next time you take a stack of old newspapers to the recycling bin, you might be helping make your home a more comfortable — and efficient — place.
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Tags: · Air Krete, Alliance to Save Energy, Cellulose, cementitious, denim, energy rebates, fiberglass, home insulation, polyurethane foam, UltraTouch denim insulation, US DOE
Schools go net-zero in Kentucky and win national award
By Diane Porter
Green Right Now
There’s a shiny green report card out in Warren County, Kentucky this month.
The county’s school district won the Alliance to Save Energy’s 2009 Andromeda Award for its programs, which include $4 million in energy savings over the last five years, a 28 percent energy use reduction, a daily curriculum that focuses on energy efficiency and Energy Star ratings on four buildings. But the star of their show undoubtedly is the new Richardsville Elementary, a Warren County School on target to become the nation’s first net zero energy public school when it opens in fall of 2010 (see photo above).
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Tags: · 2009 Andromeda Award, Alliance to Save Energy, energy efficiency in schools, Energy Star, geothermal power, Green Schools, Kentucky, LEED certification, net zero school, Recycle & Reuse, Richardsville Elementary, Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, Solar Power, Warren County
Beware the Snackwell Syndrome; it could sabotage your energy savings
April 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
From Green Right Now reports:
Power bills got you down, and you can’t figure out what you’re doing wrong because you’re trying to do so much right?
The Alliance to Save Energy wants you to realize the most from your efforts to reduce electricity consumption, so they’ve released this checklist for you to consider as you try to trim those galloping electric bills:
1 – If the payoff from your home fleet of energy efficient products doesn’t seem to be reducing your electric bill, ask yourself is it the “dreaded  Snackwell effect”? Are you gulping energy in the belief that your more efficient computer, TVs and refrigerator will curb the bill so significantly you no longer have to worry? This phenomenon, akin to dieters indulging on low-calorie foods (like Snackwells) because they estimate that they’re consuming fewer calories overall, could be giving you a false perception of the energy-tightening you’ve done.
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Tags: · Alliance to Save Energy, conserve energy, Electricity, energy consumption, energy efficient appliances, Home Energy, power strips
A window of opportunity, tax credits for key home improvements
From Green Right Now Reports
Looking to replace your windows this year? Well, look out, you may qualify for newly increased tax credits of up to $1,500 if you install an energy-saving product.
The new government stimulus package includes tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements such as installing new exterior windows, doors, air conditioning systems or insulation. The new legislation extends tax credits through 2010. Most of these improvements were increased from $500 to the new $1500 cap; a cap of $200 for windows was removed.
If windows are on your mind, SeriousWindows, of Sunnyvale, Calif., is promoting energy efficient models that it claims are 200 to 400 percent more efficient than regular old Energy Star rated windows.
Many other firms sell windows, and many of those meet the Energy Star designation; windows must at least meet that test to qualify for receiving a tax credit.
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Tags: · Alliance to Save Energy, Energy Star, Home Improvements, Serious Windows, Tax Credits, windows
How the House stimulus bill would help green your house
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
The $819 billion economic stimulus plan passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday has been criticized for containing too many short-term measures aimed at stimulating the flagging economy – or too few; for being too focused on green infrastructure – or not focused enough.
Those arguments aside, there are many provisions in the House bill that passed Wednesday that will help individuals and their communities save money and energy, and in doing so, take a swipe at global warming.
“The House bill adopted (yesterday) would make increased energy efficiency a hallmark of the nation’s economic recovery with the infusion of federal funds for efficiency initiatives throughout the economy – to consumers, to businesses, to state and local governments, and more,” said Kateri Callahan, president of the advocacy group, Alliance to Save Energy.
According to the Alliance, which has sifted through the massive bill to pull out the energy-saving components, there are several meaningful ways money will flow from D.C. to help green America. Many of these measures also will create spending, for example, by offering consumers incentives to buy hybrid cars and newer furnaces.
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Tags: · Alliance to Save Energy, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, clean energy, energy tax incentives
Energy Group Asks Congress To Not Give Up On Green Energy Tax Incentives
The Alliance to Save Energy, a 30-year-old coalition of business, political, consumer and environmental leaders, today urged the U.S. Senate to adopt a bill that would grant or extend tax credits to consumers for energy-saving home improvements, while also potentially stimulating the economy.
The bill, The Jobs, Energy, Families & Disaster Relief Act of 2008, would [...]
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Tags: · Alliance to Save Energy, Alternative Energy, Tax Credits, Tax Incentives
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