by srmi | Jun 20, 2012 | Energy News, Home Energy Efficiency
According to Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, energy efficiency is “using less energy to provide the same service”. We all strive for energy efficiency for different reasons. Maybe you want to reduce your impact on the environment, or to simply lower...
by srmi | Jun 18, 2012 | Energy News
Differences in Energy Use Over the years, I learned a little about how Europeans use roughly half of the energy, per person, as we Americans do. This is true even though most buildings in Europe have no insulation! I lived in Prague, in the Czech Republic, between...
by srmi | Jun 12, 2012 | Energy News
Good Decisions are Important to Our Energy Future There’s a problem for the future. Solving our energy crisis requires making good decisions and avoiding bad ones. Fortunately the right decisions are good for the economy. They’re good for carbon reduction...
by srmi | Jun 6, 2012 | Energy News, Home Energy Efficiency
Saving Electricity and Staying Cool in Hot Weather Summer is just around the corner and for many that means air conditioning. Unfortunately it can also mean higher electric bills. But you can do something about it. Saving electricity for air conditioning is easy if...
by srmi | May 29, 2012 | Energy News
I’m annoyed when renewable energy trumps energy conservation in the media, and nowhere is this tendency more prevalent than with liquid bio-fuels. Biomass Energy Efficiency To make a gallon of ethanol, start with 23 pounds of corn with a potential energy of...
