energy consumption

Touted as the world’s largest home improvement center, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) recently announced it has dramtically reduced its energy use in stores across the United States and Canada.

Everyone thinks about saving energy at home, but how often do you think about it in school?

The main thrust of the recent Central Penn Business Journal's "Energy Symposium 2010" was simple: companies should be smarter about energy usage.

Fifty vendors, more than 500 attendees and seven keynote speakers took part in the event at the Radisson Hotel and Convention Center in Pennsylvania’s East Pennsboro Township.

From CRT to LCD to Plasma, the world of television displays is constantly being revamped.

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it has received certifications for over 600,000 residential appliances in 15 different product categories in response to the Department's enhanced energy efficiency enforcement efforts.

Smart grids have become super sexy.  As with any sexy thing, you better keep your eye on it. 

If you went to the American Southwest this fall perhaps you got to see Al Gore and Sheryl Crow. But they weren’t the main attractions. Green building took center stage. The former vice-president and the singer/songwriter were on hand this month for the world’s largest conference dedicated to green building--Greenbuild 2009.

It’s a significant milestone, and one unheard of as little as 15 years ago, but the news that one million American homes are now Energy-Star certified is like a breath of fresh air in a landscape dominated by reports of

Consider this: buildings in the U.S., according to scientists at Berkeley Lab, consume 72 percent of electricity produced, and 55 percent of natural gas use. They account for about 40 percent of total U.S. energy consumption (costing $350 billion per year) and greenhouse gas emissions.