Boulder council to consider climate goals, carbon tax
Daily Camera
Perhaps the most well known and successful of those programs is EnergySmart, a joint effort by the city and Boulder County that provides energy audits and encourages homeowners and businesses to make energy-efficiency upgrades.

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Small changes reap big savings
Vancouver Sun
Enter your address or the address of a home you want to buy at www.walkscore.com. This tool calculates a walkability score based on the home's proximity to transit, grocery stores, schools and other amenities. Home improvement . Get an energy audit.

Cobb EMC board chairman to exit March 1
Cherokee Tribune
In 2010, the board ended that highly controversial and unusual benefit for future directors, and members overwhelming ratified a bylaw change to that effect last September. In April 2009, Chadwick's home was among the sites raided by Georgia Bureau of ...

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The Forecaster
The envelope, please: Falmouth church benefits from building retrofit
The Forecaster
The first workshop, “Save Energy, Save Dollars,” takes place Feb. 1 and will be largely lecture based. The program aims to teach people about the home as a system, energy audits, home retrofits and products and available financial incentives for making ...

French biofuel aid helps farmers, costs public: study
Reuters
By Gus Trompiz | PARIS (Reuters) - French state support for crop-based biofuels has brought benefits for farming but also hidden costs for motorists who have ended up having to consume more fuel and pay higher prices, the government's auditor said on ...

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Legislature should restore funding to Focus on Energy
Janesville Gazette
Scott Walker and legislative leaders significantly cut funding to Focus on Energy, the energy efficiency program that helps residents and businesses lower energy bills. A recent legislative audit demonstrates that the benefits of Focus on Energy more ...

CPS can check energy leaks
San Antonio Express
Casa Verde SA marks it's 3000th home to receive weatherization through the program partnered between CPS Energy and the City of San Antonio. The home of Elisa M. Teveni, 83, was the 3000th to receive the benefits of the program.

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Triple Pundit
10 Green Building Predictions for 2012
Triple Pundit
Builders and remodelers who are plugged into changing consumer preferences (smaller homes, reduced energy bills) have been able to capitalize on energy upgrade work. They have moved into the energy audit and residential retrofit market by either ...

GreeningRozzie: How to create your own green home
Wicked Local
Insulating and air sealing your home can reduce heat loss during the winter and conserve cool air during the summer. Many companies can assist you in insulating and air sealing your house, and you can sign up for a free energy audit from ...

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This is Money
Parliament: Predicted Benefits of UK Smart Metering Program Overblown
IEEE Spectrum
Well, UK government officials are going public with claims that the country's upcoming £11.7 billion smart metering program will be a boon to energy suppliers while the average consumer will see hardly any benefits. The five-year program, according to ...
Which? warns of energy smart meter 'fiasco'BBC News
£11bn plan for smart meters in every home will benefits energy giants but not ...This is Money
Smart meter rollout will cost consumers millions, Which? warnsGreenwise Business

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The Earth-Friendliest of the Philadelphia Home Show
Patch.com
Allentown-based Green Eco Solutions has a wide array of products and services to help trim your energy bill. An in-home energy audit is just the start—their offerings include specialty insulation products, high-efficiency windows and solar ...

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Marketing and Human Resources Staff Promoted at SmartWatt Energy's Corporate ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
SmartWatt Energy's energy-efficiency services include construction-grade energy audits, value-engineered designs, self-performed installations, utility incentive procurement, facilitation of EPAct 2005 tax deductions and maintenance support.

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Paladin Energy Ltd: Quarterly Activities Report for Period Ending-31 December 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
The annual external safety, health and environment National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA) audit at Langer Heinrich Mine (LHM) for the period December 2010 to November 2011 was conducted and a preliminary 5 Star platinum performance rating was ...

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10 Green Building Predictions for 2012 from Earth Advantage Institute
MarketWatch (press release)
Energy upgrades start to drive home remodels. Builders and remodelers who are plugged into changing consumer preferences (smaller homes, reduced energy bills) have been able to capitalize on energy upgrade work. They have moved into the energy audit ...

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Best bang for your buck
Ottawa Citizen
For insulation, anything less than R12 in the walls and basement, R20 for exposed floors and cathedral ceilings and R40 in the attic calls for upgrading, says Ross Elliott of Ottawa's Homesol Building Solutions and a veteran home energy auditor and ...

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USA TODAY
Americans are stressed, but we're getting used to it
USA TODAY
By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY Americans' stress is down for the first time in five years and at its lowest point since 2007, finds an audit of self-reported stress to be released today. Kim Poer, 51, cleared out her living room to use as a yoga room at ...

SunCoke Energy, Inc. Announces Election of Karen B. Peetz, John W. Rowe and ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Mr. Henderson also serves on the board of directors of Compuware Corp., where he serves as Chairperson of its Audit Committee. Alvin “Al” Bledsoe was elected a director of SunCoke Energy, Inc. in June 2011. Since October 2010, Mr. Bledsoe has been a ...

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Tax Traps of 2012
NuWire Investor
A $500 credit for energy-efficient home improvements (such as windows, insulation and heating systems) has expired. Also chopped: a state and local sales tax deduction; higher-education tuition and fees deductions, the deduction for student loan ...

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ICF lands huge Pepco energy-efficiency contract
Fierce Energy
... ICF will promote increased residential energy efficiency through programs for lighting and appliances, home energy audits, home performance, heating and cooling and new construction. Education of key stakeholders on the energy savings benefits of ...
ICF International Wins $12 Million Energy Efficiency Contract with Pepco ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

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Rand residents hear results of WVU energy audit
Charleston Gazette
A team from West Virginia University's Industrial Assessment Center presented the findings of an energy audit Monday night to about 40 local residents at the community center. The team, directed by Dr. Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan, conducted an assessment ...