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Energy Assessment Training Reduces Energy Costs

Energy assessment training has proven to reduce energy costs for organizations and homeowners alike. While energy efficiency promises to cut emissions, reduce dependence on foreign fuel, and create green jobs, realized savings give energy efficiency a...

How the Feds are Making Renewables Faster and Cheaper

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently proposed reforms to the interconnection regulations for small generators – those with a capacity of 20 MW or less. These reforms are meant to make the interconnection process for solar and wind...

10 Ways to Improve the Solar Permit Process

The U.S. solar industry has reached a point in which the cost of solar in comparable to the costs of retail electricity in many states.  The costs of photovoltaic (PV) modules have experienced rapid decline due to fierce international competition and...

8 Myths About Wind Energy

The wind industry's rapid expansion in the past few years underscores the industry's significant potential to create jobs, spur economic activity, reduce water use, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, all while producing clean electricity. However, many...

Renewables: They Are Who We Thought They Were

Dwight D. Eisenhower once said that it is not only necessary to do the right thing, but to do it the right way, as well. Sustainability is all too often just a fluffy word that implies doing the right thing, but it is important to make sure we are doing...

What the Home Energy Performance Industry is Missing

Recently, the Building Performance Institute (BPI) announced that it would be changing its requirements to become recertified as a home energy performance professional. Going forward, depending on how many years of experience the contractor has, the field...

What the Sequester Means for the Clean Energy Workforce

Now that the Sequester has officially begun, people are wondering what the impacts will be, both long term and short term. The message from the two sides of the political spectrum could not be more opposite. Republicans are confident that the concern...

A Look at LEED v4 [Infographic]

Can the Government Itself Achieve Obama's New Energy Efficiency Goal?

During his State of the Union Address, President Obama set the goal for the entire US economy to become 50% more energy efficient in the next 20 years. This objective is being hailed as an ambitious but achievable target, one that was endorsed by the...

Crowdsourcing and Scaling Rooftop Solar Energy

First the good news; in 2011 and 2010, total installed capacity of solar energy doubled, in 2012 there was more installed capacity through three quarters than all of 2011 combined. The average price of a solar panel has declined 58% since the beginning...