Great Valley Center
Energy Efficiency
Efficiency already paying dividends for new Mercy Medical Center campus
Feb 18, 2010Carol Ritter, Merced Sun Star
An effort to make sure their new hospital is energy-efficient paid off Wednesday for Mercy Medical Center.
The Merced Irrigation District, which is providing power to the new hospital on North G Street, presented a check for $119,700 to the hospital for exceeding energy requirements on the new facility.
SMUD lands $36M in federal grants to improve customers' energy efficiency
Feb 11, 2010Staff Reports, Sacramento Business Journal
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District on Thursday was awarded $36 million in federal stimulus grants to help its customers improve their energy efficiency, which in turn will help the utility reduce demand on its system.
‘Smart’ Electric Utility Meters, Intended to Create Savings, Instead Prompt Revolt
Dec 13, 2009Matthew L. Wald, New York Times
Millions of households across America are taking a first step into the world of the “smart grid,” as their power companies install meters that can tell them how much electricity they are using hour by hour — and sometimes, appliance by appliance. But not everyone is happy about it.
California No. 1 for energy-efficiency measures
Oct 21, 2009Sacramento Business Journal
California took the top spot among states implementing energy-efficiency measures, according to a report released Wednesday.
Judged on six policy areas, California led Massachusetts, Connecticut and Oregon in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. Washington placed seventh in the 50-state rankings.
Report on Energy Star Lays Out Flaws, Highlighting Compact Fluorescents
Oct 19, 2009Matthew L. Wald, New York Times
The Energy Star program, run by the government, is supposed to bestow a seal of approval on consumer products that use less energy than competing models. But it has a number of flaws, as laid out in a new report released by the inspector general of the Energy Department, which administers the program with the Environmental Protection Agency.
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