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February 4, 2013

Climatemaster Trilogy 40 Q-Mode™ Wins ASHRAE Award

The 2013 Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHR) Expo Innovation Awards recognize products that help provide safer, healthier, more efficient and more comfortable environments. More

December 21, 2012

DOE and GE's GeoSpring Heat Pump Water Heater Is Coming Home

Energy Department research in heat pump water heaters is saving families $325 per year on energy bills. More

December 13, 2012

Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap: Geothermal (Ground-Source) Heat Pumps

BTP announces a R&D Roadmap identifying potential activities and technical innovations that may enable substantial improvements in residential and commercial buildings. More

December 12, 2012

Sustainable Building Technologies Drive Energy Savings in the United States

A new report shows that combining building efficiency improvements, made possible by innovations in chemistry, with lower-carbon fuels could lead to a 41% reduction in energy use and a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.  More

November 19, 2012

2013 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit - Technology Showcase

The 2013 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit hosts the Technology Showcase that features breakthrough technology developments, entrepreneurs and researchers ready to collaborate, and decision makers looking to invest. More

November 14, 2012

IEA: Shift in Energy Balance Includes Renewables, Efficiency

The International Energy Agency (IEA) declares that North America leads the shift in global energy balance, and that shift includes a movement to renewable energy and energy efficiency.  More

November 7, 2012

USDA Announces $3 Million in Smart Grid Funding

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $107.5 million in loan guarantees to modernize and improve rural electric systems, including nearly $3 million in Smart Grid technologies in North Dakota and Wisconsin.  More

October 31, 2012

Report: More Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies Used in 2011

Americans used less energy in 2011 than in 2010 due mainly to a shift to more energy efficient residential and transportation technologies, according to the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).  More

October 31, 2012

United States' Clean Energy Patents Soar, Report Indicates

The number of clean energy U.S. patents granted in the second quarter of 2012 reached a new high, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index.  More

September 26, 2012

New York Brings Energy Efficient Technologies to Market

New York has launched a $30 million initiative to accelerate the market utilization of emerging, cutting-edge energy efficiency technologies.  More

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