This letter from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) updates power company representatives on climate change activities and initiatives. It discusses recent recommendations accepted by EEI's Board of Directors to support voluntary climate programs and facilitate industry collaboration. EEI is developing options for voluntary climate activities and establishing collaborative initiatives for members. It requests responses to evaluate potential new initiatives focused on renewables and energy services.
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A handbook for policy makers in the renewable energy field in Ontario. The handbook places a heavy importance on better consultation and public education on energy matters when it comes to the planning of large-scale energy projects and makes several suggestions on how to improve this. The handbook is timely as it was written in the context of the 2013 LTEP. In addition it serves as an accessible scientific reference guide for decision-makers and the broader public alike.
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Doubling the share of renewables by 2030 could deliver around half of the emissions reductions needed and, in combination with energy efficiency, keep the rise in average global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius
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This is our household energy transition Annual Report for 2021 It is in a similar format to my reports for previous years. For the first time in many years we did not make significant changes to our household energy systems over the year. Out biggest step forward was getting a Tesla Model 3 in March 2021. Wonderful!
Presentation from a Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies public forum on climate change by Eban Goodstein, Director, Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
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Doubling the share of renewables by 2030 could deliver around half of the emissions reductions needed and, in combination with energy efficiency, keep the rise in average global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius
The State of Solar Energy, 2014: Is Solar Energy now mainstream? What can we expect for 2015.
This step by step slideshare outlines the facts that put solar energy as the new energy source for the next decade.
This is our household energy transition Annual Report for 2021 It is in a similar format to my reports for previous years. For the first time in many years we did not make significant changes to our household energy systems over the year. Out biggest step forward was getting a Tesla Model 3 in March 2021. Wonderful!
Presentation from a Cary Institute of Ecosystems Studies public forum on climate change by Eban Goodstein, Director, Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
The 2009 American Recover and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) promises substantial funding for energy efficiency programs – to the tune of $26 billion – and many in the business of energy efficiency such as TAC are looking for ways to access its funding. In order to educate its employees and partners on the impact of the ARRA, TAC presented an educational webinar in which Callahan addressed the stimulus package, the Obama administration's impact on energy policies, and the role TAC can play in delivering energy related projects.
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For the global sustainability community,
the most effective catalyst of change
has long been seen as the informed
self-interest of the mainstream financial
community: if banks and investors
could be convinced of the proximity of
environmental risk or societal impacts,
then it has been assumed that capital
diverted from ‘unsustainable’ practices
would render all other interventions
unnecessary. In practice though, the
sustainability community has found
the financial sector a hard nut to crack.
Although recent years have seen a
substantial increase in the integration of
environmental, social and governance
(ESG) data forming part of investment
analysis, the continued emphasis on shortterm
results and incentives has pushed
longer-term environmental risks, such as
climate change, outside of the boundary
of risks contemplated by mainstream
analysts. That is, until recently.
OverviewIntroduction to WeatherizationPeople are using more en.docxalfred4lewis58146
Overview
Introduction to Weatherization
People are using more energy in their homes today than ever before. Unfortunately, much of this energy is wasted.
The Department of Energy began the Weatherization Assistance Program in 1976 to aid low-income families by weatherizing their homes. These families, in turn, conserve energy, save money on energy bills, and invest in their local communities.
There are many agencies and organizations that can help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
1A
identify how buildings can consume large amounts of energy.
1B
explain the purpose of the Weatherization Assistance Program.
1C
recall the names different organizations involved in the green building industry.
Module 1 Reading Assignment
Krigger, J., & Dorsi, C. (2012). Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings (6th ed.). Helena: Saturn Resource Management, Inc. Introduction.
Supplemental Reading Assignments (Required):
Bradshaw, J. L. (2010). Cost-effectiveness of weatherization in low-income urban housing stock. Unpublished master's thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, (pp. 1-105).
Millhone, J. P. (2010). The "longest running and perhaps most successful" U.S. energy efficiency program. Federation of American Scientists, (pp.1-17).
Lecture Notes
Introduction to Weatherization
Buildings consume 40 percent of the world’s total energy. Buildings use 25 percent of the planet’s wood harvest and 16 percent of its water resources. Building use represents 70 percent of total human resource consumption, including energy, water, and materials combined. Energy is defined as the ability to produce tasks such as:light
heat
motion
sound
growth
technology
Appetite for Energy
The world population is increasing exponentially. No one knows exactly how many human beings there are on the face of the Earth, but a healthy estimate by the University of North Carolina places it at just under 7 billion people and increasing at a rate of 3-4 people per second.
In 1800, the worldwide population estimate was about 978 million people. In 1850, the estimate was 1.262 billion people. In 1900, at the beginning of the 20th century, an estimated 1.650 billion people populated the Earth. The world’s population is greater than ever before and, because of this growth, the global energy appetite is unprecedented.
In the 1800s, when people were scattered over the face of the Earth and the congregated masses formed clusters of mere thousands, energy consumption was not a critical issue. When they burned wood or straw for heat and cooking, they had little impact on the environment. However, as the population grew and more people moved into cities, the demand for energy began to increase.
A Period of Change
The global energy appetite is beginning to experience a period of change that will affect everyone. Eventually, petroleum products will become scarce an.
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A letter from Dan Fitzsimmons, president of the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY) to NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressing profound disappointment that Cuomo intends to let the Nov. 29 date slip by without releasing new drilling rules to allow shale gas drilling in the state.
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President Obama penned a letter to Congressman Nadler of New York outlining how the Iran deal is a key piece of our strategy to help our allies in the Middle East counter Iran's destabilizing activities.
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The minimum wage helps support family incomes, reducing inequality and poverty, but as a slide deck from the Council of Economic Advisers shows, as the real value of the minimum wage has been allowed to erode, it has stopped serving this important purpose.
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Check out the slides from the enhanced broadcast of his address, featuring charts, graphs, and images that help explain the policies and issues he discussed.
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Check out the slides from the enhanced broadcast of his address, featuring charts, graphs, and images that help explain the policies and issues he discussed.
See more at WhiteHouse.gov/SOTU.
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President Obama believes we have a moral obligation to lead the fight against carbon pollution. Share the details of his plan to help make sure people in your community get the facts.
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Learn More: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/preventing-gun-violence
President Obama is calling on Congress to make sure that taxes don’t go up on 98 percent of American families next year, as they are scheduled to do January 1, 2013. Learn more about his plan in this new infographic.
The Obama Administration recognizes that the interconnected challenges in high-poverty neighborhoods require interconnected solutions. The Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative is a community-based approach to help neighborhoods in distress transform themselves into neighborhoods of opportunity.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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Efl ~EDISON ELECTRIC
INSTITUTE
August 2, 2002
TO: Power Partners Company Contacts
SUBJECT: CLIMATE ACTIVITIE I UPDATE. AND RESPONSE
REQUESTED ON POjSSIBLE INDUSTRY INITIATIVES
EEl is writing to you as your conpany's principal climate representative in
order to update you and your C9on recent activities and to request your
response on possible industry-wide initiatives.
Much has occurred to give further impetus to voluntary climate change
activities subsequent to the April 22 letter to EEl member company CEOs
from the co-chairs of the EEl Fjolicy Committee on Environment (PCE),
James Rogers and Alan Noia, and EEl President Thomas Kuhn. At the June
EEl CEO meetings, the Board of Ebirectors accepted the recommendations of
the PCE that EEl continue to 1) suhport the President's climate plan to reduce
greenhouse gas intensity and flexible, cost-effective, voluntary climate
programs; 2) facilitate company designation of a climate program director to
work with EEl, with the Department of Energy on Power Partners, with the
Environmental Protection Agency pn Climate Leaders, and with other federal
agencies; and 3) develop a solid fundation for the probable formation in the
near future of a CEO-level Climate Change Task Force that will increasingly
interact with senior Administration officials.
We are pleased to report that 3mebrcpanies and the Tennessee
Valley Authority (WVA) have desgae e resetatives (see enclosed list)
thus far. EEl has also worked wihtesxohrpower sector groups under
the Electric Power Industry Climt Initiative (EPICI) umbrella to form seven
working committees (see encloe description of committee structure and
membership). Additional volunter for the EPICI committees are welcome.
EEl anticipates that the White Huse and federal agencies will launch a fall
rollout of a package of climate actions, including federal government science,
technology R&D and international initiatives, as well as "Business
2. Power Partner Company Contacts
August 2, 2002
Page 2
of events to
Challenges" such as Power Partners. We expect this package and trade
CEOs
occur as early as October, with the involvement of several
association heads.
to demonstrate
It is imperative that EEl and our member companies continue Administration's
leadership on this issue, in light of the upcoming rollout of the
and legislative
climate package, the uncertain climIate titles in the energy bill,
proposals that would effectively imleent th ytrtocol.
will be presented
A detailed report of all of the activitieBs described in this letter in Colorado. At
and discussed at the EEl CEO meetings in early SeptemberEEl CEO Global
those meetings we expect to call for the formation of an
Climate Change Task Force.
EEl Activities and Possible IndusrIntaie
have been
On the reporting side, EPICI, EEl and member companies to the DOE
extremely active, filing a voluminou s set of comments in response
revisions of the
notice of inquiry in June and preparing for the upcoming
Energy Policy Act 1605(b) guidelines.
to you shortly for
On the program side, EEI is 1) de veloping and will provide for member
your review a draft workbook ofl good practices and options a range of
company voluntary climate activities and 2) establishing The EPICI
collaborative, industry-wide initiat~ives open to any company. help EEI staff
to
Options and Initiatives Committee will jeet later this month
develop the options workbook and to promote industry initiatives.
industry initiatives
EEl, Allegheny Energy and EPF1,I currently have three
one-pagers: 1) "UtiliTree II,"
under way, which are described irn the enclosed the Lower Mississippi River
an initiative to fund tree planting projects in
use of fossil fuel
Valley; 2) "Resource Wise," a probram to encourage greater
mine land.
combustion by-products; and 3) a program to reforest abandoned
initiatives that
We are currently evaluating sevep additional, possible industry scored the best
focus on renewables and retail energy services. Six of these added based
was
in a consultant study conducted fr EEl; a seventh initiative An executive
on preliminary indications of strorjig member company interest. of the seven
summary of the Navigant Consulting study, plus brief analyses
possibilities, are enclosed.
3. Power Partner Company Contact
August 2, 2002
Page 3
to round
if warranted, EEl would like to select the best of these possibilities
consideration.
out a diverse menu of industry initiatives for member company time, not firm
We are only asking You for expressions of interest at this
marketing"
commitments. if some of these potential initiatives pass this "test
phase, we will then come back to you to ask for your participation and
Initiatives
support. Accordingly. Please filll out the enclosed "Climate 2002.
Response Form" and fax it back by C.O.B. Friday. Augiust 16.
if you have any questions, please contact me at 202-508-5617
at 202-508-
(bfana~eei.org) or Eric Holdsworthl Director, Climate Programs, and to your
5103 (eholdsworth eeiorQ~). We look forward to your responses
continued participation in support of voluntary climate programs.
Sincerely,
bWilliamL. Fang
Deputy General Counsel
and Climate Issue Director
Enclosures (7)
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cc (wI endls):
Thomas R. Kuhn
Quin Shea
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bcc (wI encls):
L. LeMaster
0. Owens
L. Logan
J. Kinsman
J. Roewer
E. Holdsworth
M. McGrath
R. Tempchin
S. Kiesner
R. McMahon
C. Linderman
bcc (w/o enlc-s):
EEl Global Climate Change Issue Team