Energy Conservation News articles from August 2002

Energy Conservation News archives from August 2002

OUTLOOK: States Call for Market- Based Climate Rules.
August 1, 2002... In a July17,2002,letter(seehttp://www.ago.state.ma.us/press_rel/climate .pdf) to President Bush, the attorneys general of Alaska, California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and...

GOVERNMENT: NY to Study Wind Farm.
August 1, 2002... The New York State (http://www.state.ny.us) Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is partnering with Erie County and Ecology & Environment, Inc. (E&E) of Buffalo to study the potential for developing the nation's first...

Real-Time Meters Cutting Costs.
August 1, 2002... California's big electricity customers are using nearly 500 fewer MW this summer-the equivalent of the output from a medium-sized power plant. The energy savings at peak use times come from the installation of real-time electricity meters...

ENERGY MANAGEMENT/FINANCING Utility Allocation Promotes Accurate Bills.
August 1, 2002... Enerwise Global Technologies (P.O. Box 390, Kennett Square, PA 19348; Tel: 610/444-1100, Fax: 610/444-5501; Website: http://www.enerwise.com) has modified its Utility Allocation offering by providing the ability to better measure tenant and...

RESIDENTIAL: Alloy Could Improve Mileage.
August 1, 2002... A new high-strength aluminum-silicon alloy developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, promises to lower engine emissions and could improve gas mileage in consumers' cars, boats, and recreational vehicles. The new...

COMMERCIAL: Energy Star Rating Tool for Hotels.
August 1, 2002... In recognition of the fact that the hotel industry spends almost $5 billion a year on energy, the EPA has just implemented an Energy Star rating system for these facilities. According to EPA, if hotels improved their energy efficiency by an...

Survey Updates Computer Data.
August 1, 2002... Commercial energy demand is growing at a rate of approx. 1.7% with the most rapid increases in demand projected for computers, office equipment, and telecommunications (see http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html). The DOE through their...

INDUSTRIAL: Deposition Technique Has Efficiency Applications.
August 1, 2002... A way to help next-generation computers boot up instantly, making entire memories immediately available for use, has been developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (http://www.sandia.gov) and Pacific Northwest National...

Technology Recovers "Unusable" By-Product.
August 1, 2002... A technology developed by Engelhard Corp. (101 Wood Ave., Iselin, NJ 08830; Tel: 732/205-5000 or 800/458-9823, Fax: 732/906-0337) is enabling a California oil and gas producer to generate revenue from the sale of an otherwise unusable...

Laser Sensor May Saves Millions.
August 1, 2002... Hoping to save the paper-manufacturing industry millions of dollars in energy costs, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Environmental Energy Technologies Division scientists have developed a laser ultrasonic sensor that measures paper's flexibility...

TRANSPORTATION: GM Study on Fuel Cell Vehicles.
August 1, 2002... General Motors (300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48265-3000; Tel: 313/556-5000, Fax: 248/874-2760; Website: http://www.gm.com), with input from several energy companies and Ludwig Bolkow Systemtechnik (LBST), a research institute in...

Hybrid Buses Have Greater Efficiency.
August 1, 2002... A recently released study by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393; Tel: 303/275-3000; Website: http://www.nrel.gov) concludes that hybrid buses operate with...

Cutting Energy Waste from Idling Vehicles.
August 1, 2002... EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) has been fielding applications for research that will identify ways to reduce fuel waste and air emissions due to vehicle idling. While the Bush NEP (National Energy Plan) specifically...

UTILITIES/POWER GENERATION Utilities Can Tap Unused Line Capacity.
August 1, 2002... A new device developed by EDM International, Inc. (4001 Automation Way, Fort Collins, CO 80525; Tel: 970/204-4001, Fax: 970/204-4007; Email: info@edmlink.com) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI, 6220 Culebra Rd., P.O. Drawer 28510, San...

Coal Plant Boasts High-Efficiency.
August 1, 2002... The U.S. Department of Energy has approved plans to shift the site of the world's first fuel cell to be linked to a clean coal technology power plant-a move that will give the power industry an earlier-than-expected preview of a super-clean,...

First Hydrogen Generator Set.
August 1, 2002... Ballard Power Systems (9000 Glenlyon Pkwy., Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J9, Canada; Tel: 604/454-0900, Fax: 604/412-4700; Website: http://www.ballard.com) and Ford Power Products, the power train sales office of Ford Motor Co. (1 American...

APPLIANCES: Cool Chips Passes Milestone.
August 1, 2002... According to Cool Chips, PLC (COLCF) their labs are now producing Cool Chip prototypes which have active tunneling areas of up to 10% of the surface area of each device. This is a significant technical achievement as it demonstrates that it is...

HVAC: High-Efficiency Compressors.
August 1, 2002... Major fuel cell designers are turning to scroll compressors for critical air and fuel delivery through fuel cell stacks. Scroll compressors have become common place in vapor-compression refrigerant systems widely used in space conditioning...

LIGHTING: Ballast Control Will Cut Costs.
August 1, 2002... International Rectifier (233 Kansas St., El Segundo, CA 90245; Tel: 310/726-8000, Fax: 310/322-3332; Website: http://www.irf.com) has just introduced a new ballast control IC with integral power factor correction (PFC) for linear fluorescent...

Food Chain Controls Costs.
August 1, 2002... Electric City (1280 Landmeier Rd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007; Tel: 847/437-1666, Fax: 847/437-4969; Website: http://www.electriccityeccc.com) has begun a $12 million project with A&P Food Stores to install EnergySavers to reduce A&P's...

INDUSTRY NEWS: 250-kW Fuel Cell Plant Slated for NJ College.
August 1, 2002... FuelCell Energy, Inc. (http://www.fuelcellenergy.com) and its partner, PPL Energy Services, a subsidiary of PPL Corp. (2 N. 9th St., Allentown, PA 18101-1179; Tel: 610/774-5151 or 800/345-3085, Fax: 610/774-4198; Website:...

RESOURCES: Efficiency Standards Reports Released.
August 1, 2002... A number of reports released this month provide invaluable information on energy efficiency issues. First, the California Energy Commission has released two new reports related to the 2005 Energy Efficiency Building Standards in California. The...

Design Tool Analyzes Building Energy Cost.
August 1, 2002... Imagine being able to estimate the energy life-cycle costs of a new building by simply entering numbers into a software program. Thanks to the new Energy-10 design tool, this is now possible. The new software-Energy-10 Version 1.5-is an upgrade...

CALENDAR.
August 1, 2002... October 22, 2002. Pumps & Systems Expo, Ft. Washington, PA. Contact: Hydraulic Institute, 9 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 07054; Fax: 973/267-9055; Website: www.pumps.org November 5-7, 2002. Energy Efficiency Business Week 2002, Prague...