Two-thirds of that energy consumption in the home is space heating.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey should ramp up the efficiency of our energy system and invest in home-grown renewable energy to boost the economy and reduce consumers' exposure to rocketing gas prices.
More than half of consumers expressed interest in participating in utility-sponsored energy-management programs, especially programs that allowed them to manage energy consumption through devices in the home or an online portal.
On a typical day, the wind turbine at the Miami-Dade Museum can meet about 10 percent of the energy needs in a South Florida home, and the largest wind producer in the country is over at Juno Beach.
The energy required just to build your new home--energy use inherent in the materials from lumber to concrete and wire--inhaled 10 SUVs.
In many cases, more than 90% of the equipment and materials used in home energy retrofits (PDF) are made in the United States.
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These working women have poured into the general economy an immense flood of brainpower and energy that previously was locked up in the home.
Much like the Recovery through Retrofit plan we launched last week to boost the weatherization and retrofit industry, these devices will help you greatly improve the energy efficiency in your own home.
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He also wants the Energy Department to release the 2 million barrel petroleum stockpile in the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.
The more energy we produce at home, the less vulnerable we are to disruptions in politically unstable oil-exporting countries.
The company also demonstrated a home energy-management system that would connect all appliances in the house, potentially over the internet, to show homeowners where they're wasting energy and how they could save money by being more efficient.
When the sun is low and the air is still, the implicit price of energy in my Belize home is sky high.
Stuart Rolland, managing director of British Gas Smart Metering, said the installation would "revolutionise home energy use in Cardiff by putting an end to estimated bills and making it possible to clearly see and understand the energy you're using as you're using it".
For energy consumers, such a strategy, if successful, will inevitably mean shortages of energy, and higher costs at the fuel pump, in our home utility bills, at grocery and clothing stores, and in any other good or service whose cost is in any way dependent on the cost of energy or transportation.
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Mackay started the home treatment in September and had more energy almost immediately.
The solar-energy system for our hypothetical home in Brooklyn paid for itself in just five years, thanks in part to large local incentives.
In the residential sector, combined with the home Energy Efficiency Scheme and Boiler Scrappage Scheme, a total of 25, 000 Welsh homes were improved and made cheaper to heat during 2010-11.
Total energy stored in the battery packs is 82kWh, enough to power an average home for about a week.
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Since Google can't be the only multibillion-dollar technology company having all the home energy monitoring fun, Microsoft's jumping in with "Hohm" -- like a portmanteau of "Home" and "Ohm, " get it?
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The kit also includes a smart plug that can remotely control devices in the home and report back on a current and historical energy usage.
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And Sasha brought home some energy-efficient bulbs that we have to put in the house.
Ford, along with the rest of the industry, has been beset by overcapacity in the world automotive market, record energy prices and slowing economic growth in its home North American market.
Bacher continued to work as a doctor until the late 1970s, but he was also committed to keeping cricket alive in his home country - and this, controversially, took over his energy in the 1980s.
If every home in the U.S. were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas off the power grid (32 million homes).
This President is committed to an all-of-the-above approach in our energy development, which means increasing production here at home, a focus on natural gas and its importance for our energy future, as well as investments in clean energy.
On Wednesday, March 24th, Secretary Duncan will meet with students and parents that stand to benefit from the American Opportunity Credit for college expenses at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA. Secretary Chu will visit Seaway Manufacturing Corporation, a manufacturer of energy efficient home improvement products that qualify for the Recovery Act tax credits, in Erie, PA on Friday, March 26th.
To conservation-minded home or business owners, the turbines are an investment in clean energy and one way to ease America's dependence on foreign oil.
Ford and its business associates worked with researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology to create a computer model that calculates the electricity usage of a typical single family in their home for one year and the associated savings with moving to an energy-efficient lifestyle.
One outlier is the HERO (Home Energy Retrofit Opportunity) program, which appears to be thriving in western Riverside County, California.
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The main purpose is to equip parent leaders with ideas and energy for helping others in home communities to help ALL our children succeed.
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