Posted on: Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
President Eisenhower once said, “I have only one yardstick by which I test every problem, and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?” Civil unrest in the Middle East, natural disasters, nuclear explosions in Japan, and our nation’s insatiable appetite for foreign crude oil, all pose a threat to America’s national energy and security position. (more…)
Posted on: Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Michigan’s largest wind farm to date, 213 MW, is now being built near Breckenridge. Eighty or more turbines have been installed. When finished, there will be 133 1.6 MW GE turbines in the wind farm. (more…)
Posted on: Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
The State of Michigan adopted ASHRAE Energy Standard 90.1-2007 in early March, 2011, leap-frogging past ICC 2006, which referenced Standard 90.1-2004. The state’s building code still referenced Standard 90.1-1999. (more…)
Posted on: Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 11:23 am
On December 14, 2010, PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Bond legislation was signed into law by Governor Jennifer Granholm. The bill only covers commercial real property so it should not run afoul of the FHFA, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, the agencies most opposed to such financing. It’s widely believed Ann Arbor will be the first city to implement a program involving PACE Bonds since Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County officials were instrumental in its support and passage. (more…)
Posted on: Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 at 10:24 am
Nobody who had the good fortune to attend the 2011 IDEA Conference: Detroit, came away unaffected. Generously sponsored by Advertising Age and Crain’s Detroit Business, held at the Center for Creative Studies in the Taubman Center, the event delivered an overwhelming shot of inspirational juice for the approximately 400 entrepreneurs who attended this all day affair. (more…)
Posted on: Monday, March 21st, 2011 at 10:39 am
The new American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Standard just came out on February 10, 2011. This Standard establishes a methodology for building energy use data collection and its compilation and analysis. (more…)
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