The Energy Information Administration (EIA) just this year released their report releasing data from 2009, stating heating and cooling energy has fallen 10% from 1993 to 2009, from 58 to 48 percent, due to increased adoption of more efficient equipment, better insulation, more efficient windows, population shifts to warmer climates, and more. Although this is [...]  Read More

In just the last year, global carbon dioxide emissions from energy use rose 1.4 percent to a record-setting 31.6 gigatons, according to the Washington Post. A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) said these numbers put the planet on course for temperature increases well above international climate goals, posing a risk of catastrophic consequences for [...]  Read More

Home buyers in Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have an easier way of finding houses with certain energy efficient features, after the Northstar Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC) have recently added two new fields to measure a home’s energy efficiency: the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) score [...]  Read More

For many years the damage and destruction following hurricane disasters have wreaked havoc on oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, often disturbing production and causing prices to soar. However, gas traders no longer have to fear these powerful natural disasters due to gas production from the Gulf of Mexico falling steadily over the years. [...]  Read More

Understanding and protecting the environment: there’s an app for that, well over 230 apps to be exact. The Environmental Protection Agency launched its Apps for the Environment Challenge in the summer of 2011 to get software developers to find new ways to combine and deliver environmental data in smartphone and tablet applications. The result of [...]  Read More

Timing is everything, and this holds true to wind energy. With today’s technology, wind generation is most effective at night mainly because of the low demand for electricity. It’s when energy consumers turn off their lights and crawl into bed when wind turbines produce an abundance of energy. Unfortunately, there is no existing viable way [...]  Read More