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Will smart meters benefit consumers?
Smart meters can deliver energy saving information, technology solutions and price signals to consumers. We just need to get the roll-out right.
Gill Owen

Dec 6, 2012

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Demand management: A clean winner in the low-carbon race
To manage demand, we need an effective price signal. A “cash for clunkers” trade-in deal for old air conditioners is one option.
Tim Buckley

Nov 16, 2012

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How energy efficiency and renewables can save the planet
The IEA says that if climate goals are to be met, then energy efficiency and renewables will be the two most important abatement measures.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 13, 2012

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Smart meters, deregulation seen as cures for rising power bills
The federal government’s final Energy White Paper names retail price deregulation, increased community engagement, improving the efficiency of energy networks, and the nation-wide roll-out of smart meters as some of the key critical reforms needed to help lower retail electricity prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 8, 2012

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Energy efficiency vs energy supply: Which should be our focus?
A new US study shows that twice the effort is going to developing supply technologies than to improving the efficiency of end-use technologies.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 30, 2012

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New energy efficiency system passes the Army tank test
US Army research has been applying the thermoelectric effect to an M1 Abrams tank, in a project that could ripple out to the civilian sector.
Tina Casey

Oct 30, 2012

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SAGE defence: A solar powered army of energy managers
Alongside its cutting-edge and utility-scale green energy projects, the US Army is also undertaking a critical experiment in energy efficiency at base camps.
Tina Casey

Aug 23, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Energy Action rides wave of power price confusion
Energy management outfit reveals solid FY12 profit; US EPA coal rule spiked. Plus drought warning; China solar salvo; Czech solar FiT cut; and plastic-powered plane.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 22, 2012

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The climate fix that dare not speak its name
The power price debate raises the importance of energy efficiency. Could this long-overlooked pillar of climate policy finally have its turn in the sun?
Andrew Ure

Aug 22, 2012

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Japanese smart home cuts power use by 88%
Osaka Gas and Sekisui House’s Smart Energy House project has seen a three-person household cut its power use by 88%, and CO2 emissions by 103%.
Charis Michelsen

Aug 8, 2012

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Another shot in America’s light bulb war
In the US, another light bulb deadline looms, with the phasing out of T-12 fluorescent tubes. But where’s the outrage?
Tina Casey

Jul 16, 2012

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One small step for energy efficiency
The government’s proposed national framework for appliance efficiency is a major breakthrough – hopefully the first of many.
Alan Pears

Jul 9, 2012

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