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The EPA now provides Energy Star toolkits to help houses of worship become more energy efficient. (it was news to me that the EPA already has free Energy Star toolkits for other facilities like schools, retail businesses and the healthcare industry). The toolkit helps building managers track energy usage, climate change emissions, set goals for emissions cuts and energy efficiency, and prioritize investments in efficiency upgrades. They also get: Technical support from Energy Star “How-to” guide for analyzing and upgrading the facility (including a detailed Building Upgrade Manual) Energy equipment and service contractors and utilities Information about Energy Star labeled products National and local recognition Public relations materials to promote your efforts Marketing Resources There are about 370,000 houses of worship in the U.S.; if they improved their energy efficiency by 10 percent, they would prevent more than 1 million tons of climate change emissions and represent a cost savings of about $315 million a year. Houses of worship that use the Energy Star toolkit and meet standards for the program could earn a performance rating and the Energy Star label for their congregation buildings. via Energy Star and GreenerBuildings.com

It’s a good time to get energy efficient at home , what with a down economy and efforts by federal, state and local governments, and utilities to decrease our overall energy use and create a new, more secure, green economy. … since these are the utilities that I know best. But most utilities offer similar rebates. For more detailed information about these and other California rebates for efficiency upgrades and water and energy efficient appliances , see Flex Your Power. …

GridPoint, Inc. and Coulomb Technologies demonstrated smart grid enabled smart charging stations for electric vehicles during the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach. The integrated solution uses Coulomb’s ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in electric vehicles and GridPoint’s smart charging software application to extend the ability of municipalities and utilities to manage vehicle-charging load. The networked infrastructure solution can rapidly adapt to critical grid events while prioritizing the need to provide fuel for electric vehicles. In times of peak demand or during critical grid events, utilities are able to utilize public charging infrastructure to manage the electricity load. Demand response events can be dispatched system-wide or targeted to specific locations within the distribution system.