A hearty thanks to NEEC members who have renewed their 2011 dues (we hope that the new on-line payment system has worked well for you – let us know if it did or didn’t). And for those who … [Read more...]

Earlier this month, President Obama, in a speech at Penn State University, called energy efficiency the best (albeit least sexy) way to a job producing clean energy economy. [By the way, NEEC members … [Read more...]

Last Thursday, Feb. 3rd, President Obama addressed the new Penn State University energy efficiency center proposing a series of steps under a Better Buildings Initiative – a 20% improvement in … [Read more...]

The 2009 Washington State Energy Code became effective on January 1st. One day trainings focusing on the changes to the Non Residential Energy Code (which now covers multi-family buildings as well) … [Read more...]

At its January 2011 Conservation Advisory Committee meeting, the Energy Trust provided results and analysis of its efforts in residential energy performance scoring (EPS) as well as it highly … [Read more...]

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), a non-profit organization working to maximize energy efficiency in the Northwest, announced its 2011 Board of Directors, welcoming four new members as … [Read more...]

Last month, President Obama signed into law a tax package that contains modifications and extensions to energy efficiency tax incentives for homeowners, home builders, and appliance manufacturers. … [Read more...]

The City of Seattle’s $20M federal stimulus award for community based approaches to energy efficiency got a jump start at the Obama White House early this week and will be followed by a local … [Read more...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a funding opportunity that will provide up to $5 million in seed funding to hire a Program Administrator who will continue to develop and operate DOE's … [Read more...]