Energy Conservation Goes Way Beyond Fuel....

Think about electricity efficiency as well as just fuel for energy savings.  Here is some energy data that you'll find interesting and compelling:

*Electricity use per home rose 23 percent from 1981 to 2001 according to the Department of Energy.

*The Census Bureau says 89 percent of single-family homes completed in 2006 within the U.S. had installed air conditioning, up from 46 percent in 1975

*If we merely improved just 5 percent as a nation in electric efficiency we could prevent 90 large coal-fired power plants from having to be built over the next 20 years, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

*Companies are working on software and sensor networks (EnerNOC is one) that can remotely dim lights or adjust refrigeration temperatures inside businesses, in an instant.

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Best regards, Michael Caruso