Submitted by Patrick on July 22nd, 2010
EFC steering committee member Vinod Khosla outlines a strategy to reduce carbon emissions in a recent Washington Post commentary.
Submitted by Patrick on July 13th, 2010
Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Peter Welch detail the many benefits of Building STAR.
Submitted by Patrick on July 12th, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Congresswoman Dina Titus visited the Las Vegas Joint SMACNA/Sheet Metal Workers Local #88 Training Facility on Thursday to discuss the benefits of Building STAR energy efficiency legislation.
Submitted by Patrick on July 6th, 2010
The Energy Future Coalition will host a forum on clean energy transmission in Portland, Oregon on July 14th.
Submitted by Patrick on June 3rd, 2010
Senator Sherrod Brown highlighted Building STAR at two events in Ohio this week. The energy efficiency retrofit program would create 6,600 jobs in Ohio and 200,000 jobs nation-wide over the next eighteen months.
Submitted by Patrick on May 10th, 2010
The Energy Future Coalition hosted representatives from the labor, manufacturing, contracting, real estate and restaurant sectors today to discuss Building STAR and how commercial building energy efficiency retrofits can help revive a depressed construction and manufacturing industry while saving consumers money.
Submitted by Patrick on May 6th, 2010
EFC will be hosting a panel discussion at the EE
Global convention on Monday, May 10th from 9AM to 11AM at the
Washington Convention Center, and we would love to see you there!
Submitted by Patrick on April 26th, 2010
Today, the Building STAR coalition launched a media campaign designed to highlight the commercial energy efficiency retrofit program. Building STAR would create as many as 200,000 jobs here in America by the end of 2011.
Submitted by Patrick on April 23rd, 2010
The 6th National 25x'25 Summit will be held from June 29
through July 1, 2010. The Summit is a must-attend event for anyone interested in harvesting America's renewable energy resources to combat our dependence on foreign oil, which has jeopardized our national security.
Submitted by Patrick on April 21st, 2010
Leading labor unions joined environmental groups, renewable energy
developers, electric utilities and other stakeholders recently in asking
Senate leaders to strengthen legislation to
enable the construction of new power lines to bring renewable energy
resources to market.