China, Top Player in World A/C Market, Raises Efficiency Bar
China implemented one of the world’s most stringent energy efficiency requirements for room air conditioners today. The move by the globe’s largest buyer an...
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California’s Swimming Pools to Get Even Better
The California Energy Commission decision to adopt updated state standards for replacement pool pump motors positions the state as an energy efficiency leader o...
Swapping Out the Last 1.5B Incandescent Bulbs in US Homes
Despite American’s rapid acceptance of energy-saving LED light bulbs, there are still about 1.5 billion sockets in the United States that contain some type of...
California Leads the Way Again—This Time on Light Bulbs
California has once again demonstrated its environmental leadership by adopting updated energy efficiency standards that will prohibit the sale of inefficient l...
DOE’s Latest Proposal to “Save” the Incandescent Is Illegal
The Trump administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed NOT to update the minimum efficiency standards for light bulbs and groups like NRDC are poi...
Pres. Trump, Light Bulbs Don’t Cause People to Look Orange
President Trump has been talking a lot lately about light bulbs and complaining that they make people look orange, are toxic, and cost too much. He’s sadly mi...