Energy Efficiency Investments as an Economic Productivity Strategy for Texas

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy / by John A. “Skip” Laitner http://www.aceee.org/research-report/e112 Texas, among the fastest growing states in the country, has a significant opportunity to improve its productivity by quadrupling its investments in energy efficiency over the next two decades.   This assessment reviews and updates a 2007 study competed by ACEEE and provides … Continue reading »

Meeting Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Goals in the U.S. Steel Industry: A Need for Breakthrough Production Technologies

US Department of Energy http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/steel/pdfs/steel_whitepaper.pdf [From Executive Summary] The steel industry is an important contributor to the U.S. economy and provides a vital raw material to the industrial supply chain….Reducing carbon emissions has…been a major priority for the industry. Since 1990, the U.S. steel industry reduced its carbon emissions by 35%, achieving one of the … Continue reading »