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Amory Lovins has sometimes been accused of having excessive techno-optimism. However, you can judge for yourself by watching this intriguing 27-minute presentation. If you are having trouble with the embedded video, you can go to the TED.com site of the talk at http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy.html. Amory Lovins is the Cofounder, Chairman and Chief Scientist at . . . → Read More: A 50-year plan for energy Greetings Everyone, Lots of exciting things going on – more details to follow but here are a few quick hits: 1. Next meeting is tonight – Tuesday – at 7pm in the Library. 2. We are investigating the possibility of organizing an effort to put solar panels on one of the York schools. The . . . → Read More: April YEEC meeting tonight Paul Ledman, a Maine builder, recently unveiled his three-unit structure in Portland’s Munjoy Hill neighborhood as a “model for sustainable building, using solar power, air source heating and heavy insulation to nearly eliminate monthly utility bills while maintaining high quality living spaces.” The three-unit building uses no fossil fuels, creates enough energy that it . . . → Read More: Portland structure touted as model for energy efficient building A coalition calling itself Maine Citizens for Clean Energy is gathering signatures to for a ballot initiative that would mandate that Maine’s electrical utilities “get 20 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2020.” From the Oct. 27, 2011 Bangor Daily News: Six years before Maine utility companies are required to get . . . → Read More: Maine Clean Energy Initiative aiming for November 2012 ballot Hard to believe that solar photovoltaic panels are becoming economical enough to be used for heat as well as electricity. An Oct. 23 article from the Portland Press Herald points out that PV panels cost half what they did only three years ago. The falling price of photovoltaic panels, along with the advent of . . . → Read More: Solar panels to help heat a building? The Sustainability Center at Southern Maine Community College will begin offering classes this fall on various aspects of energy efficiency at the school’s new sustainability facility. The Sustainability and Energy Alternatives Center will offer classes to both matriculated students and community members, according to Director John Brautigam, appealing to “someone who wants to be . . . → Read More: SMCC preps for alternative energy future Want to know what energy saving incentives might apply to you? Select the appropriate options and click “View Incentives.” if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget(’3652cea3-1d51-4b74-8689-16ce2ebe15a1′);Get the DSIRE Search widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) Check it out. The following is a copy of a guest editorial in the May 6-19, 2011 York Independent (http://www.yorkindependent.net/) written by YEEC member Victoria Simon. In a publication titled “Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?” the National Priorities Project informs us that environment, energy and science receive 3 cents for every tax dollar. That includes research . . . → Read More: Working to make clean energy a top local priority  Comments are closed  Climate change, Energy conservation, Environmental regulations, Recycling, Solar energy For a variety of reasons, the York Energy Efficiency Committee will not be hosting an energy fair this year. However, the good folks in Portsmouth, N.H., will be holding their fourth annual Sustainability Fair on Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. This year it is at a new location, Portsmouth . . . → Read More: No energy fair this year in York An environmental group says off-the-shelf solar hot water technology could save more than 7 million gallons of oil in Maine at a time when oil prices are rising. As Oil Prices Soar, Report Finds Solar Hot Water Would Save Mainers $, Oil Portland, ME - As oil prices rise steeply, an Environment Maine report released . . . → Read More: Report urges Mainers to move to solar  |
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