A national vision for energy change. HERE.

North Pole, Alaska, purchased 11,000 LED Christmas lights to decorate a 65ft. white spruce for its Christmas in Ice event. HERE.

Give the gift of efficiency this holiday season. HERE.

Make small changes towards going green. HERE.

Energy efficient options for your home in the winter. HERE.

Blinds Express now selling even more efficient blinds. HERE.

LEDs to be used instead of mercury lamps in microscopes for faster tuberculosis detection. HERE.

More than 30,000 energy efficient light bulbs have been handed out in Cape Verde as a part of an energy-saving campaign. HERE.

NComputing has come out with a PC unit that uses 95-99% less energy than traditional PCs, and it only costs $70, and it will last about 10 years longer! HERE.

Sunovia announces partnership with Beacon Products, and development and marketing of LED products. HERE.

Enbridge Gas Distribution in Toronto, Ontario, is offering free Novithrem™ Reflector panels to customers in homes built before 1980. HERE.

No matter how difficult it is for most of us to be upset about the dropping gas prices we need to remember the end goal: more efficient cars. HERE.

Starwood hotels going to install energy efficient televisions in an effort to cut long-term costs. HERE.

KONE Inc. going forward with project to install seven new KONE EcoSystem MR elevators in historic, art-deco Market Square building in heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center Area. HERE.

A new store for energy efficient products, QVB Store, is set to open on November 5 of this year. HERE.

Fuel efficient cars supported in Europe. HERE.

California’s energy policies have saved on energy and created more jobs. HERE.

Recognition for greater energy efficiency among top naval commands. HERE.

Talking about Energy Star homes. HERE.

New Orleans, Brad Pitt, and… energy efficient homes??? HERE.

California gets first place on ACEEE’s 2008 Energy Efficiency Scorecard. HERE.

Environmental questions and answers with Dino Rossi, Republican candidate for Governor of Washington. HERE.

Presidential candidates on energy efficiency. HERE.

Obama urging Americans to start saving more energy in homes. HERE.

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce helping small to mid-sized businesses connect to more energy efficient programs. HERE.

Angstrom Microsystems Corp. announces the launch of a new product that will raise the bar for high-performance computers. HERE.

Ethanol production may be more efficient that previously thought. HERE.

Incentives for data centers going green. HERE.

Puget Sound Energy wants to pass through the higher costs the utility pays for purchasing natural gas supplies for its customers. HERE.

KraussMaffei unveils a new energy efficient plastic/rubber injection moulding machine called the AX. HERE.

Obama’s plan for energy efficiency. HERE.

North Carolina Duke Energy chief, Jim Rogers, still facing opposition for his proposed Save-a-Watt program as well as for possibly shady dealings in the past. HERE.

Tony Callahan, senior vice president purchasing, planning, and design for Beazer Homes, estimates an anual cost savings of $500 with energy efficient appliances. HERE.

“This project combines my two great passions - affordable housing and energy efficiency,” said Alexander Robers. HERE.

Sam’s Club to offer solar panels and other high efficiency items in Southern California. HERE.

CDW reports that while ninety percent of IT professionals care about energy efficiency fewer than fifty percent have it. HERE.

Gary Smith building energy efficient accommodation units for vineyard workers. HERE.

Colleges have more incentive to be efficient with the recent passing of the Higher Education Sustainability Act. HERE.

Five things to remember when you’re thinking about replacing/repairing the old windows. HERE.

Free software to help consumers make their PCs more efficient. HERE.

The United States Department of Energy is pushing a 50% reduction in energy consumption for new buildings. HERE.

New ADC data center set to be 25-30% more efficient than other data centers. HERE.

Method will provide incentives for its suppliers to become more energy efficient. HERE.

Dell releases it’s new hybrid PC. Uses 70% less energy than comparative models. More information HERE.

Duke Energy Corp. in North Carolina is facing quite a bit of opposition to its planned “Save-a-Watt” program. The opponents argue that it is too expensive and doesn’t save nearly enough energy. HERE. HERE. HERE.

AT&T joins the Green Grid to help promote more efficient data centers. HERE.

New website, GreenMadeSimple.com, had easy-to-use infomation about local, state, and national incentives for energy efficiency. HERE.

$6.9 million in grant money given to 27 individuals and businesses by the USDA to be used for increasing energy efficiency of farms or businesses and developing renewable energy systems. HERE

Most CFL bulbs readily available in the US market rate low in a critical performance area, the Power Factor. HERE

Could drilling oil in our own borders really bring back “the days of $2-a-gallon gas?” HERE

Turning off the lights and engines could save companies up to 20% in energy costs. HERE

Are WOLEDs, or white organic light-emitting devices, going to push even CFLs out of the lighting market in the near future? HERE

Top three energy efficient countries: Japan, Denmark, and Switzerland. Efficient mainly because they have to import things expensively, this is a big incentive to use those things efficiently. HERE

“Rosenfeld estimated that the savings from doing things more efficiently amounts to about 15 percent of the total electricity Californians use in a year.” HERE

“The result is a home in harmony with its environment without sacrificing the comforts of a modern lifestyle.” HERE

More people and businesses looking to cut costs and be more efficient HERE.

“…Wisconsin businesses big and small are ready to get serious about energy savings. Forget the environmentalism cliches, they say, this is about dollars and cents…” HERE.

“…Even if all customers drove very fuel-efficient vehicles, we found that it is more efficient for a farmer or delivery person to distribute products to individual homes, rather than for customers to pick up products at centralized locations…”HERE.

“Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to pass into law a requirement that all new homes built after January 1, 2010, be equipped with solar or other energy efficient hot water systems.” HERE.

“… efficiency isn’t something that you can just stop the production line for a few hours, change a few parameters, and start the production line up again.” HERE.

Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, calling for more energy efficient government as a model to the people of the United States. HERE.

Edmonton, Canada gets new energy-efficient trains. HERE.

Energy-efficient housing community for low-income, chronically-homeless families. HERE.

IBM’s greenest data center HERE.

Vermont schools to switch to more energy efficient heating systems, with federal aid, to save on fuel costs HERE.

New Oregon buildings may be required to have net zero emissions by 2030 HERE.

France gets EU’s permission to give €61 million of public money to companies creating energy efficient cars HERE.

Fairmont State University partners with Energy Star HERE.

Nexxus Lighting partners with Energy Star HERE.

Energy inefficiencies pointed out in the US, India, and China HERE.

More on the oil crisis HERE.

Ideas for making your small to mid-sized business more energy efficient HERE.

Australian family becomes 77% more efficient in less than a year HERE.

LA not green city HERE.

Dell releases more efficient small business PC HERE.

The above video is about energy audits. From HERE.

A few tips to help with energy costs this summer HERE.

More ideas HERE.

Small space ceiling CFL light HERE.

Energy Star sales tax holiday for Texans this weekend HERE.

Tips for keeping your air-conditioners running efficiently HERE.

Energy efficient McDonald’s? HERE.

“Of course we must pursue alternative energy sources. But at the same time, we need to rethink our daily lives.” Article HERE.

A slightly different use for radiant heating HERE.

Energy efficient stories HERE.

Article about green budgets HERE.

Fast-food restaurant. El Pollo Loco, recognized and honored with $13,000 incentives by The Gas Company because of their commitment to energy efficiency HERE.

The Canadian Press with tips on how to keep the home cooler cheaper.

Living Homes book review HERE.

More tips on making your home more energy efficient HERE.

Review of the 2008 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid HERE.

Another look at energy efficient computers HERE.

Hard review of the Ecobutton HERE.

South Carolinians to get tax breaks for buying energy efficient HERE.

Masonry heaters in the news HERE.

Are you ready? China, the world’s largest light-bulb producer, is going to phase out incandescent bulbs. Now, China makes about 70% of the world’s light-bulbs, so this could very well be the beginning of the end of incandescent lighting. (Article)

Everyday is Earth day at the United States Department of Energy website.

European “Technology on Tour 2008″ will highlight energy efficiency. (Article)

State of Michigan to join Climate Savers Computing Initiative. (Article)

Hydrogen-powered vehicles in the near future? (Article)