News tagged with energy bills

Energy mythbusting: The truth about those energy-saving tips

You've read the energy-saving tips. You've armed yourself with caulk. You're ready to do some serious damage to your gas and electric bills. Not so fast.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Report outlines measures to cut carbon emissions from buildings

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report from the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University today outlines its strategy to transform the UK’s built environment.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Calif. imposes battery charger energy standards

(AP) -- California will require cellphones, tablets and hundreds of other electronic devices to have energy-efficient battery chargers beginning next year.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 22

NREL helping Virgin Islands cut fuel use

The U.S. Virgin Islands are a great place to visit, but you wouldn't want to pay energy bills there.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saving on energy bills: Meeting families in the middle

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study released today by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identifies steps that energy efficiency program managers can take to deliver significant savings ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gates discussing new nuclear reactor with China

(AP) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 14

Australian parliament passes divisive carbon tax

Australia's lower house on Wednesday passed a contentious new tax on carbon pollution to combat climate change which has angered many voters and threatens Prime Minister Julia Gillard's hold on power.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Solar systems: Energy from sun can pay for panels in about 10 years

Ben Cuker lives what he teaches as a professor of marine and environmental science at Hampton University in Hampton, Va.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 5

No point switching gas and electricity suppliers, find out how much you use to save

Switching gas and electricity suppliers will not get customers the best deal. The only way householders in the UK can save money on their gas and electricity bills is to work out how much they use each month, according to ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cheers as Australia's carbon tax hits parliament

Cheers erupted in Australia's Parliament House after Prime Minister Julia Gillard presented her bill for a new pollution tax she hopes will help counter climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (14) | comments 33

Australia to unveil pollution tax

Australia will unveil the full details of its contentious pollution tax within days, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Tuesday, promising help for households facing higher energy bills.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Turning hot air into energy savings

A team of students from the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside have been selected for a $15,000 grant from the EPA to develop a system could cut electricity bills up to 16 percent by ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

German cabinet passes nuclear exit bill

The German cabinet signed off Monday on a bill phasing out nuclear power in Europe's biggest economy by 2022, prompted by the disaster in March at Japan's Fukushima plant.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 13

California bill would put more emphasis on renewable energy

California would vastly increase its commitment to wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable energy under legislation that cleared the Legislature on Tuesday and was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

It's another cold night for poor

Households on low incomes will feel the cold pinch of winter more than most as rising energy bills and promised cuts to welfare benefits threaten to push them beyond the brink of their financial limits. So ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0