Energy Efficiency
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How the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Affects Light Bulbs
Inefficient light bulbs are being phased out under the "New Light Bulb Law." It does not sweepingly ban incandescent bulbs, just those not energy efficient (with some exemptions). It also includes many provisions not pertaining to lighting.
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Webinar - Learn about the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool
This State and Local Climate and Energy Program webinar provides an overview of the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA). COBRA allows you to quantify the health benefits of air, climate, and energy policies and programs.
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Download ESIST
Energy Savings and Impact Scenarios Tool description and how to access.
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AVERT Webinars
This January 2023 webinar introduced AVERT 4.0, which allows users to model the "tailpipe to smokestack" energy and emissions impacts of electric vehicles. Results are presented at the county, state, and regional level, and can be incorporated into COBRA.
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2005 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award (Merck & Co., Inc.)
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 2005 award winner, Merck, designed an atom-economical, energy- and water-saving, convergent synthesis for aprepitant, the active ingredient in Emend, a drug for nausea and vomiting.
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Webinar - Introducing the Energy Savings and Impacts Scenario Tool
Recording and slides related to the December 2021 webinar introducing EPA's Energy Savings and Impacts Scenario Tool (ESIST).
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Webinar - Get Pumped! Using Heat Pumps to Meet State and Local Climate Goals
This one-hour webinar covers heat pump technology, ENERGY STAR specifications and support for heat pumps, and showcases state and local program implementers who share how energy-efficient heat pumps can help achieve climate and energy goals.
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Webinar - AVERT v3.1 and 2020 Data Release
Watch an October 2021 webinar covering the release of AVERT v.3.1 with 2020 date and other improvements.
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Consent Decree: Dairyland Power Cooperative
This is the Clean Air Act consent decree for Dairyland Power Cooperative