July 2018 – My Blog

Getting More Energy Efficiency From Air Conditioners

When it’s hot outside and your central air conditioner needs to be replaced, most people may think the energy efficiency rating of a unit is the most important factor to…

jamur July 31, 2018

Climate Change Renewable Energy

California Now Sourcing 32 Percent of Electricity from Renewables

California is on pace to meeting its renewable energy goals, and it is doing so, increasingly, with solar energy. A recent California Energy Commission tracking progress report estimates that 32…

jamur July 26, 2018

Transportation

California Energy Commission Works to Replace State’s Oldest, Most Polluting School Buses

The California Energy Commission is helping schools throughout the state transition from old, polluting diesel school buses to zero- or low-emissions vehicles, improving children’s health by limiting their exposure to…

jamur July 24, 2018

Environment Renewable Energy

Where Ag, Clean Energy and Farmworkers Intersect

California's agricultural sector is a powerful economic force that contributes greenhouse gas emissions. The result is a clean energy equity issue for farmworkers and the communities they live in. California’s…

jamur July 18, 2018

Research & Development

New California Program Provides $57 Million to Help Food Processors Cut Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The California Energy Commission, through funding by the California Climate Investments (CCI) program, is supporting research to help food processors in the state save energy and money while reducing greenhouse…

jamur July 17, 2018

Energy Efficiency

Building Energy Use Program Changing How California Companies Conserve

Benchmarking is beginning to change the way California’s companies conserve energy. Statewide benchmarking, or measuring a building’s energy usage compared to similar buildings, has emerged through legislation and programs established…

jamur July 12, 2018

Research & Development

Fellows Selected for Berkeley Lab Innovation Development Program

A new cohort of technology entrepreneurs will begin a unique two-year technology development program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through a program supported by a California Energy Commission grant. The…

jamur July 9, 2018