The Energy Wasters Report

The Australian, one of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers, reported recently that overuse of air conditioning is one of Australia’s biggest forms of energy waste. A survey called the Pilot BeGreen Office Audit, found that 74 per cent of office workplaces ‘always’ use air conditioning (apparently 7 by 24).  The article cited an expert claiming that AC […]

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Caught in the act of bureaucracy: Stavros Rougas gives Canada’s Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning a failing grade on energy conservation. This superb six-minute video in the Michael Moore tradition captures Sheridan’s head of facilities on camera, talking about all the energy saving programs they have in place, but then essentially admitting […]

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Got a posting from Stephen V. in NY: “I live in New York and some retailers leave all their lights on all night long.  The one that really bugs me is american apparel.  I’ll try to get a photo of it at 3 or 4 in the morning so you can see how wasteful it […]

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The Wall Street Journal has a piece today about how truck stops are so full many truckers just pull off to the side of the highway instead. Then they just let their rigs run all night, burning gas, so they can have heat or AC in the cab. At some truck stops there are ways […]

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Excessively cold air conditioning is epidemic in Asia, according to this Wall St. Journal article, forcing cubicle dwellers to use portable heaters even with outside tempatures hovering in the 90s. The article focused on Hong Kong as an example - and then a year later the Journal ran an article about how smog in Hong […]

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Air compressors can be one of the biggest energy consumers in factories, according to this article on ferret.com.au - and not very energy efficient unless they also have a frequency converter. Do yours?

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Food Processing Magazine has a deep dive on energy wastage and savings opportunities in food processing plants, complete with a couple of case studies and “Top 10 energy efficiency recommendations for bread and bakery products.” (example: insulate bare equipment). Also alot of good resources if you need a waste audit for your food processing plant.

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Bad news in Beijing: almost half the electricity used by the city’s residential buildings is consumed by 311 upscale hotels, according to China Hotel news. The article says new building codes should help change this, but its not real convincing.

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Interesting article in the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram about what churches and other houses of workship are doing to cut down on their energy waste (they tend to be built for peak load which means not that efficient for the rest of the time). Also mentions the excellent-ly named non-profit Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light, […]

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Great article in Sept. Fast Company about the new improved compact fluorescent blubs and how Wal-Mart and GE and others are starting to push them heavily. Also goes into some detail about how much money Walmart has saved using them in its stores, and why the new-generation bulbs are much better than the earlier ones, […]

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