1. May 31, 1996
TransNet Energy Services is looking for agents worldwide to help promote
their Energy Saving Services to industry worldwide...
2.
June 7, 1996
The Coming Oil Crisis, Excerpted from The Atlantic Monthly. Given
that the most recent war America fought was in the Persian Gulf, let's
start by examining the likelihood that an oil crisis will occur in the
coming decade...
3. June 14,
1996
"Thread" on Internet Energy Conservation Related NewsGroup...
4.
June 21, 1996
Learn From The Pros. The following is from official NASA literature. This
distribution of fact and information has played a BIG part of NASA's public
relations over the years. Read this while keeping in mind the thought,
"could weatherization programs learn anything from these examples?"...
5. June 28, 1996
Saudi Turmoil / Oil. Last August, in the Weatherization Network, we reported
from a respected journal "Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia are boiling
cauldrons of unrest ruled by tiny pro-Western elites...
6.
July 5, 1996
The Deadly Rage Against Riyadh's Repressive Regime. By Charles William
Maynes. The apartment complex housing blast may begin the process of dispelling
illusions.
7. July 12, 1996
Facts on Indoor Air Quality. From Americlean Services Corporation..The
current generation spends approximately 90% of its time indoors, according
to a..Safe At Home. by Rita Coenen, R.N. The modern home contains more
chemicals than the typical chemistry lab in 1900...
8. July 19, 1996
NEWS from THE HEALTHY HOUSE INSTITUTE Providing information for better
health to America s Homeowners, designers, and builders...
9.
July 26,1996
New Catalog Lists the Latest Government Reports and Studies
Sick Building Syndrome: A Catalog of Information Products lists over 200
reports, studies, and government regulations related to indoor ..
10.
August 2, 1996
Talk Radio Talks up Sick Building Syndrome. Talk'n'Talent is a show prep
service for radio talk show hosts and producers. They specialize in interviews
with expert guests ..
11. August
9, 1996
CAP's For Profit. One CAP has hired legal advice regarding it's ability
to charge for some weatherization services. The interpretation was strong..
12. Friday August 16, 1996
CAP's For Profit Part IIIn response to last weeks article on acquiring
legal advice as the 1st step toward realizing a portion of CAP funding
through profit making sub ventures
13. Friday
August 23, 1996
From Jeannie Jertson in Globe, AZ, comes the notice that anyone living
in metro areas can access Email free through "Juno", a new Internet
Service.
14. Friday August 30,
1996
Oil and Gasoline Prices Surge on Iraqi Action. U.S. missile strikes in
Iraq and the postponement of a United Nations agreement letting the rogue
nation sell oil on world markets caused crude oil and gasoline prices to
jump...
15. Friday September 13, 1996
IAQ Story Excerpted from LA Times. This story is another good example of
increased public interest in Indoor Air Quality and the markets it is creating.
"Imagine breathing air without much dust, smoke or other pesky contaminants.
Imagine...
16. Friday September 20,
1996
IAQ: Preparing For A Legal Challenge. Maintaining good indoor air quality
is only half the battle. IT''S HARD TO determine how many indoor air quality
(IAQ) lawsuits are filed in any one year, but legal experts believe litigation
is on the rise.
17. Friday September
27, 1996
Energy: The Interior Department has failed to collect as much as $2 billion,
panel finds. House committee said Wednesday that the Interior Department
has failed to collect as much as $2 billion in royalties from oil companies
drilling on government land and waters.
18. Friday
October 4, 1996
PERSPECTIVE ON OIL The Consequences of Failure. Most Americans aware of
the meeting in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Jordanian King Hussein probably
believe that the outcome will not affect them in any way.
19. Friday October 11, 1996
HERSC-FREE '96: Financing Residential Energy Efficiency November 6-9, 1996
20
Friday October 18, 1996
This edition was lost - the main article was about the Office Equipment
Energy Guide which is available through, ACEEE Publications, 2140 Shattuck
Av,# 202, Berkeley CA 94704
21. Friday October 25,1996
How Much Does Poor Air Quality Cost? In a time when you can read anything
you want regarding the food you eat; "It's Good; It's Bad..."
etc. It is becoming more amazing to me that choosing good air quality is
considered expensive.
22. Friday November 1, 1996
Energy Efficient Mortgages...3M Is Pushing Clean Air...Predator-Prey Relationships
& Sick-Building Syndrome...You Really Do Need Your Own Office!
23. Friday November 8, 1996
Will indoor air quality will be the 'asbestos litigation of the 1990s'?
Is "sick building syndrome" a factor in commercial real estate
transactions?
24. Friday November 15, 1996
HERS Council News...NSP Offers Solar Electricity To Minn. Homeowners...Washington
Gas Provides Energy Services Through Marketing Subsidiary.
25.
Friday November 22,1996
Deformed amphibians, with extra or missing legs or other defects, are
being found around the U.S. Baffled scientists worry that it may be the
harbinger of an ecological crisis
26. Friday November 29,1996
Thanks to Cynthia Gardstien sending us the 1st and Current directory
of HERS providers. We have installed the entire list onto the Wright Energy
website in a State by State alphabetical order with links to each State.
27.
Friday December 6,1996
Scientists in the Energy Conversion and Storage Program are developing
new processes and materials for more efficient, environmentally benign
energy conversion and storage technologies.
28. Friday December 13,1996
The United States is planning possible punitive actions against Iran,
including retaliatory strikes on military targets, and could act if a Saudi
theory proves true--that Iran was responsible for a June 25 bombing that
killed 19 American troops, sources say.
29. Friday
December 20,1996
Israeli jet fighters fired rockets at suspected guerrilla positions
in southern Lebanon in two raids, security officials said. The first, shortly
after dawn,
30. Friday December 27,1996
When President Clinton designated 1.7 million acres of Utah wilderness
as a national monument, he dashed plans to tap a huge reserve of environment-friendly
coal.
31. Friday January 3,1997
I'm happy to report that the news about Energy Efficient Mortgages
is now starting to steamroll. The following blurbs are a sampling of the
postings to the Net over the last 30 days. I hope you find it interesting.
32. Friday January 10,1997
The following are myths according to a recently mailed brochure promoting
Energy Design Update, a highly respected source.
33. Friday
January 17,1997
We have an energy-efficient house, and I heard about "sick house syndrome."
We use an air cleaner, but the air still seems stale. What is the best
way to get fresh air indoors without increasing our utility bills?
34. Friday January 24,1997
Kansas EEM "How to" Training - Promoting EEMs - Friday Report,
Moving to Email - Speaking of Email.
35. Friday January 31,1997
...National Conservation Guild whereby participants would band together
to promote awareness of energy conservation programs etc.The concept would
take the form of an association of weatherization people, materials providers
and researchers.
36. Friday February 14,1997
Building-related illnesses have been associated with carpeting, furnishings,
faulty HVAC systems and smoking. Now, researchers are looking at another
possible cause of respiratory illness -toner dust emissions from dry-process
photocopiers and laser printers.
37. Friday February 21,1997
China is off to a good start this year in oil and gas production with average
daily oil and gas output of 389,500 tons and 46.15 million cu m respectively
in the first month, a notable increase over the same period of last year.
38. Friday February 28,1997
In some cities it would be madness. But in Portland, Ore., where cars slow
for pedestrians and the fare on the city's vintage trolley cars is voluntary,
Joe Keating's urban - whimsy has become reality. Now 700 lemon-yellow bicycles
are scattered along downtown sidewalks. Dangling from the seat of each
single speed two-wheeler is a license plate or decal that reads: "Free
community bike. Use at your own risk."
39. Friday March 7,1997
People get sick from exposure to toxic chemicals in the home, in the workplace,
indoors, and outdoors. They sometimes suffer silently while the joy of
life is diminished, while their careers are ended, and the body mechanisms
become dysfunctional. And they do not realize there is a link between chemical
exposure and disease. Many of these illnesses arepreventable. Education
is the key to prevention.
40. Friday March 21,1997
We've all heard many stories about the 200 MPH carburetors that are kept
under lock and key by the Oil Companies etc. If you are like me you really
don't quite know what to make of these claims.
41.Friday, March 27,1997
Remember the memo you sent out recently, the one asking for our desks to
be cleared of family photos, globe balls and miniature rodent collections?
We can live without all that stuff, but when it comes to our heart-leaf
philodendrons, our Kimberely queen ferns and our dwarf date palms, "Back
off, Buddy!"
42. Friday April 4,1997
Plants need to be cared for, of course. We had a situation here recently
where a potted plant was downright disgusting with mold or bacteria or
both. Anyway, a horrendous situation. The owner was having asthma attacks
which at first were believed to be somehow related to the HVAC system and
something coming through the ceiling supply register into his ...
43. Friday April 11,1997
From the beginning of recorded history earth has been the most widely used
buildingmaterial in the world. Because of its low cost, ease of construction,
and control over temperature extremes, earth architecture long ago set
the standard for comfort and efficiency. For various reasons, building
technologies began to neglect the benefits of simple thermal mass in favor
of more complex and expensive systems and materials.
44. Friday April 18,1997
I looked for news of Conservation EEMs, Energy Information but I failed
And next week I'm on vacation. (ouch)Let us, then, be up and doing, With
a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and
to wait. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~
45. Friday May 2, 1997
I hope you missed us last week and for some of you, the week before. Last
week we were on a business/pleasure trip and the week before we suffered
a bit of a technical snaffu.Regarding the snaffu; I take solice in the
fact that even some of the people who have written those 2" thick
books about computer bla bla bla admit that they can't get their computer/fax/modem/software
configurations to do what they want them to do without a certain amount
of unpleasantness.
46. Friday May 9, 1997
McDonald's Corporation with the help of Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(PG&E) today unveiled one of the most advanced energy-saving restaurants
in the country. Located in Bay Point,
47. Friday May 16, 1997
GreenStone Industries, the country's largest manufacturer of cellulose
insulation, has introduced an innovative new program called Buyer's Choice,
designed to promote more marketable, desirable and profitable homes. The
program guarantees that new home buyers' heating and cooling costs will
not exceed a pre-set amount-and will refund 100% of the difference if they
do. Buyer's Choice homes also qualify for energy efficient financing that
enables home buyers to purchase more expensive homes with lower down payments,
reduced interest rates or both.
48. Friday May 16, 1997
The rush toward competition in the electricity industry has environmentalists
worried about increased air pollution and the survival of an already-wavering
energy conservation movement.
49. Friday May 23, 1997
The rush toward competition in the electricity industry has environmentalistsworried
about increased air pollution and the survival of an already-wavering energy
conservation movement.
50. Friday May 30, 1997The National Conservation
Guild can now be considered "open for business".
Purposes: * Promote the advancement of Energy Efficient Financing(EFF)
and Home Energy Rating.This will be achieved by several methods. 1. The
Guild website offers extensive information to homeowners and potential
home buyers regarding these programs. From the website they can locate
and contact the financiers, raters and contractors needed to fulfill an
EFF endeavor. 2. An organized Press Release campaign designed to help water
the seeds of progress where EFF programs are coming into existence.
51. Friday June 6, 1997
Wielding electron plasma beams that he helped develop for the Defense
Department's "Star Wars"program, USC physics professor Martin
Gundersen has homed in on a more earthly target--diesel exhaust. To develop
a high-tech tailpipe that zaps pollutants from exhaust, Gundersen, 57,
has joined forces with a former Russian scientist
52. Friday June 20, 1997
Wielding electron plasma beams that he helped develop for the Defense
Department's "Star Wars"program, USC physics professor Martin
Gundersen has homed in on a more earthly target--diesel exhaust. To develop
a high-tech tailpipe that zaps pollutants from exhaust, Gundersen, 57,
has joined forces with a former Russian scientist
53. Friday June 27, 1997 T
here are do-gooders, and there are do-gooders who do a little extra good.
Put Habitat for Humanity and its sponsors in the extra-good category.
Habitat has found that building homes for the poor isn't enough of a good
deed. If it's worth building at all, Habitat says, it's worth building
"green." For those who don't live in Boulder or are otherwise
unhip,
54. Friday July 11, 1997
Cogenex-West, a Boulder-based energy services company, and Rebuild
Colorado, a program at the Governor's Office of Energy Conservation, have
joined forces to pilot a program that will give residents of the inner-city
neighborhood surrounding Saint Joseph Hospital new skills that could help
them get into the job market
55. Friday July 18, 1997 The New England Power
Pool declared an energy conservation day for Thursday, July 17, 1997, for
all of New England. This action was taken to reduce the demand on the region's
electrical energy supplies during this period of hot and humid weather.
It was also taken to support state and federal environmental agencies which
are forecasting unhealthy air quality conditions in New England.
56. Friday August 8, 1997
Washington, DC July 30, 1997--The Home Energy Rating Systems Council
(HERSC) and the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) will jointly
host the Fifth Annual Financing Residential Energy Efficiencv (FREE) Conference
from November 12 through November 15 in Indianapolis, Ind. under the theme
"Building Business," the FREE '97 conference will provide a critical
forum for the initiative to motivate Americans
57. Friday, August 15, 1997
The federal government is making it easier to be green, with the Energy
Star, a label identifying the most efficient, Earth-friendly products on
the market.
58. Friday, August 22, 1997
EVER SINCE the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order
in 1992 to deregulate and demonopolize the electric utility industry, investor-owned
utilities have been scrambling to survive.
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