energy use

After experiencing energy excesses that could have caused blackouts, utilities in the Northwest asked consumers to participate in a program in which they store surplus electricity at home.

Google has ended a long silence about how much energy the company needs to operate, and how much power many of its popular services consume.

Thanks to a new website, a pair of blog posts and a story in the New York Times, we've now got a treasure trove of data on the amount of energy it takes to run Google.

To help consumers and spur efficiency, U.S. states and cities are beginning to require commercial buildings disclose their energy use.

Business Green reports that since 2008, PepsiCo has grown by more than 15%, but has reduced overall carbon footprint by 3.7%, reduced total energy use by 7.3%, reduced water use by 14.6%, and cut landfill waste by 88%.

(CSIRO Australia) CSIRO scientists say householders can reduce their home and car energy use by as much as 50 percent by making changes to daily activities.

(National Academy of Sciences) A new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council, "Driving and the Built Environment: the Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use and CO2 Emissions," examines how suburbanization -- made possible largely due to the prevalence of automobiles and the extensive US highway system -- impacts the number of miles we drive, our reliance on petroleum fuel, and the percent of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.