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A proposed ordinance would penalize business owners in Madison who leave their doors and windows open too long while running air conditioners.
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Read More »US contract worker to admit taking $2.5 million in kickbacks
A former project manager for a company that has done tens of millions of dollars in energy-efficiency work for a number of U.S. government agencies agreed to plead guilty to charges he took more than $2.5 million worth of kickbacks from subcontractors across the country and in the Caribbean, court documents say.
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Read More »Milwaukee County moves to establish clean-energy loan program
Milwaukee County moved closer this week to establishing a loan program to encourage developers to install energy-saving projects.
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Read More »Focus on Energy gets more money to push energy efficiency
As Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program moves into 2017 with more money for renewable-energy incentives, state officials are shining the spotlight on work done to make buildings save power.
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Read More »State seeks better checks on energy projects
A state official is calling for less time spent projecting the savings from public energy-efficiency projects and more time spent measuring the actual results.
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Read More »US sending coal abroad
During the past five years, as the U.S. has cut coal consumption by 195 million tons, about 20 percent of that coal has been shipped overseas, according to an analysis of Energy Department data.
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Read More »Group urges smarter use of glass on facades
A structure’s windows and the view they offer can be a major selling point for tenants, but broad swaths of glass can be a drag on energy efficiency.
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Read More »Schools get money for energy efficiency
More Wisconsin school districts have begun to take advantage of a change in state law allowing them to borrow money to help fund energy-efficient projects.
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Read More »Efficiency review puts Fox Valley campus work on hold
The state’s ongoing review of an energy-efficiency program threatens to delay a boiler replacement at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley and postpone nearly $124,000 a year in projected savings.
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Read More »Milwaukee County looks at energy-saving measures for its jail
A Milwaukee County committee voted to move forward on a contract with Johnson Controls Inc. to install energy-saving equipment at County Correctional Facility South.
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