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Energy efficiency subject of Senate Committee |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2009-03-27
KCP&L's Bill Downey journeyed to Jefferson City this week to support energy efficiency legislation spearheaded by his company. The bill, SB 376, was before the Senate Commerce, Energy, and Environment Committee Tuesday afternoon. Senator Brad Lager presented the language which creates the Missouri Residential and Small Business Energy Efficiency Investment Act.
According to this act, the Public Service Commission must allow electric and natural gas companies to implement and recover costs related to PSC-approved energy efficiency programs aimed at customers. The primary goal of this legislation is to provide an avenue for the PSC to develop cost recovery methods that provide incentives for the companies to further increase their investment in energy efficiency programs. The PSC may reduce or exempt energy efficiency costs for low-income customers, and no customer of any rate class shall pay more than $5,000 per month for energy efficiency-related costs.
The hearing went extremely well, and several committee members agree that energy efficiency is good public policy. Several entities attended the hearing to support the language including KCPL, The Chamber, and numerous energy-related associations. Like the House version of this language, the bill was opposed by the Office of Public Council and the AARP.
For more information, go to Missouri Residential and Small Business Energy Efficiency Investment Act
Source: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:37 |
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THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT ON BROADWAY |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2009-03-25
"They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway…" (Except on March 28th at 8:30 pm when they go dark for Earth Hour 2009)
BROADWAY THEATERS DIM THEIR LIGHTS IN SUPPORT OF PLANET EARTH FOR WWF'S GLOBAL CLIMATE EVENT
Thomas Edison's Lab, Rockefeller Center, Chrysler Building, Space Needle Join Hundreds of Companies, Buildings, Organizations "Turning Out" Across the US.
WASHINGTON DC, March 23, 2009 – Support for WWF's Earth Hour continues to build across the nation as corporations and iconic structures pledge to go dark for the global climate event, which takes place on March 28th at 8:30 p.m. WWF confirmed today that nearly all of the Broadway theaters in New York City have committed to dimming marquee lights in support of Earth Hour. Also going dark in New York will be Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building, Reuters/NASDAQ and Coca-Cola digital billboards/signs in Times Square, the Con-Edison Clock Tower, and Citi Group Center. WWF had announced last week participation from the Empire State Building and United Nations headquarters. Broadway Goes Green is an ongoing initiative that was recently created to implement green practices both within the theatre community and among theatre-goers," says Executive Director of The Broadway League, Charlotte St. Martin. "Broadway producer and theatre owners – plus those on stage and behind-the-scenes – are joining together in the quest to keep NYC and our planet healthy and we're happy to collaborate with partners around the world by dimming the marquees of Broadway theatres during Earth Hour."
For more information, go to Earth Hour US
Source: Earth Hour US, March 23, 2009 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:36 |
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KC water department gets $1.4M for 'green' storm-water project |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-12-12
The Kansas City Water Services Department has received a $1.4 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for "green" storm-water infrastructure improvements in conjunction with the Beacon Hill Redevelopment Project.
The project, west of Bruce R. Watkins Drive from 22nd to 27th streets, will include features such as rain gardens and landscaped, graded areas built with a special soil mix that absorbs and filters storm-water runoff, the department said in a release Wednesday. The landscaping helps reduce storm-water runoff, removes pollutants and replenishes the aquifer.
The department will work with residents to design and build rain gardens on 50 sites throughout the project area.
For more information, go to 'Green' storm-water project
Source: Kansas City Business Journal, December 10, 2008 |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:34 |
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Sebelius proposes comprehensive energy plan |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2009-01-12
Kansas could gain a comprehensive energy plan if a proposal by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson gains steam.
The energy plan, announced Friday, would allow net metering, which lets residents effectively sell extra electricity they generate — such as through solar panels on homes — back to power providers. The plan also would codify the state's voluntary Renewable Portfolio Standard, require state-owned or newly leased property to meet energy-efficiency standards, and modify legislation to draw and expand wind-related manufacturing projects and jobs.
For more information, go to Kansas energy plan
Source: Kansas City Business Journal, January 12, 2009
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:35 |
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Landmark International Green Building Study Finds Benefits of Building Green Outweigh Cost Premium |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-12-07
A landmark international study on the costs and benefits of green buildings finds that energy and water savings alone outweigh the initial cost premium in most green buildings and that green buildings cost, on average, less than 2% more to build than conventional non-green buildings. This stands in contrast to public perception, such as a 2007 survey by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, which found that business leaders believe green buildings to be on average 17% more expensive than conventionally designed buildings
The study, Greening Buildings and Communities: Costs and Benefits, also finds that an average size green office creates at least one-third of a permanent job per year, equal to $1/square foot (sf) of value in increased employment, compared to a comparable non-green building, and that the continued rapid growth in green building is creating tens of thousands of new jobs. Additionally, the study found that productivity and health benefits are a major motivating factor for building green.
For more information, go to Benefits of Building Green
Source: Law & Health Weekly |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:33 |
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