Our Latest Reports
Building Better: How High-Efficiency Buildings Will Save Money and Reduce Global Warming
Released 4/06/2010 - We can save money and help solve global warming by reducing the amount of energy we use, and the best place to start is in the buildings we live and work in every day. Over 40 percent of our energy—and 10 percent of all the energy used in the world—goes toward powering America’s buildings, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Today’s high-efficiency homes and buildings prove that we have the technology and skills to drastically improve the efficiency of our buildings while simultaneously improving their comfort and affordability.
State Leadership and the National Clean Cars Program
Released 4/01/2010 - The new standards will reduce gasoline consumption by as much as 11.6 billion gallons per year in 2016—nearly as much as is consumed by all the vehicles in Texas in a year and equal to half the oil we import from Saudi Arabia annually. Cutting gasoline consumption by this much would save consumers up to $31.8 billion annually at the pump in 2016.
Building a Solar Future
Released 3/09/2010 - America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges—our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming—while also boosting our economy.
