California regulators propose developing energy self-sufficiency by 2020
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| September 18, 2007 |  View for printing |
All new housing developments in California should be so energy-efficient by the year 2020 that they could produce all the power they need on their own, state regulators proposed Monday.
The California Public Utilities Commission suggested sweeping changes to the way the state deals with efficiency, the effort to squeeze the most use possible out of every electron and drop of fuel. The commission wants California's electric utilities to collaborate on creating one grand plan for improving energy efficiency throughout the state, rather than pursuing their own separate programs the way they do today.
David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer
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There is a lot of activity in this area in the UK. They have proposed, and appear to be quite serious about all new homes being zero carbon by 2016. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6735715.stm http://www.nbsgreenconstruction.com/ ... oCarbon.asp Gary |
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