STAC

NASEO, ASERTTI, and the DOE signed an agreement in 2002 that allows states, territories, and the federal government to better collaborate on energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects for a five-year period. The agreement established STAC with an innovation in both the competitive merit-based project selection process and collaborative funding process. Since its initial funding awards in 2003, STAC has provided a total of almost $35 million for energy projects, with $14 million provided by states and private sector partners and $21 million by the DOE. Participating organizations hail from more than twenty-five states and territories.

A Green Yellow Bus Arrives

08/04/10

by Leo Wiegman and Jim Arwood

On Earth Day 2010, a dedicated group of 8- and 9-year-old students at South Shore Public Charter School in Norwell, Massachusetts, learned they had been chosen America’s Greenest School, beating out  550 other schools. The children erupted in a happy frenzy. Their entry, a mock-newscast and tour of the school’s numerous green initiatives, landed them first prize in a contest with over a million ballots cast for the top 10 projects. (more…)

Category: ARTICLES, FEATURES, ISSUES, STAC, Summer 2010 |

DSIRE – Navigating The Maze of Energy Incentives

05/12/10

by Jim Arwood and Leo Wiegman

A few weeks ago, I needed to locate some information in a hurry. As the mayor of Croton-on-Hudson, a small village in New York’s Hudson Valley, I needed to compose a presentation for the U. S. Green Building Council to discuss funding the nation’s energy efficiency revolution. With the deadline fast approaching, I wanted to list the states had enabled property-assessed clean energy financing in the past few years. (more…)

Category: ARTICLES, FEATURES, ISSUES, STAC, Spring 2010 |

The Phoenix Factor versus the Atlanta Aspect: Regionalizing Central Air Conditioner Performance Ratings Promises Big Savings

02/10/10

by Jim Arwood & Leo Wiegman

Sonia lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Her twin sister, Caroline, lives in Atlanta, Georgia. They both moved into older homes last year and needed to buy new central air-conditioning systems. Sonia and Caroline are careful shoppers and compared notes as they did their research. (more…)

Category: ARTICLES, FEATURES, ISSUES, STAC, Winter 2010 |

STACking the RDD&D Deck: Accelerating Technology Development and Deployment

08/13/09

by Leo Wiegman

How can the nation accelerate technology development within sectors and at the same time facilitate the transfer of this innovation between sectors? For more than twenty years, individual state energy offices and state technology institutions have been working to speed the advancement of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies from applied research to commercial deployment. (more…)

Category: ARTICLES, STAC, Summer 2009 |