Enehttp://www.wapa.gov/es/title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="esb.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" link="red" vlink="#003366"> <div align="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="60%">Energy Service Bulletin, June 2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="60%" valign="top" align="left"> <div align="right"> <a href="jun04es.htm">Return to article </a></div> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td width="60%" valign="top" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="96%"><img src="images/energyshts.jpg" alt="" height="76" width="144" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="96%"> <div align="left"> <ul> <li class="text"><a href="#doe">DOE launches Energy Hog campaign targeting school children</a> </li> <li class="text"><a href="#ul">UL Wind Turbine Testing Facility Announced </a> <li class="text"><a href="#santa">Santa Clara homeowners switch from wood to gas fireplaces</a> <li class="text"><a href="#femp">FEMP redesigns its Web site</a> <li class="text"><a href="#yell">Yellowstone revamps recycling program</a> </ul> <a name="doe" id="doe"></a>DOE launches Energy Hog campaign targeting school children Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham launched a national public service advertising campaign in March designed to make children and their parents aware of energy-efficient behavior through the Energy Hog, an energy-wasting spokes-villain. "The energy-efficiency campaign will raise public awareness of the benefits of making smart energy choices at home," Abraham said. "By developing an appreciation for energy efficiency at an early age, children are able to make smart energy choices and encourage their parents to do the same." The campaign includes television, radio and Internet public service announcements primarily targeted at children between the ages of 8 and 13. Headlining the campaign is a reprehensible new villain, the Energy Hog, a computer-generated creature that appears in the homes of families not using energy efficiently. In all the ads, children are the first to identify the Energy Hog as the source of the problems. The spots direct audiences to a <a href="http://www.energyhog.org">Web site</a>, where they can train to become Energy Hog Busters and learn fun and simple ways to use energy more efficiently. Per the Ad Council model, the PSAs will be distributed to media outlets nationwide and will run and air in advertising time and space donated by the medium. <a href="http://www.adcouncil.org/">The Advertising Council</a> and <a href="http://www.energyoutreach.org/">Energy Outreach Colorado</a> developed the Hog and the campaign. Cosponsors include DOE, Home Depot, the <a href="http://www.simplyinsulate.com/">North American Insulation Manufacturers Association</a>, the <a href="http://www.nationalfuelfunds.org/">National Fuel Funds Network</a>, and the <a href="http://www.state.co.us/oemc/">Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation</a>. Nineteen state energy offices in addition to Colorado are also sponsors. <a name="ul" id="ul"></a>UL wind turbine testing facility announced The State of Wyoming, in conjunction with the Department of Energy, awarded <a href="http://www.ul.com/">Underwriters Laboratories</a>, the nonprofit product testing organization, a $1.25 million contract to open the first commercial wind turbine certification and test facility in the United States. "My hope is that this project will bring additional knowledge and technological expertise to Cheyenne and Wyoming," said Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal. "By using energy-efficient materials, it could also mean an excellent opportunity to showcase Wyoming and its renewable resources." UL has retained <a href="http://www.disgenonline.com/">Distributed Generation Systems</a>, a Colorado-based commercial wind farm developer, to coordinate the design and construction of the National Wind Turbine Certification and Test Site. The facility will be located about 8 miles south of Cheyenne in rural Laramie County, and is expected to open in late 2004. The site will accommodate both utility-interconnected and nongrid-connected turbines. The new test facility reflects the growing popularity of wind-generated power, at a five-year growth rate of 32 percent, the fastest growing energy source in the world. It also represents a major milestone in the collaborative relationship between UL and DOE that began in 1997. <a name="santa" id="santa"></a>Santa Clara homeowners switch from wood to gas fireplaces <a href="http://www.siliconvalleypower.com/">Silicon Valley Power's</a> woodstove rebate program for Santa Clara County homeowners is generating a surprisingly favorable response from the area's environmentally minded citizens. Since launching the program last fall, the utility awarded more than 250 rebates of up to $500 to homeowners replacing their wood-burning stove or fireplace with a natural gas-burning unit. "Though 250 rebates may not seem like a significant number, it is higher than we expected and is a sign that our community is not only aware of local air quality problems but is ready to take action," said Customer Services Manager Larry Owens. The pollution-reduction program was sponsored by the <a href="http://www.baaqmd.gov/index.asp">Bay Area Air Quality Management District</a> and funded by SVP and <a href="http://www.calpine.com/">Calpine Corporation</a> as a condition of their permit applications to build new power generation plants in Santa Clara County. SVP recently began building a 147-megawatt gas-fired facility intended to supply electricity to its customers and enhance local power reliability in and around the city of Santa Clara. <a name="femp" id="femp"></a>FEMP redesigns its Web site Visitors to the <a href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/">Federal Energy Management Program Web site</a> will find a more user-friendly resource for smart energy management. After a comprehensive site review, FEMP determined that it needed to streamline some 24,000 pages to make it more accessible. The massive restructuring project began in January 2003. FEMP staff worked with the <a href="http://www.nrel.gov">National Renewable Energy Laboratory</a> and the contractor, Interactive, Inc., to condense information and present it in a more efficient way. The makeover was completed in March 2004, and FEMP unveiled a Web site with half as many total pages as the older version. Users will find the same information, but in a more concise and efficient format. There was even room to introduce some new features, like news and events relating to specific programs. For instance, the Super Energy Savings Performance Contract section lists meetings and conferences with specific reference to ESPC issues. The separate News and Events site will remain for users to browse for all energy-related items. <a name="yell" id="yell"></a>Yellowstone revamps recycling program Winter is the slow season for tourism in <a href="http://www.nps.gov/yell/home.htm">Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming</a>, which made it the perfect time to test an expanded recycling program. In June 2003, the park opened a compost facility in an effort to divert 70 percent of the 3,000 tons of garbage generated annually by 3 million park visitors. Initially, however, only about 30 percent of the waste was composted because too many noncompostable items contaminated the feedstock. Also, secondary trips to the landfill to dispose of contaminated material pulled from compost were draining the park's 2003 revenue. Officials launched a pilot program in the fall to improve the park's recycling infrastructure. They placed 14 recycling bins for aluminum and/or steel, glass, paper, cardboard and No. 1 plastic around Mammoth Hot Springs, the park's headquarters. An education campaign targeted visitor and concessionaire behavior. Messages highlighting the importance of park recycling appeared in local newspapers, as well as in the park newsletter, which all visitors receive upon arrival. Park rangers talked about recycling during their interpretive talks. Concessionaires were asked to color-code their garbage sacks as compostable, noncompostable or recyclable. Yellowstone is a member of Headwaters, a regional recycling cooperative that serves a total area of 35,000 square miles comprising 11 counties, three cities and the park. If the improved recycling and composting program is successful, the Headwaters cooperative hopes to implement a similar recycling program in the rest of the region. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>

http://www.wapa.govator" content="Adobe GoLive 4"> Enehttp://www.wapa.gov/es/title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="esb.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" link="red" vlink="#003366"> <div align="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="60%">Energy Service Bulletin, June 2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="60%" valign="top" align="left"> <div align="right"> <a href="jun04es.htm">Return to article </a></div> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td width="60%" valign="top" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="96%"><img src="images/energyshts.jpg" alt="" height="76" width="144" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="96%"> <div align="left"> <ul> <li class="text"><a href="#doe">DOE launches Energy Hog campaign targeting school children</a> </li> <li class="text"><a href="#ul">UL Wind Turbine Testing Facility Announced </a> <li class="text"><a href="#santa">Santa Clara homeowners switch from wood to gas fireplaces</a> <li class="text"><a href="#femp">FEMP redesigns its Web site</a> <li class="text"><a href="#yell">Yellowstone revamps recycling program</a> </ul> <a name="doe" id="doe"></a>DOE launches Energy Hog campaign targeting school children Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham launched a national public service advertising campaign in March designed to make children and their parents aware of energy-efficient behavior through the Energy Hog, an energy-wasting spokes-villain. "The energy-efficiency campaign will raise public awareness of the benefits of making smart energy choices at home," Abraham said. "By developing an appreciation for energy efficiency at an early age, children are able to make smart energy choices and encourage their parents to do the same." The campaign includes television, radio and Internet public service announcements primarily targeted at children between the ages of 8 and 13. Headlining the campaign is a reprehensible new villain, the Energy Hog, a computer-generated creature that appears in the homes of families not using energy efficiently. In all the ads, children are the first to identify the Energy Hog as the source of the problems. The spots direct audiences to a <a href="http://www.energyhog.org">Web site</a>, where they can train to become Energy Hog Busters and learn fun and simple ways to use energy more efficiently. Per the Ad Council model, the PSAs will be distributed to media outlets nationwide and will run and air in advertising time and space donated by the medium. <a href="http://www.adcouncil.org/">The Advertising Council</a> and <a href="http://www.energyoutreach.org/">Energy Outreach Colorado</a> developed the Hog and the campaign. Cosponsors include DOE, Home Depot, the <a href="http://www.simplyinsulate.com/">North American Insulation Manufacturers Association</a>, the <a href="http://www.nationalfuelfunds.org/">National Fuel Funds Network</a>, and the <a href="http://www.state.co.us/oemc/">Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation</a>. Nineteen state energy offices in addition to Colorado are also sponsors. <a name="ul" id="ul"></a>UL wind turbine testing facility announced The State of Wyoming, in conjunction with the Department of Energy, awarded <a href="http://www.ul.com/">Underwriters Laboratories</a>, the nonprofit product testing organization, a $1.25 million contract to open the first commercial wind turbine certification and test facility in the United States. "My hope is that this project will bring additional knowledge and technological expertise to Cheyenne and Wyoming," said Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal. "By using energy-efficient materials, it could also mean an excellent opportunity to showcase Wyoming and its renewable resources." UL has retained <a href="http://www.disgenonline.com/">Distributed Generation Systems</a>, a Colorado-based commercial wind farm developer, to coordinate the design and construction of the National Wind Turbine Certification and Test Site. The facility will be located about 8 miles south of Cheyenne in rural Laramie County, and is expected to open in late 2004. The site will accommodate both utility-interconnected and nongrid-connected turbines. The new test facility reflects the growing popularity of wind-generated power, at a five-year growth rate of 32 percent, the fastest growing energy source in the world. It also represents a major milestone in the collaborative relationship between UL and DOE that began in 1997. <a name="santa" id="santa"></a>Santa Clara homeowners switch from wood to gas fireplaces <a href="http://www.siliconvalleypower.com/">Silicon Valley Power's</a> woodstove rebate program for Santa Clara County homeowners is generating a surprisingly favorable response from the area's environmentally minded citizens. Since launching the program last fall, the utility awarded more than 250 rebates of up to $500 to homeowners replacing their wood-burning stove or fireplace with a natural gas-burning unit. "Though 250 rebates may not seem like a significant number, it is higher than we expected and is a sign that our community is not only aware of local air quality problems but is ready to take action," said Customer Services Manager Larry Owens. The pollution-reduction program was sponsored by the <a href="http://www.baaqmd.gov/index.asp">Bay Area Air Quality Management District</a> and funded by SVP and <a href="http://www.calpine.com/">Calpine Corporation</a> as a condition of their permit applications to build new power generation plants in Santa Clara County. SVP recently began building a 147-megawatt gas-fired facility intended to supply electricity to its customers and enhance local power reliability in and around the city of Santa Clara. <a name="femp" id="femp"></a>FEMP redesigns its Web site Visitors to the <a href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/">Federal Energy Management Program Web site</a> will find a more user-friendly resource for smart energy management. After a comprehensive site review, FEMP determined that it needed to streamline some 24,000 pages to make it more accessible. The massive restructuring project began in January 2003. FEMP staff worked with the <a href="http://www.nrel.gov">National Renewable Energy Laboratory</a> and the contractor, Interactive, Inc., to condense information and present it in a more efficient way. The makeover was completed in March 2004, and FEMP unveiled a Web site with half as many total pages as the older version. Users will find the same information, but in a more concise and efficient format. There was even room to introduce some new features, like news and events relating to specific programs. For instance, the Super Energy Savings Performance Contract section lists meetings and conferences with specific reference to ESPC issues. The separate News and Events site will remain for users to browse for all energy-related items. <a name="yell" id="yell"></a>Yellowstone revamps recycling program Winter is the slow season for tourism in <a href="http://www.nps.gov/yell/home.htm">Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming</a>, which made it the perfect time to test an expanded recycling program. In June 2003, the park opened a compost facility in an effort to divert 70 percent of the 3,000 tons of garbage generated annually by 3 million park visitors. Initially, however, only about 30 percent of the waste was composted because too many noncompostable items contaminated the feedstock. Also, secondary trips to the landfill to dispose of contaminated material pulled from compost were draining the park's 2003 revenue. Officials launched a pilot program in the fall to improve the park's recycling infrastructure. They placed 14 recycling bins for aluminum and/or steel, glass, paper, cardboard and No. 1 plastic around Mammoth Hot Springs, the park's headquarters. An education campaign targeted visitor and concessionaire behavior. Messages highlighting the importance of park recycling appeared in local newspapers, as well as in the park newsletter, which all visitors receive upon arrival. Park rangers talked about recycling during their interpretive talks. Concessionaires were asked to color-code their garbage sacks as compostable, noncompostable or recyclable. Yellowstone is a member of Headwaters, a regional recycling cooperative that serves a total area of 35,000 square miles comprising 11 counties, three cities and the park. If the improved recycling and composting program is successful, the Headwaters cooperative hopes to implement a similar recycling program in the rest of the region. </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>