collecting practical suggestions for living a more energy-efficient life. Check out the ideas<\/a> offered
so far, vote on your favorites, and submit your own. <\/p>\n
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A panel of judges, including yours truly, will help choose
the top ideas. <\/p>\n
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If you’re in the D.C. A conversation about personal energy efficiency: What are <\/p>\n Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:30 p.m., followed by cocktails. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Come prepared to participate! After the experts speak, we’ll <\/p>\n Please RSVP by email to HiveRSVP@slate.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speakers include:<\/p>\n Daniel Gross<\/a><\/strong>, the business columnist for Slate and Newsweek. <\/p>\n Daniel Gross, who’s kicking off the project by looking Personal behavior. What can I Software. I’d like to outsource as Hardware. What capital investments Information. What information <\/p>\n Here’s Gross with more info about the project: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n China’s changing energy economy<\/a><\/p>\n Ask Umbra on down comforters, soapy gray water, and canned tomatoes<\/a><\/p>\n Talking Vancouver and successful urbanism on the radio<\/a><\/p>\n
area, join Slate (and me) at live event on March 10: <\/strong><\/p>\n
the most useful ideas? And what are the best ways to persuade Americans to
adopt them?<\/p>\n
House of Sweden<\/a>, 2900 K St. NW, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
divide into groups and generate ideas about improving personal energy
efficiency, ideas that will be published and publicized on Slate.<\/p>\n
His project, The Efficient Life<\/a>,
is searching for the best ways Americans can save money by using less energy
David Katz<\/strong>, the special assistant to the secretary at the
U.S. Department of Energy, coordinating the department’s energy-efficiency
efforts
Rebecca Craft<\/strong>, director of energy efficiency at Consolidated
Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Lane Burt<\/strong><\/a>, manager of building energy policy for the Natural
Resources Defense Council [and a Grist
blogger<\/a>]
Lisa Hymas<\/strong><\/a>, senior editor and cofounder of Grist.org<\/p>\n
at the energy usage in his own home, says reader suggestions could address one
of these four areas—or maybe another area he’s never even thought of. <\/p>\n
do-in a non-obsessive way-that will best reduce my energy use without ruining
my life? (You could, for example, suggest that I turn the heat off entirely,
but that’s not realistic.) How much can be gained just by making marginal-not
radical-changes?<\/p>\n
much energy saving as possible to smarter technology. For example, you could
tell me the absolute best, easiest way to program a thermostat.<\/p>\n
should I make that will save me the most energy and money? (A particularly
interesting related question: What is the best way to take advantage of tax
credits to defray that spending?)<\/p>\n
should my utility company (or others) be sharing with me that will spur me to
use less energy?<\/p>\n
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