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SPEER’s Summer Efficiency Tips
As summer continues blazing onward in SPEER's territory, we've assembled a list of energy efficiency tips to help lower the burden of this season's energy costs. Optimizing AC and fan use, reducing heat gain, strategic appliance utilization, and other included...
More Than Efficiency: How ITAC’s Infrastructure Assessments Will Promote Public Health
By SPEER Intern, Vaishnavi Kharade Introduction: Bridging Infrastructure and Health When we think of public health, images of hospitals, vaccines, or community health programs often come to mind. Rarely do we picture manufacturing plants, HVAC ducts, or lighting...
Earth Day Every Day: Simple Shifts for a Healthier Planet
Earth Day isn’t just a celebration—it’s a call to action. As public health becomes increasingly linked with environmental outcomes, it’s time to look at everyday changes we can make to help the planet and ourselves. 🌍 Shift Your Energy Use for a Cleaner Grid...
Air Quality and Public Health in Energy Policy
By SPEER Intern, Vaishnavi Kharade The Intersection of Energy Policy and Public Health Air quality and public health are deeply intertwined with energy policy decisions. As cities and states work to meet growing energy demands, the choice of energy sources and...
SPEER Member Guest Blog – “Leveraging the Inflation Reduction Act: Enhancing Collaboration Between Real Estate and Energy Efficiency”
by Pearl Certification The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers a significant opportunity for enhanced collaboration between the real estate and energy efficiency sectors in light of the requirements established by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the Home Energy...
Resiliency is the Name of the Power Outage Game
Photo credit: Climate Central A recent study exposed that Texas leads the country with the most weather-related power outages in a 23-year span, experiencing 210 outages from 2000 to 2023. While the state can be applauded for some energy successes, such as...