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Roadmap to Sustainable Government Buildings

Description: This document encourages governments to use LEED certifications in the construction of government buildings, and to promote LEED buildings in their jurisdictions. The document provides advice on how to promote and administer such projects.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Green Building Council
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Net Metering Programs

Description: This map shows states with net metering schemes to measure a site's electricity generation versus a site's electricity production, with customers only paying for the net electricity consumed.
Date: 2009
Creator: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The impact of rising energy prices on the poor over time in the United States.

Description: Policy makers and households are concerned about the impact of rising energy prices on low-income households. In a trend starting in the 1970s, low-income households are spending an increasingly disproportionate share of their income on home energy. The burden on a household imposed by energy prices can be analyzed through four factors: energy price, energy consumption, income level, and level of assistance provided to help with the costs of energy. The combination of these factors indicates thā€¦ more
Date: August 2002
Creator: Long, Pei-Ling Amy
Partner: UNT Libraries
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EPA Analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 H.R. 2454 in the 111th Congress

Description: A presentation that analysis the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 as well as the economic wide cap and trade program, the energy efficiency provisions, and the competitiveness provisions.
Date: June 23, 2009
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Atmospheric Programs.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Infra Red Photos]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 10, 1979, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Renewable Electricity in DFW: Access, Distribution, and Consumer Awareness

Description: Texas is the leading producer of renewable energy in the U.S, and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) is the largest metropolitan area in the state. Texas has a deregulated energy market, with three types of providers: privatized, public-owned, and co-operatives. Privatized providers compete in the deregulated market, and consumers choose between hundreds of electricity retailers. Public-owned providers are owned by the municipality, and electricity consumers that live within the city limits must use the mā€¦ more
Date: May 2023
Creator: Greer, Marissa
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Annual Energy Outlook 2010: With Projections to 2035

Description: The Annual Energy Outlook 2010 (AEO2010), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date: April 2010
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Energy Outlook 2012: with Projections to 2035

Description: The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2010), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date: June 2012
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reducing Our Carbon Footprint through Ridesharing

Description: This report discusses research on reducing our carbon footprint through ridesharing. The focus of this research project was to analyze and collect travel trajectories to calculate carbon footprints under different travel modes and identify ways to reduce it.
Date: 2012
Creator: Garrett, Kim; Bell, Jesse; Huang, Yan & Powell, James
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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Fueling sustainable development: The energy productivity solution

Description: The booklet describes the mounting policy and business concerns surrounding the supply of energy and argues that the most cost-effective way to address these concerns is through improving energy productivity and adopting existing energy-efficient technologies that pay for themselves in future energy savings. The document supports the role of public policy in encouraging consumers and businesses to capture the benefits of higher energy productivity.
Date: October 2008
Creator: McKinsey Global Institute
Partner: UNT Libraries
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