Working through grantees, it has had significant impact on promoting adoption of state and federal vehicle efficiency standards, more stringent residential and commercial building codes to reduce energy consumption, and development of renewable energy technology.

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Broadly speaking, this means carbon footprint reporting and building energy efficiency and monitoring, analyzing, reporting and reducing energy consumption.

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Because the integrated lights will also be able to send digital information back and forth, building owners and managers will be able to get more information about energy consumption than they could with separate controls today, Lawler said.

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Operating buildings cooling, heating, lighting accounts for about 36 percent of our overall energy consumption, according to the EPA, which is why efficiency retrofits and improving building codes have been a big focus of late.

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How do you align molecular biology and algorithmic algebra with a career in energy efficiency, retrofitting, solar power, power consumption, and further, corporate reputation, building trust and promoting ethical business?

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