2010 September

Your Next Dishwasher or Flower Bouquet May Be Delivered in an All-Electric Van

While friends of mine are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their first Leaf (it’s still months away...

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Healthy Business Habits: Efficiency as a Core Business Strategy

According to the Pew Center’s study, the very first habit of highly efficient companies was to make ...

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Wind to Battery: Storing Wind Energy for Times When the Wind Isn’t Blowing

[Note:  As an ongoing feature, we’ll take a look at cutting-edge clean energy technologies and highl...

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No “Biggest Losers” Here

The EPA introduced a program earlier this year to promote energy efficiency in the workplace. Titled...

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My Mission: Lower our Energy Bills While Living with the Comfort Queen

Or How to Keep My Mom and Our Budget Happy My elderly mother, affectionately known as the Comfort Qu...

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Seven Habits of Highly Efficient Companies

Earlier this year, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change released the results of a study entitled,...

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Xcel Energy Server Data Center Project

Virtual Reality In early 2009, our Xcel Energy IT department began looking at new ways to improve se...

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The First.

There’s just something special about “the first.” Ours is a society captivated by firsts. While some...

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