Energy Efficiency – Page 3

How Japan’s Salarymen Embraced Short Sleeves Through ‘Cool Biz’

Under “Cool Biz,” salarymen and government workers don short-sleeved shirts in the summer as offices are kept above 82 degrees Fahrenheit to save energy.

By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno

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Biden’s Climate Law Is Reshaping Private Investment in the United States

Lucrative tax incentives have fueled a surge in solar panels but failed to boost wind power, data from a new project show.

By Jim Tankersley

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Incandescent Bulb Ban Renews a Squabble Over the American Home

A ban on most kinds of traditional bulbs renews a cultural squabble between regulatory efforts to curb energy consumption and the very American impulse to do whatever one wants in one’s domicile.

By Katie Rogers

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New Energy Efficiency Rules Spell End of Incandescent Era

New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect, relegating Edison’s glowing orbs to the history books.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

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