LED lights have been used in many areas since the late 1990’s.  They are used in area lighting, street lighting, in parking structures, as security lighting and in other interior spaces.

In addition, they are used in aesthetic, effect or in applications that require specialty lighting.  These…

A major advantage to using LED lights is that since they are energy efficient, they last a lot longer.  This in turn, will result in you and your business generating a lot less trash for the landfills.  This causes another benefit of using energy efficient lighting.

You will feel great about using them as you…

Summer 2011, Alaskan Wind Industries installed a 6kW Wind Turbine in Port Moller Alaska.  This wind turbine was tested in over 130mph winds and -30 degrees last month and produced an amazing amounts of energy for this lodge.  In the past few months, this wind-diesel system has allowed this lodge to reduce its winter fuel consumption over 50%.…

The UAF Bristol Bay Campus is offering ENVI 220: Intro to Sustainable Energy (3 credits) this spring semester beginning January 19th.

This course focuses on energy use and production in society.  Problems discussed are mainly related to the extent of sustainability of current practices.  The emphasis of the course is…

The push to lower the oil tax is going to be heating up in the coming months as the state legislature amps up for the legislative session.  The U.S. Supreme Court decision giving corporation's First Amendment Rights will be used to the corporations advantage.  I don't agree with reducing the oil tax based on; 1. Profit margins the oil companies enjoy.  The oil companies have enjoyed record profits. The last thing the oil companies need is an incentive to make more money, besides alternative…

I am looking for articles for the Bering Straits Region energy newsletter. If you have any news or information I might find interesting, please share it with me. wrose@kawerak.org 

So depending on the Governor's signature, Homer may end up with a natural gas line soon.  It's normal for a subdivision or a neighborhood to suddenly be opened up for natural gas, but this could be the entire southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula.  It would be great to be prepared.  It would be great to educate people on what is the most efficient technologies to install, the best products to buy for our climate.  I fear that there may be the usual flood of purchasing whatever is available,…

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply!

http://www.aidea.org/employment.html#ProjectManagerIWind

Project Manager I - Wind (AEA)

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) and the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), are recruiting for a Project Manager I – Wind.  This is a full-time…

Can you believe that the Anchorage Assembly has failed to update the section of Title 21 zoning and building codes to encourage greater energy efficiency in the construction of our buildings?  !!!

June 28 may be the last chance to talk some sense to the Assembly and modernize our code to make Anchorage a more sustainable community.

We must apply to speak at the June 28 hearing 14days in advance.  To obtain the form, go to:…

2011 Alaska Solar Tour 

550 Alaskans from around the state visited 44 Renewable Energy sites in 2010.  AlaskaSolarTour.org had over 700 unique visitors during the week before the event.  The National Solar Tour has tripled…

While we are all waiting for alternative energy sources to be incorporated into the grid there is much each of us can do at home and in the work place to reduce energy use. Those of you in the network probably already unplug electrical devices at home. Do you and your co workers feel empowereed to unplug fax and copy machines, shredders, tool chargers or other devices. Do all the computers in your workplace turn off at the end of a work day?

In food service, those warmers and…