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Energy Department, Volvo Partnership Builds More Efficient Trucks and Manufacturing Plants
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:00 +0000 - Energy Department, Volvo Partnership Builds More Efficient Trucks and Manufacturing Plants

Acting Under Secretary of Energy Arun Majumdar joined with North Carolina Congressman Howard Coble (NC-6) to tour the Volvo Group’s truck headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and highlight the blueprint for an America built to last laid out by President Obama in his State of the Union address.

City of Houston Joins Better Buildings Challenge, Partners with Energy Department to Reduce Energy Waste and Boost Efficiency
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000 - City of Houston Joins Better Buildings Challenge, Partners with Energy Department to Reduce Energy Waste and Boost Efficiency

Washington, D.C. — Building on President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address earlier this week for a new era for American energy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined with Houston Mayor Annise Parker today to announce that Houston, Texas is joining the Better Buildings Challenge.  Houston is the latest community to join the Challenge, a public-private partnership that seeks to improve energy efficiency 20 percent by 2020 in commercial, government, and school buildings across the country.

Energy Department Announces Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:56:00 +0000 - Energy Department Announces Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 and unveiled the competition’s location, the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.

Online Voting Begins for “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator”
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:17:36 +0000 - Online Voting Begins for “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator”

Americans Will Pick the Most Innovative Start-Up Companies Using Laboratory Inventions to Create New Businesses, Products

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