Your Energy Bill
Improving energy efficiency will reduce your energy bill. And, your small green energy bill will make an important contribution to solving America's energy problem.
America's Energy Problem
America has a very big energy efficiency problem. We waste more than half of the energy we produce. America's energy waste drains billions of dollars from family and business coffers. It eliminates funding for millions of jobs . . . and it poisons the environment.
America has a very big energy efficiency problem. Your small green energy bill can be an important part of the solution.
Energy Efficiency Reduces Waste
The only practical (and affordable) solution to America's massive energy waste is bringing energy efficiency to millions of homes and commercial buildings . . . one home and one commercial building at a time.
Here are a few fast facts about the energy waste that your green energy bill can help eliminate.
Energy Efficiency Saves Money
A green energy bill can reduce both commercial and residential utility expense. In commercial buildings, energy efficiency can reduce utility bills by as much as 50%. And, implementing energy efficiency often requires little or no capital investment.
Energy Efficiency Funds Jobs
When cash flow increases, organizations hire more employees. Similarly, when families have more cash they buy more products and services.
By reducing energy bills 10% or more in single family residences . . . and by 20% to 40% in businesses, green energy has potential to create funding for several million new American jobs.
Energy Efficiency Protects the Environment
Roughly 50% of America's electricity is produced by burning coal. Every pound of coal that is burned produces up to three pounds of carbon dioxide.
In addition to reducing energy waste, integrating energy conservation (first) with solar energy (second) can make clean solar energy affordable.
When energy conservation is combined with solar energy, the result can be a Big Green Zero.
Energy Efficiency and Due Diligence
For the buyer, in a commercial real estate transaction, energy due diligence can identify post-acquisition efficiency opportunities that will be a financial "birds nest on the ground."
Energy Efficiency Tools You Can Use
Improving energy efficiency will go far toward solving America's energy problem. The process is simple and inexpensive and can pay large cost-savings dividends. To start shrinking your commercial energy bill, check out the Green Energy Toolkit.
