Craig Schattner, Alliance to Save Energy
Dan Gross may have gone into the project as a self-proclaimed ‘well-intentioned ignoramus,’ but he came out of the month-long “Efficient Life” experiment ready to put energy efficiency in practice. Weeks ago, the Slate.com writer posed a question to his readers: is there a better way for individuals to live a more energy-efficient life? To reduce their carbon footprints while at the same time reducing utilities bills?
The phrase that was liberally peppered into the expert-led conversation was ‘low-hanging fruit,’ as high-ranking U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) folks, utilities professionals and environmental writers all agreed that adopting energy efficiency into one’s daily routine is so simple that it’s difficult to find a way to communicate its simplicity. (more…)