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User Testimonial

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

We received a communication from a user of ToolsForTenants.com – a testimonial for the site and a terrific example of one person do all they can to help conserve energy. Thank you Andrew! Dear Tools for Tenants, I am writing … Continue reading →

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ars technica article

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

EnergyIT received a mention for Gainesville-Green.com in a recent article on ars technica. Gamification: Green tech makes energy use a game—and we all win

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OpenEI

Posted on October 13, 2010 by admin

Gainesville Green made it on to the OpenEI.org blog!

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Solar FIT

Posted on September 30, 2010 by admin

GRU is reopening the solar feed-in tarriff (FIT) program in October. GRU will accept application from customers October 4-8, 2010. Read the GRU press release for more information.

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Zillow Bookmarklet

Posted on March 17, 2010 by admin

I was looking at houses on Zillow this weekend and wanted to get a rough idea of their energy efficiency. I was copying a lot of addresses into our search page which worked fine just took a while. So instead … Continue reading →

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Interesting articles talking about energy and personal behavior

Posted on December 22, 2009 by admin

Here are a couple good articles from a premier home performance trade magazine and The LA Times. Home Energy Magazine (March/April 2009) – How Private Should Utility Bills Be? Perhaps it is time to consider a similar disclosure for energy … Continue reading →

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Gainesville Green contributes study data

Posted on December 16, 2009 by admin

Grant D. Jacobsen of UC Santa Barbara and  Matthew J. Kotchen of Yale University and NBER prepared a draft – Are Building Codes Effective at Saving Energy? Evidence From Residential Billing Data in Florida – for discussion at the Conference … Continue reading →

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Just In Time For Summer, Big June Updates

Posted on October 15, 2009 by admin

We have just released a major update to the Gainesville Green interface!  Now you can sign up for an account which will allow you to: Claim Your Home Create and Compare Groups of Homes Import Data Directly From GRU  To … Continue reading →

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December Update

Posted on December 3, 2008 by admin

We just rolled out another version of GainesvilleGreen.com, with a few notable additions: fixed a bug with the searching from the home page many small changes to improve the design many small fixes to support Internet Explorer added some more … Continue reading →

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Home Efficiency Reaches Presidential Debate

Posted on October 8, 2008 by admin

Senator Barack Obama brought the subject of weatherization and home efficiency to the presidential level last night when he said, “Each and every one of us can start thinking about how can we save energy in our homes, in our … Continue reading →

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