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Can a Small Nudge Make a Big Impact on Household Energy Efficiency?

May 30th, 2019 - Xufei Shen

As America’s policymakers grapple with ways to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint, one often-overlooked area is ripe for improvement: household energy consumption. According to the Department of Energy, about 22 percent of energy consumed in the United State... More »

Reinventing the Internal Combustion Engine

April 9th, 2012 - Samantha Superstine

Engineers can squeeze more efficiency gains from the old standby, if only policy would inspire them to. More »

A SunShot In the Arm: How the Energy Department Is Banking On Renewables

February 27th, 2012 - Evan Johnson

A chief engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy wants a "world without subsidies." More »