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Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce: Department of Resource Efficiency

Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce is F.E.E.D.ing the local economy by providing long term solutions for your business to protect the environment and become more profitable by:
	Lowering your Energy Use Intensity (EUI) Lowering Operations Costs Creating and Implementing Action Plans to reach your Sustainability Goals Educating the Community about Efficient Resource Management

Latest News

TVA chief works to slim down agency

10/11/2013

With electricity sales lagging, the staff of America's biggest government utility and Chattanooga's biggest federal employer is getting smaller.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, which is cutting 700 jobs this year at nuclear and coal plants being phased out or delayed, is developing plans for other ways to cut more contractors or employees as it tries to trim another $350 million in operating expenses this year and next.

Covington Biomass Gasification Plant Online

11/1/2013

The Covington plant is a $2.25 million project that includes a $250,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and $2 million of Tennessee Municipal Bond fund financing through a general obligation bond issue.

And $3.5 million in savings to the city from that electricity will fund development of an 86-acre expansion of the city’s Cobb Parr Park, west of U.S. 51.

Haslam and TDEC Announce Next Clean Tennessee Energy Grant Cycle

11/13/2013

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau today announced a third offering of the Clean Tennessee Energy Grants, totaling $1.9 million, to fund energy efficiency projects for municipal governments, county governments, utility districts and other similar entities across Tennessee.

TEEI Launches E.D.G.E. Project to Increase Awareness of Phantom Load

8/24/2013

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Programs (OEP) launched a new outreach and awareness campaign designed to reduce unnecessary “phantom” plug loads at ORNL’s 3rd Annual Southeast Sustainability Summit this week. Participants in the campaign, called the E.D.G.E Project, will Educate themselves regarding phantom loads and the impact they have on electricity usage, Discover where unnecessary “phantom” plug loads exist in the home or place of business, Gather data using a Kill-A-Watt® Meter, and Execute a plan to eradicate phantom loads.

2013 ACEEE State Scorecard – TN Ranked 31st – Up 1 from 2012

11/6/2013

WASHINGTON, D.C., (November 6, 2013): Energy efficiency measures are thriving in state capitals around the United States, with several states—including Mississippi, Connecticut, Illinois, and West Virginia—taking major steps that moved them up the ranks in the seventh annual edition of the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).