Energy Tips

Producing Energy from Trash - Watauga County Edges Closer To Implementing Landfill Gas To Energy Project (Story by Sam Calhoun): Watauga County, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (BREMCO) and the ASU Energy Center have been hard at work for the past four years on a Landfill Gas To Energy project that would make use of the energy created from the methane gas collection system at the county’s closed landfill site in Boone. - more -

NC State Energy Office Files Application for $8.8 Million to Give North Carolinians Discounts on Energy-Efficient Appliances: RALEIGH – North Carolina’s State Energy Office has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy to receive $8.8 million in federal funds to help homeowners purchase energy-efficient appliances such as furnaces, room air conditioners, refrigerators and dishwashers. The program for distribution of the money for ENERGY STAR-rated appliances is being developed by the Energy Office, along with the N.C. Office of Economic Recovery and Investment. - more -

Director of Sustainable Development Named: Brian Crutchfield has been named director of sustainable development for Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation. Sustainable development has been embraced by Blue Ridge Electric as a way to do business that is good for its members, local communities, the cooperative, and the environment.
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Hunting Down Vampire Electronics: Most homes never quite shut down for the night. Although lamps may be off, dark rooms are typically spotted with tiny red and green lights of appliances and the glow of digital clocks.

All of those seemingly "sleeping" appliances, howver, are using more electricity than most would think. Sometimes called vampire electronics, these devices use five percent of all energy consumed in the US and cost consumers more than $3 billion every year. - more -