The Energy Department's Advanced Manufacturing Office is the lead government program working to increase the energy efficiency of U.S. industry–which accounts for about one-third of U.S. energy use.
Houston-based Texas Medical Center recently celebrated the completion of an energy-efficient, 48 megawatt combined heat and power system. The Medical Center projects that new system, funded in part by a $10 million Recovery Act grant, will help save about $200 million in energy costs over the next 15 years — a big number, even by Texas standards.
As one of the windiest states in the country, Kansas is a great place to harness wind and solar power. And through the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, the Resourceful Kansas team is teaching the rest of the state about all the technologies that are out there.
How a new HVAC system is helping the Chester County Historical Society in Pennsylvania save money and preserve history.

