Energy Consultants Help Save Homeowners on their Energy Bills
Pro Energy Consultants let us tag along while they performed an energy audit on a home. We now realize how much energy can be lost by having poor insulation in your ceiling, around your fireplace and throughout a number of places in a home. We can all save on our energy bills by fixing our insulation, filling cracks and doing little things around or own homes. A simple trip to Home Depot or Lowes and a couple of hours of maintenance work …

LAS VEGAS – September 14, 2009 – CityCenter announced today that it has received three Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council for: 1) ARIA Resort’s hotel tower; 2) ARIA Resort’s convention center and theater; 3) Vdara Hotel.  ARIA and Vdara will open in December on the Las Vegas Strip and are the first of CityCenter’s developments to be LEED certified.  CityCenter anticipates Gold or Silver LEED certification for its remaining developments which include Las Vegas’ first Mandarin Oriental; Crystals, a 500,000-square-foot …

SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY MINOR TO HELP UNLV STUDENTS GAIN EDGE IN EMERGING GREEN JOBS MARKET
Program Funded By $500,000 Gift from NV Energy will Provide Advanced Training, Internships and Research Opportunities for UNLV Students
LAS VEGAS – August 6, 2009 – The green job market in Nevada is growing at a rapid pace, and UNLV students will soon gain a competitive edge in this emerging market with the creation of a new degree program in solar and renewable energy.
The Solar and Renewable Energy Minor, made possible by a $500,000 …

Clark County woman has the answer for energy efficiency
By Becky Bosshart

The soft whirling sound coming from Nancy Tabor’s backyard resembles the hum of an air conditioner – one that had grown wings and taken to flight.

That is the sound of a 42-foot wind turbine with three 6-foot long blades spinning in the afternoon breeze. That’s also the sound of environmental progress. Tabor, 42, and her partner Allen McLane, owners of McLane Electric in Las Vegas, are producing their own power from a residential wind generator. And, according to Tabor, you …

Ancient civilizations considered the sun as a divine emissary that needed to be respected and even feared. It had the power to have life taken in sacrifice for the sake of making human existence possible. Fast-forward to the present day and age….
Our Star has a potent presence. It even makes a difference to a person who is having a lousy day. A person in Seattle, with its blanket of clouds and misery, is more likely to stay quite melancholy. A person in San Diego could just take a walk during …