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The typical household spends $1,900 a year on energy bills. With Energy Star, you can save up to 30% or more than $600 per year.

Source: ENERGY STAR

86% of Americans would choose one home over another based on its Energy Efficiency. Yet 78% of homeowners said nobody talked to them about Energy Efficiency during the buying process.

76% of Americans think their utility should offer Renewable Energy. Yet 58% don’t know what Renewable Energy actually is.

63% of Americans say energy prices have increased enough to make them change their consumption habits. Yet 76% blame something other than their own consumption for rising energy prices.

Source: Energy Pulse 2006

An overwhelming majority of consumers – 92 percent – agree that business, government, and consumers have an equal responsibility to reduce energy use - Alliance to Save Energy, 2003 Consumer Market Research.

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New Solar Cell Breaks the “40 Percent Efficient” Sunlight-to-Electricity Barrier

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner today announced that with DOE funding, a concentrator solar cell produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved a world-record conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, establishing a new milestone in sunlight-to-electricity performance. This breakthrough may lead to systems with an installation cost of only $3 per watt, producing electricity at a cost of 8-10 cents per kilowatt/hour, making solar electricity a more cost-competitive and integral part of our nation’s energy mix.

Read more at the Department of Energy Site

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