Fluorescent, HID, Mercury Containing Lamps. Opportunity for Recycling To Be on Rise?

Below is a great opportunity coming for the commercial lighting industry. With the DOE getting ready to fund what they call the "Retrofit Ramp-Ups" there will be a likely influx of fluorescent, HID, and other mercury containing lamps headed for disposal in our landfills. Join My Eco Lamp on its goal to help change tomorrow by "Planting Seeds of Hope" today with our lamp recycling service and solutions program. To find out more about the DOE program, read below and visit here This is a great opportunity to not only save energy but to make a difference on the impact for tomorrow's generation.

DOE to Fund up to $454 Million for Retrofit Ramp-Ups in Energy Efficiency
Projects Seek to Make Efficiency Accessible to Every Business and Homeowner

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced a new $450 million program designed to catalyze a nationwide energy upgrade that experts estimate could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and businesses. The Recovery Act’s “Retrofit Ramp-Up” program will pioneer innovative models for rolling out energy efficiency to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in a variety of communities. Much like past roll-outs for cable TV or the Internet, DOE intends to create models that, when undertaken nationally, will save consumers billions of dollars on their utility bills and make the huge savings of energy efficiency available to everyone.

“Energy efficiency isn’t just low-hanging fruit; it’s fruit lying on the ground. We have the tools to reduce energy use at home and at work and to provide huge savings to families and businesses on their energy bills. But use of these technologies has been far too limited because we lack the simple and effective ways for people to access them,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

“The ‘Retrofit Ramp-Up’ program will support large-scale models that can open new energy efficiency opportunities to whole neighborhoods, towns, and, eventually, entire states,” continued Secretary Chu. “The Recovery Act will allow innovative communities to demonstrate a variety of sustainable business models that can be replicated across the country.”

The Request for Information (RFI) being issued today is for competitively-selected local energy efficiency projects. This competitive portion of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program will target community-scale retrofit projects that make significant, long-term impacts on energy use and can serve as national role models for grassroots energy efficiency efforts. DOE is seeking public comment on this newly funded program under the Recovery Act. Public comment ends on September 28, 2009.

Energy Efficient Lighting and Stewardship

Recently I attended a great seminar on Environmental Stewardship. The webinar was put on by North Carolina DENR. I think this is a great way for businesses looking to take steps on what impact they have locally. If you would like to find out more how your business can get involved click here to vist the Environmental Stewardship Initiative program.

If you are a business looking to save energy costs, My Eco Lamp is pleased to announce that they have become a full line commercial lighting distributor of energy efficient lights, ballast, fixtures and LED's. In addition to commercial lighting, My Eco Lamp offers a turn key solution for energy rebates, recycling and replacement lamps. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina and serving from Greensboro to the Coast. Visit online at www.myecolamp.com

Upcoming Seminar for Enviornmental Stewardship

Upcoming event:

The North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Initiative is conducting a free webinar entitled "Introduction to the North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Initiative" on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 9 a.m. To find out more about this visit here

Going Green to Save Green

Have you ever wondered what all this buzz is about going green? Maybe you are even a little tired of hearing about green. At My Eco Lamp, we want to shed some light on what going green means to us and some simple ways to look at being stewards of the resources we have. Personally, I like saving money (green) and with a growing family we are always looking for ways to help save. One way we do this is by using energy saving lamps or compact fluorescent lights. With going green also comes responsibility, in our case when switching to energy efficient lighting we now have to be stewards of the light at end of life due to mercury in the lamps. To find out more about this read some of our other posts and online at our site My Eco Lamp

Going green also has taken on new meaning with our energy bill. Instead of having the AC set to 75 in the summer we now have it set at 80 to 82. This has been a huge savings to us as well. There are many additional ways to go green and save green. We would like to hear what you are doing to go green. Email us today or comment on our post. We would love to hear from you.