Youth Summit honors Kentucky students
By Eileen Hardy Department for Energy Development and Independence Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED) and Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools (KGHS) brought [...]
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Students Design Air Quality Solutions
By the Division for Air Quality When Division for Air Quality educator Roberta Burnes works with students, she often starts with a single question: How do we know if the air [...]
Students projects energize and inspire at Energy Education Summit
By Eileen Hardy Department for Energy Development and Independence There was no shortage of energy or inspiration when 200 students and teachers converged April 27 in [...]
New state office building at 300 Sower Boulevard achieves LEED SILVER ranking
By John Mura Office of the Secretary Since Fall, about 1,500 state employees have been enjoying a brand new workspace, thanks to a public-private-partnership that enabled the [...]
Electric vehicles in Kentucky
By Kenya Stump Renewable Energy In 1834, a Vermont blacksmith, Thomas Davenport built a prototype electric motor, which he used in a model car, paving the way for electric [...]
The inner workings of the electric grid
By Kenya Stump Renewable Energy When you grow up living near two large power plants in Western Kentucky, it’s not hard to assume that those plants supply electricity to [...]
Electricity: What exactly are you paying for every month?
By Kenya Stump Renewable Energy Most of us pay an electric bill every month to keep the lights on, appliances running and to heat and cool our homes. But are you really just [...]
Save money with energy efficiency
By Eileen Hardy Department for Energy Development and Independence The message bears repeating. “Good things are happening in Kentucky,” said Brad Thomas, associate [...]
School energy managers: the sustaining power of energy efficiency
By Eileen Hardy Department for Energy Development and Independence Armed with perseverance, insight and knowledge, school energy managers across Kentucky are teaching a [...]
Corporate’s changing face
By Kenya Stump Renewable Energy It used to be that a shampoo bottle would have printed on it a straightforward pitch for soft, clean, manageable hair. Now, even the shampoo [...]
