Whereas typical school designs today use 3 watts / sq. ft., FRHS uses only 1.6 watts / sq. ft. Projected over the life of the building, energy savings from the building's mechanical, …

A typical office light fixture currently runs on 123 watts of power, but smaller tubes now available can produce the same amount of light at 50 watts, or run half-power on 30 watts, he said.

Knoxville-based TVA — the country's largest public utility, serving 8.7 million consumers in Tennessee and six surrounding states — also expects to decide by late summer if it will …

TVA's Watts Bar Unit 1 near Spring City, Tenn., was the last nuclear power generator completed by a U.S. utility. It cost nearly $7 billion in 1996. TVA's two other plants, the twin-reactor …

Last year TVA estimated the value of two of its nuclear plants at well above their insured limit -- Watts Bar at $6 billion and Browns Ferry at $2.8 billion. TVA Director Bill Baxter said the …

The N.C. Utilities Commission plans to hear arguments early next year about the proposal, which would help customers weatherize homes and buy energy efficient appliances and low-energy …

The microturbine planned for City Hall's roof, donated by Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz., will produce only 1,800 watts, less than 2 percent as much as the Local 103 wind turbine.

Saudi Arabia receives 7,000 watts of sunshine per square meter on an average day of 12 hours. The initiative aims at reducing the cost of desalination to less than 40 U.S. cents per cubic …

The specification now sets maximum levels for power consumption when the computer is on but idle — previously, Energy Star dealt only with the ability to enter "sleep" mode. There won't …

A kilowatt is the amount of electrical capacity needed to supply 10 light bulbs, each rated at 100 watts. To boost the power output to the higher figure, the farm plans to mix manure from its …