Vice President Biden Launches DOE Home Energy Scoring Program
Vice President Joe Biden has launched DOE's Home Energy
Score, a pilot program designed to give homeowners reliable
information about their homes' energy efficiency.
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In 2007, renewable sources of energy accounted for about 7% of total U.S. energy consumption and 9.4% of electricity generation. (Source: EIA)
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The United States makes up 5% of the world's population and accounts for 25% of total energy use.
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Fossil fuels provide more than 85% of all the energy consumed in the US, nearly two-thirds of our electricity, and virtually all of our transportation fuels. (Source: DOE)
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In 2007, about 58% of the petroleum consumed in the U.S. was imported from foreign countries--primarily Canada, Saudia Arabia, Venezuela, Mexico and Nigeria. (Source: EIA)
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Public policies such as appliance and vehicle efficiency standards and building codes are responsible for at least 20% of the improvement in the US's energy intensity--energy use per unit of GDP. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
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