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		<title>Have you seen this man?</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2011/03/have-you-seen-this-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Geographic&#8217;s most typical person National Geographic’s year long series on world population highlights the differences and similarities of the Earth’s population as we reach 7 billion people in 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Global Reporting Initiative Certification</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/05/global-reporting-initiative-certification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received my GRI G3 reporting certification from the course I took last week.&#160; The course was delivered in Colorado for the first time due to the efforts of CORE with support from Deloitte.&#160; Lead, out of Canada, provided the training based on materials from the Global Reporting Initiative. The instructor was well informed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CU Ranks at top of Sustainable Campus list</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/03/cu-ranks-at-top-of-sustainable-campus-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Daily Camera reports the University of Colorado&#8217;s Boulder campus has received another green designation. The Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors gave CU the highest grade awarded on its 2010 report card. And for the second year in a row, CU was named an Overall College Sustainability Leader. CU [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks Customers React to Caloric Info</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/01/starbucks-customers-react-to-caloric-info/</link>
		<comments>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/01/starbucks-customers-react-to-caloric-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears Starbucks customers in New York are able to make intelligent decisions when provided with the information about the calorie content of food on the menu. A new study by Stanford released Jan. 6 examined consumer behavior before and after calorie counts were posted, and determined that when restaurants post calories on menu boards, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Bound by Obama\&#8217;s Copenhagen Emissions Pledge &#8212; U.N. Official &#8211; NYTimes.com</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/01/u-s-bound-by-obamas-copenhagen-emissions-pledge-u-n-official-nytimes-com-2/</link>
		<comments>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/01/u-s-bound-by-obamas-copenhagen-emissions-pledge-u-n-official-nytimes-com-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move clearly designed to keep up the pressure on the US to take strong action on climate change, UN climate chief Yfo de Boer stated, &#8220;Whatever route is taken, the president of the United States committed to a 17 percent emissions reduction in Copenhagen.  The president of the United States committed to more ambitious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart-grid spending to hit $200 billion by 2015 &#124; Green Tech &#8211; CNET News</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2010/01/smart-grid-spending-to-hit-200-billion-by-2015-green-tech-cnet-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;smart grid&#8221; is shorthand for a number of technologies intended to automate and digitize management of electrical power. By computerizing the 20th century electrical system, utilities and others in the power industryhope to manage and control electrical output more efficiently and reliably. Though smart grid sounds like it&#8217;s a single system, it&#8217;s more an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Heads to Copenhagen with a 17 Percent Reduction Offer</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/11/obama-heads-to-copenhagen-with-a-17-percent-reduction-offer/</link>
		<comments>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/11/obama-heads-to-copenhagen-with-a-17-percent-reduction-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama set to be in Copenhagen on Dec. 9th with an offer to cut US GHG emissions in the range of 17% from 2005 levels by 2020.&#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Clunker and Looking to Save Cash</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/10/keeping-the-clunker-and-looking-to-save-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head over to the EPA’s Fuel Economy website and learn ways to get the last few miles out of every drop.&#160; You’ll learn how to drive more efficiently, like taking the golf clubs out of the trunk when snow’s on the ground and slowing down just a bit.&#160; And ways to not only make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ole Miss and SmartSynch Report Electricity Usage with…Twitter</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/09/ole-miss-and-smartsynch-report-electricity-usage-withtwitter/</link>
		<comments>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/09/ole-miss-and-smartsynch-report-electricity-usage-withtwitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Mississippi is using data from SmartSynch’s smart meters and passing it to dashboards for campus operations personnel to monitor, analyze and act via RSS and social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook.&#160; As a part of the university’s Red, Blue and Green initiative, students and faculty can register with the school’s Green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NIST Fasttracks SmartGrid Standards</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/09/nist-fasttracks-smartgrid-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NIST released a draft report on the SmartGrid interoperability standards yesterday.&#160; The roughly 80 initial standards and 14 priority action plans are available for public review and comment for 30 days.&#160; Following this comment period the first phase of NIST’s 3 phase approach will be completed with the final release of the NIST Framework and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power of Influence Reduces use of Power &#8211; Electric Power, that is</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/08/power-of-influence-reduces-use-of-power-electric-power-that-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that people don’t only wish to keep up with their neighbors with bigger homes and wider if flatter TVs.&#160;&#160; This seems to be true with energy efficiency as well.&#160; From hotels to neighborhoods, the power of influence work by Dr. Robert Cialdini is being put to the test with positive results.&#160; Looks like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOE Report on Data Center Efficiency Program</title>
		<link>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/04/doe-report-on-data-center-efficiency-program/</link>
		<comments>http://dwaynenesmith.com/blog/archives/2009/04/doe-report-on-data-center-efficiency-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwayne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claiming typical savings in the 20-40% range with aggressive strategies able to save over 50%, the DOE has put out a report on how data centers can use the tools from the Save Energy Now program. Not surprisingly, the key to generating these savings is to reduce the amount of energy used to support and [...]]]></description>
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