An Energy Audit: The First Step Toward Home Energy Efficiency

A comprehensive, diagnostic energy audit will not only pinpoint the source of the problem but also prioritize recommended improvements to maximize the return on investment.energy audit, home energy audit, energy efficiency, Tennessee, Pro Energy Consultants, Derek Pace

New Solar Products: Creating 'Green-Collar' Job Growth in Rural Tennessee

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Green Investment and Legislation: Creating Jobs and Revenue

Higher energy prices alone could be the driver that moves these companies into the mainstream economy, but a number of legislative or regulatory actions could jump-start this sector and ignite rapid expansion and job creation.new energy economy, green investment, green legislation, energy investment, clean tech investment, clean-tech investment, Tennessee, Wunderlich Securities, Andrew Geshwiler

Electricity: A Powerful Bargain

While most residents of the Tennessee Valley still pay under a dime for a kilowatt-hour of electricity, the prices of other things have climbed much further past their 1933 levels.electricity rates, Tennessee, electricity, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority

The Case for a Comprehensive Energy Policy

A broad-based energy and climate bill can help us toward energy independence in a fiscally responsible way.energy legislation, energy policy, energy reform, Tennessee Environmental Council, Tennessee, energy

Physical education and health promotion: A qualitative study of teachers' perceptions

This is a PDF version of an article published in Health education© 2002. The definitive version is available at www.emeraldinsight.comThis article discusses the extent to which health promotion is central to physical education (PE) teachers' philosophies and practices. 35 PE teachers in secondary schools in north-west England were interviewed.This article was submitted to the RAE2008 for the University of Chester - Allied Health Professions and Studies

No Green Growth Without Innovation

This Policy Brief, co-written by Senior Non-Resident Fellow Philippe Aghion, Senior Resident Fellow Reinhilde Veugelers and David Hemous of Harvard University, attempts to change the terms of the debate surrounding climate change policy. The authors argue that policymakers should do more to encourage innovation and investment in Â?greenÂ? research and development rather than focusing solely on the setting of a carbon price. Using a model developed by Aghion in a previous paper, they argue that a carbon price would have to be about 15 times higher in the first five years and 12 times higher in the next five years if innovation is not properly subsidized by governments. The authors also provide several policy recommendations for incentivising this type of Â?green growthÂ? in the private sector.

Anomalies, D-flatness and Small Instantons

Recently, Witten has proposed a mechanism for symmetry enhancement in $SO(32)$ heterotic string theory, where the singularity obtained by shrinking an instanton to zero size is resolved by the appearance of an $Sp(1)$ gauge symmetry. In this short letter, we consider spacetime constraints from anomaly cancellation in six dimensions and D-flatness and demonstrate a subtlety which arises in the moduli space when many instantons are shrunk to zero size.Comment: 8 pages, harvma