Salt River Project is offering more than $11 million in energy-efficiency rebates for businesses of all sizes, an increase of nearly 40 percent over last year.

Salt River Project is offering more than $11 million in energy-efficiency rebates for businesses of all sizes, an increase of nearly 40 percent over last year.

Homebuilders are navigating this year's traditional selling season without the government tax rebates that a year ago infused the housing market with a short-lived burst of activity.

The Mesa Unified School District is expecting to lose 1,000 more students this year, continuing a trend of downward enrollment that has plagued district coffers for several years.

Twelve of the Kyrene elementary school district school buildings have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. This signifies that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency.

Twelve of the Kyrene elementary school district school buildings have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. This signifies that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency.

To promote energy conservation, Arizona Public Service is offering rebates to its residential and business customers who install more efficient air conditioners, heat pumps and other electricity-gulping machines.

Modern living does not have to be that hard, energy efficiency experts say.

If you want to lessen the chances of future blackouts and keep the prices you pay to utility companies reasonable, you ought to love the Environmental Protection Agency's new rules on the emissions of power plants and other industries.

At SRP, we occasionally hear stories from customers who’ve used the Internet to find novel advice on how to manage their home energy usage.

SRP officials are proposing an overall 8.8 percent rate increase to take effect in November.

“Today is day of celebration as City of Mesa is ‘getting green by going green,’” said City Manager Chris Brady at news conference Monday, quoting District 5 Councilwoman Dina Higgins from an earlier city statement.

Apache Junction is the first city in Arizona to supply 50 percent of its city hall's electricity from renewable sources.

If you were to touch a dark roof surface on a manufactured home during the summer in Phoenix, you might find that it is thirty degrees warmer than the roof of a mobile home that is painted white. By applying a white reflective roofing coating, homeowners can reduce the cost and energy needed to operate their air conditioning unit. A white roof coating is just one example of the cost-effective improvements that are made through the Weatherization Assistance Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded 12 Kyrene schools with the Energy Star distinction, an annual award based off a system to determine energy efficiency.

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded 12 Kyrene schools with the Energy Star distinction, an annual award based off a system to determine energy efficiency.

To help save energy and money, the Gilbert Unified School District is proposing to replace more than 6,000 lights at Gilbert and Highland high schools.

Taxpayers have only a few weeks left to make fi nancial decisions that could either reduce the amount of tax they’ll pay for 2006 or postpone taxes on money earned this year.

Ecoconscious consumers have driven homebuilders in Scottsdale to apply for more permits that follow the city’s “green” program standards than ever before.

Ecoconscious consumers have driven homebuilders in Scottsdale to apply for more permits that follow the city’s “green” program standards than ever before.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Trying to repeat the success of its Centrino brand for notebook computers, chip-maker Intel Corp. said Wednesday it will launch a set of technologies geared specifically for entertainment PCs.

Scottsdale will begin using biofuels in many of its municipal vehicles in an effort to make its fleet operation more environment-friendly and energy-efficient.

In this column space, I often get a break from writing about the bad news, the crime and the dark side of a community. I get to write about human interests — people, their jobs, a unique project in a community or one’s hobby. You know, the lighter side of life.

Facing $145 million in needed building renovations and construction, the Mesa Unified School District will craft a facilities plan for the governing board in the next few months in order to decide whether to put a bond issue on the November ballot.