Green Energy Proponets Lied : Green Energy Usage Is Increasing

Here again, it's about the money and control - the fact that all the rhetoric has been bogus is of little concern. after all, it's the 'seriousness of the charge' that anyone ever hears, that the charge is false means nothing. It seems the general public is too lazy to catch the difference between what the enviros and politicians say and what they do.

Electing the progressive socialist democrats twice proves this point and sadly the results are to our own determent. proponents

Green energy in all forms has been proven to be a failure, and has wasted billions of dollars. The only winners here are the proponents that have become rich on taxpayer monies, democrat campaign coffers are over flowing, and the politicians support the program are riding good popular polling numbers even though they have beaten the general public into poverty to prove their point.

It seems there is no justice. In the face of abject failure and immense waste, the progressive socialist always have their collective hands outreached for more and the general public more then willing give it them.

"Green" Buildings Actually Use More Energy
Source: Sarah Hurtubise, "Report: D.C.'s Green-Approved Buildings Using More Energy," Daily Caller, March
March 12, 2014

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified buildings use more energy than non-LEED buildings, says the Daily Caller.

Washington, D.C., has the largest number of certified green buildings in all of the United States. But apparently that certification means very little. According to a new report from the Environmental Policy Alliance, buildings that received the LEED certification actually use more energy than the buildings that did not get certified.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the environmental group that developed LEED standards, and Washington, D.C., mandated that public buildings be LEED-certified. Energy usage is measured in what are known as EUIs (energy use intensity), units that compare energy consumption to a building's size. The greater the consumption, the higher the EUI number.

• USGBC's own headquarters in Washington received the platinum LEED certification (the top score for energy efficiency), despite it having an EUI of 236. Non-LEED buildings in D.C., on the other hand, have an average EUI of 199.
• In short, "LEED ratings have no bearing on actual energy efficiency," says Anastasia Swearingen, who led the research for the Environmental Policy Alliance.
• LEED grades buildings on ideal conditions (such as all occupants shutting lights off at night and turning off computers), but it doesn't actually look at how much energy is actually used once the building is occupied.

Washington, D.C., acknowledged the concerns over the LEED standards but has no plans to back off the mandate. Since 2010, the city has taken in $5.2 million in permit fees for the program.