How the Energy Dept. can change its wasteful ways

It wasn't so long ago that U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $256 million in stimulus funding for industrial energy-efficiency initiatives. But just a week later, the Energy Dept. released the results of an energy audit of its own IT practices -- and the picture wasn't a pretty one. Auditors noted that the DOE could save more than $23 million annually at the seven facilities surveyed, just by adopting the same technology and policies it recommends to U.S. businesses.

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