Thanks to help from the Energy Department, Washington, DC, streets are becoming brighter, saving energy and taxpayer dollars. Learn more about DC's streetlight upgrades.
The community of Boaz, Alabama, saves money by retrofitting streetlights with new lighting technology.
As one of the windiest states in the country, Kansas is a great place to harness wind and solar power. And through the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, the Resourceful Kansas team is teaching the rest of the state about all the technologies that are out there.
Thomas Edison would be amazed. The conventional light bulb is getting some serious competition from a 10-watt LED bulb -- the first winner of the Energy Department's L prize.