Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – Utah Democrats selected physician Rosemary Lesser to fill the open seat in the Utah House due to the death of longtime legislator LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff, who died at the end of December. The 37 Democratic delegates in House District 10 picked Lesser over seven other candidates Saturday. The election was conducted via ranked-choice voting, and Lesser triumphed on the fifth ballot. Lesser told The Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday afternoon that she would not have had this opportunity without Shurtliff’s “hard-won victory” in November. “I am very honored as to be able to, in a small way,…

OGDEN, Utah – With the new administration’s robust focus on energy policy, energy efficiency efforts have taken on momentum around the US. In 2050, roughly half the US building stock will be buildings that are standing today. While new buildings will be constructed, we will also need to substantially reduce energy use and emissions from existing buildings. Typical building retrofits reduce energy use by 10-25%, but deep retrofits save at least 30% and sometimes more than 50%. To green a building is to increase the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials and of reducing impacts on human…