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Retrofitted Exit Signs Can Save Up to 90% in Energy Costs

Because illuminated exit signs shine 24/7 and are required by law in commercial facilities, they are one of the first areas that a company ...

From Solar Applications to Christmas, LEDs Light the Night

Advances in LED lighting continue to pour forth, while some programs are promoting awareness of LED lighting by promoting Christmas light exchanges. New research from ...

Sustainable Tips to Save Small Business Owners Money

In recent years, the notion of a “green economy” has gathered steam. The conversation accelerated when the economy worsened and unemployment rose and ...

Airline Urges Bathroom Breaks to Lighten Load, Save Fuel

More airlines are starting to retrofit their facilities with energy-efficient LEDs to save energy, while some others are targeting not-so-traditional initiatives to lighten their fuel consumption. On ...

Royal Caribbean Cruises Reduces Fuel Consumption by 4%

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has made environmental improvements over the past year. The company has reduced fuel consumption by 4 percent, NOx emissions by three ...

Litetronics Announces Cinema Sustainability Program

Litetronics International, which provides specialty lighting, has introduced "Litetronics Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Safety Program for Cinemas and ...

McDonald’s, Margaritas Invest in Eco Strategies to Reduce Costs

Restaurants are making big investments in improving energy efficiency as well as adding conservation and sustainability measures to reduce costs. Some of these initiatives include "green" ...

AT&T Optimizes Operations Via Efficiency

AT&T continues to improve technical efficiency as a means toward reducing its environmental impact, according to its 2008 CSR report. Above is a look at AT&T's ...

Red Robin Restaurants to Save $120,000 Annually with LED Retrofit

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. has replaced approximately 12,000 standard incandescent and halogen lights in more than 150 Red Robin restaurants in the U.S. with ...

Long-Range Projects Add Big Savings for Health Care Facilities

For hospitals willing to make the investment, significant cost savings await in adding renewables, revamping lighting fixtures and maximizing a building's heating and cooling system. New construction ...

Hotels, Spas Enjoy Big Savings from Green Projects

By implementing energy- and water-saving initiatives, hotels and spas are illustrating how businesses across all industries can reduce their operational costs while cutting their environmental footprint. As ...

Hospitals Due for Energy Efficiency Overhaul

Hospitals and health care facilities are primed for a revolution in energy efficiency, achieved through changes as far-ranging as lighting, cooling towers, employee workflow and even ...

LEDs Make Inroads into Commercial and Home Applications

As light-emitting diode (LED) lamp manufacturers and researchers continue to develop products with greater performance, businesses including retail stores are starting to realize the energy-savings benefits ...

CFL Recycling Options Abound

Recycling companies like are making it easier for businesses to address hazardous waste recycling at their operations. Air Cycle Corp., for instance, has upgraded its online ...

Obama Admin Unveils Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Investments

President Barack Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced new plans to drive energy efficiency and save American consumers billions of dollars per ...

CFL Bulbs Sold in Mail-ready Recycling Container

One of the few knocks on compact fluourescent lightbulbs has been the fact that they contain mercury and are not easily recyclable and therefore must be ...

EU Formalizes Ban on Inefficient Lighting

By 2012, European businesses will no longer be able to purchase inefficient lighting options. Previously, the phase-out of incandescent bulbs had been staged for 2010. In ...

GE to Deliver Smarter Appliances

GE Consumer & Industrial plans to introduce a suite of "smart" appliances, or energy-management-enabled appliances, that are enabled to receive a signal from local utility companies that are participating in tiered rate programs to help ...

Alpine Bank Saves With Green Disk Drive System

Alpine Bank of Colorado recently announced the introduction of a new automated disk drive platform which reduces the power and cooling used by current disk drive systems. The bank ...

Lighting Upgrade at Broadmoor Saves $280K Per Year

The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs has upgraded its lighting system by replacing the hotel's incandescent lighting with more than 30,000 energy-efficient lamps. The upgrade is expected to save about ...

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