Heating & Cooling

TXU, Marriott Identify $250K in Energy Savings at 40 Texas Hotels

TXU Energy recently conducted energy audits at Texas Marriott locations, identifying energy saving opportunities. If fully implemented across Marriott's 40 properties in Texas, the savings ...

November 17, 2009

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of ...

November 13, 2009

‘Green Building’ Jobs Rise Meteorically

Starting in July of 2008 the percentage of available jobs related to green building has taken off dramatically and shows no sign ...

November 13, 2009

Spectrum Health, Fortune Data Centers Go for the LEED Gold

Businesses across all sectors including health care, manufacturing and information technology (IT) are seeking the coveted LEED certification to ensure that their new buildings meet the ...

November 9, 2009

System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels

For hotels, going green translates into energy-saving projects with some very tangible results. These include the Hilton New York's energy fuel cell installation that is nearly ...

November 4, 2009

Former Sears Tower May Sport World’s Tallest Green Roof

As the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere readies itself for a major energy efficiency overhaul, engineers have developed what may be the world's ...

November 3, 2009

DOE Shows Commercial Builders How to Achieve 50% Energy Savings

Building owners in four key commercial building sectors will now be able to achieve a 50-percent energy savings with the help of new technical documents that ...

October 28, 2009

Jones Lang LaSalle Puts All Properties in Energy Star Program

Jones Lang LaSalle has become the first major real estate service firm to enroll 100 percent of its managed property in the EPA's Energy ...

October 27, 2009

Stop Cooling the Data Center

Cooling is not going to be a major contributor to data center costs in five years. In fact, in five years, the temperature in ...

October 15, 2009

Toyota USA’s Data Center Efficiencies Reduce Energy Use 10%

Improvements at the data center for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. should help decrease emissions and energy use, according to a press release. Toyota ...

October 13, 2009

Reno’s Peppermill Resort Pumps $8.1M into Geothermal

Tapping into clean renewable geothermal energy, the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nev., has a solution to cover 100 percent of the facility's hot ...

October 5, 2009

Retailers Adopt New CO2 Refrigeration System

So far, two supermarket locations have adopted a new carbon dioxide-based cascade refrigeration system that is said to help limit the use of HCFC refrigerants. A new ...

September 30, 2009

What’s so ‘Free’ About Free Cooling?

There is a lot of discussion lately regarding "free cooling." It seems you cannot pick up a trade publication without reading about how company XYZ ...

September 27, 2009

American Life Green Roof to Cut Cooling Costs 20-30%

A vegetative roof atop the headquarters of American Life and Accident Insurance Co. of Kentucky will reduce heating and cooling needs by 20-30 percent. The green roof, ...

September 24, 2009

Tide Encourages Energy Savings Through Cold Washing

In a new TV ad spot, Tide is urging consumers to save energy and "get out of the old ...

September 3, 2009

Kyocera Reduces AC Bill With Natural ‘Green Curtain’

By encouraging climbing plants to climb trellises placed in front of windows, Kyocera has lowered the load on its air-conditioning systems. The new initiative, in place ...

September 1, 2009

Schools Find Energy Savings in Lighting Retrofits, Green Roofs

Educational facilities from colleges to grade schools are finding that they can achieve significant cost savings as well as reduce their carbon footprint by implementing a ...

August 25, 2009

GreenChill Supermarkets Reduce Emissions 8.5% in 2008

Supermarkets participating in the EPA's GreenChill program reduced their aggregate emissions 8.5 percent last year. The program, launched in November of 2007, encourages supermarkets to reduce ...

August 7, 2009

LL Bean, Emerson Data Centers Use Natural Light to Reduce Power Use

Companies are employing natural light in their new data centers to help reduce power use. This approach used in data centers at L.L. Bean and Emerson ...

August 5, 2009

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 ...

July 27, 2009

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