Contracts & Installations
Nike, DyeCoo In Waterless Dyeing Team-Up
Nike Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available ...
UPM to Build Major Biodiesel Refinery
Finnish paper company UPM is to build the world's first industrial-scale plant to turn a wood byproduct into biodiesel.
The Lappeenranta, Finland, biorefinery will produce annually ...
Solvay Unveils 1MW Nedstack Fuel Cell
Chemicals company Solvay has unveiled its 1MW fuel cell built by Nedstack.
The emission-free system was installed at the Solvay's Lillo, Belgium, facility in September 2011. ...
Industrial Energy Program Surpasses Expectations
A program to save energy at industrial facilities in the Pacific Northwest produced more than 28 average MW in verified energy savings in fiscal ...
HireRight Data Centers Cut Energy 45%
Employment screening products firm HireRight has improved the efficiency of its data center infrastructure and technology.
The improvements increase performance by 50 percent, decrease power consumption ...
White Rose, Ariz. Schools Install Over 9 MW of Solar
White Rose, an independent wholesale food distributor, has begun operation of a 4.88 MW roof-mounted photovoltaic system at its warehouse in Carteret, N.J.
The ...
Building Management Briefing: EDF Energy Corps, Incenergy, Cylon, Atlanta Housing Authority
Boeing, Caesars Entertainment, DirectTV and National Geographic are among the first 20 companies to join the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps in 2012. The program ...
Fleet Briefing: AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG Vans; Waste Management, BAE, Caterpillar
AT&T has ordered 1,200 Chevrolet Express compressed natural gas cargo vans for delivery to its service centers nationwide. General Motors says it is its largest ...
LNG Ferry to Manage Energy Use with ABB Software
A cruise ferry fueled by liquefied natural gas will use ABB software to manage its energy use.
STX Finland is building the NB 1376 ...
Business Could Save $173m with Compressed Air Improvements
Air compressors present a variety of opportunities for saving energy, from leak reduction and air intake improvements, to maintenance, monitoring, specification and design, ...
Varian Slashes Redesign Time for RoHS, REACH Compliance
Varian Medical Systems, a $2.6 billion manufacturer of medical devices and software, is reducing its time to implement engineering changes from 18 to five days ...
Software Briefing: NCC Group, Ryder, SAIC and ThinkEco
Nordic region-based construction and property development firm NCC Group is to start using CA Technologies' CA ecoSoftware energy and sustainability management system. NCC hopes ...
Retrofit to Give Tarlton $1m in Rebates
Progressive Lighting & Energy Solutions is to undertake an energy efficiency improvement project for Tarlton Properties, located in Menlo Park, Calif.
The project includes the installation ...
PowerSecure Launches Diesel-Nat Gas Generator
PowerSecure International has introduced a new version of its PowerBlock proprietary generator system that runs on a combination of natural gas and diesel fuel and ...
Sandia Casino Expects 75% Energy Drop with LED Lights, Solar Panels
Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque will consume about a quarter the energy in its parking lots through switching hundreds of gas discharge lamps ...
Mercer Plans Steam Turbine for German Plant
Pulp company Mercer International Inc. has announced a project to increase production and efficiency through initiatives including the installation of ...
D.C. Tops LEED Certification List for Second Year
Colorado and Illinois have pushed out New Mexico and Nevada in the U.S. Green Building Council's annual ranking of states by certified LEED space ...
Carbon Capture Project Gets First U.S. PPA; Masdar Eyes CDM Credits
CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed the nation's first power purchase agreement for electricity from a commercial-scale carbon capture project.
The utility, ...
Bombardier to Use Maxwell Ultracapacitors for Energy Storage
Train manufacturer Bombardier is to install Maxwell Technologies' ultracapacitors in a braking energy recuperation system.
Each stationary "wayside" EnerGstor unit incorporates a Maxwell ultracapacitor array ...
Stop & Shop Nabs $4m in Incentives for Lighting and ECMs
Stop & Shop has cut costs and received over $4 million in utility incentives through use of efficient lighting and electronically-commutated motors (ECMs) ...
