Contracts & Installations

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED Certification, Energy Star Builder, Cedar Grove Composting, IESO/RIA 6001-2011

Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED Certification, Energy Star Builder, Cedar Grove Composting, IESO/RIA 6001-2011The Primera Terra luxury condominium community, designed by KTGY Group and built by KB Home, has earned the  National Association of Home Builders BALA platinum ...

February 21, 2012

Energy Efficiency Financing ‘Ready for Commercial Real Estate Market’

Energy Efficiency Financing ‘Ready for Commercial Real Estate Market’Energy efficiency financing is on track to become a mainstream class of financial assets that enjoys predictability, large volumes and high standardization, according to a ...

February 21, 2012

EL Pro UC Installs Ten 'Smart Labs'; Expects 20%, 2-Year Electricity Drop

UC Installs Ten ‘Smart Labs’; Expects 20%, 2-Year Electricity DropThe University of California - Irvine expects to cut electricity use by 20 percent from 2010 to 2012, after installing ten "smart lab" systems ...

February 17, 2012

U.S. Bank Taps Eco2Go for Recycling

U.S. Bank Taps Eco2Go for RecyclingU.S. Bank is expanding its recycling program, and in the process, has been the impetus for the launch of Eco2Go Recycling Solutions LLC, an Ohio ...

February 16, 2012

Unilever ‘Green’ Freezers Cut Energy Use 10%

Unilever ‘Green’ Freezers Cut Energy Use 10%Ben & Jerry's and its parent company, Unilever, are starting the U.S. roll-out of ice cream freezer cabinets that are expected to ...

February 15, 2012

US Foods to Go 85% Solar in NYC Area; Cox Installs Fuel Cells

US Foods to Go 85% Solar in NYC Area; Cox Installs Fuel CellsUS Foods has announced that nearly 85 percent of its New York City area division's annual energy will come from solar power by July ...

February 15, 2012

HBO, LIPA Team Up for Efficiency Upgrade

HBO, LIPA Team Up for Efficiency UpgradeLong Island Power Authority is helping Home Box Office fund and install energy efficiency measures in an expansion of an existing communications center that should ...

February 15, 2012

Bell Carter Gets Rebate, Under 1-Year ROI for Wastewater Aeration System

Bell Carter Gets Rebate, Under 1-Year ROI for Wastewater Aeration SystemBell Carter Foods, an olive processor in Corning, Calif., has received a $114,475 utility rebate for efforts to reduce the energy consumption of its ...

February 13, 2012

US’s Largest Ground Source Heat Pump Set for Ball State

US’s Largest Ground Source Heat Pump Set for Ball StateBall State University in Muncie, Ind., is on the cusp of turning on what it says will be the largest ground source heat pump in ...

February 10, 2012

EL Pro Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR

Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy’s SPAWARThe $1.5 billion, 367 MW Walney Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind project, opened in the Irish Sea nine miles off the shore of the ...

February 10, 2012

Soffe Cuts Lighting Costs 65% with Retrofit

Soffe Cuts Lighting Costs 65% with RetrofitThe M.J. Soffe Company, a manufacturer of active apparel, expects to cut lighting costs by 65 percent with an energy efficiency project at its Fayetteville, ...

February 10, 2012

Nike, DyeCoo In Waterless Dyeing Team-Up

Nike, DyeCoo In Waterless Dyeing Team-UpNike 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 ...

February 8, 2012

UPM to Build Major Biodiesel Refinery

UPM to Build Major Biodiesel RefineryFinnish 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 ...

February 7, 2012

Solvay Unveils 1MW Nedstack Fuel Cell

Solvay Unveils 1MW Nedstack Fuel CellChemicals 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. ...

February 7, 2012

Industrial Energy Program Surpasses Expectations

Industrial Energy Program Surpasses ExpectationsA program to save energy at industrial facilities in the Pacific Northwest produced more than 28 average MW in verified energy savings in fiscal ...

February 2, 2012

HireRight Data Centers Cut Energy 45%

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 ...

February 2, 2012

White Rose, Ariz. Schools Install Over 9 MW of Solar

White Rose, Ariz. Schools Install Over 9 MW of SolarWhite 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 ...

February 1, 2012

EL Pro Building Management Briefing: EDF Energy Corps, Incenergy, Cylon, Atlanta Housing Authority

Building Management Briefing: EDF Energy Corps, Incenergy, Cylon, Atlanta Housing AuthorityBoeing, 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 ...

February 1, 2012

EL Pro Fleet Briefing: AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG Vans; Waste Management, BAE, Caterpillar

Fleet Briefing: AT&T Orders 1,200 CNG Vans; Waste Management, BAE, CaterpillarAT&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 ...

January 31, 2012

LNG Ferry to Manage Energy Use with ABB Software

LNG Ferry to Manage Energy Use with ABB SoftwareA cruise ferry fueled by liquefied natural gas will use ABB software to manage its energy use. STX Finland is building the NB 1376 ...

January 30, 2012