Efficiency
Efficiency measures the ratio of what is input to what is generated. The less energy, resources and material required to generate a final product, the more efficient it is considered. These stories cover environmental efficiency, cost efficiency, energy efficiency, manufacturing efficiency, electrical efficiency, fuel efficiency and more.
High-Efficiency Motors, Drives Can Cut 10% of Energy Spend
A medium-sized industrial company with an electricity spend of £50,000 ($78,000) could save £5,000 per year by fitting variable speed drives and higher efficiency ...
Office Tower Gains 20% Efficiency; Seattle U. Installs Fabric Ductwork
A Seattle University library and 17-floor Dallas office tower have installed systems to dramatically improve efficiency of their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems....
Mammoth Releases Water Source Heat Pumps
Air conditioning manufacturer Mammoth has released two water source heat pumps with an energy efficiency ratio of up to 21.0 and a coefficient of performance of ...
Asda Launches $1.3bn Sustainabilty Savings Drive
Sustainability initiatives carried out by U.K. grocery store chain Asda saved the company £70 million ($110 million) in 2010 and it has committed to new goals ...
Siemens: ‘World’s Most Efficient’ Gas Turbine Set For US Manufacture
Siemens has just opened a U.S. facility that will produce what the company is calling the world's most efficient gas turbines, reports Greentechmedia.
The 340-megawatt H ...
Marriott to Install Demand Response at Over 250 Hotels
Marriott International and Constellation Energy have agreed to develop over 23 MW of load response capability across more than 250 of the hotel’s properties ...
World’s Second-Largest Data Center Nabs LEED Gold
Quality Technology Services has achieved LEED Gold certification at its Atlanta Metro facility, which it says is the world’s second-largest data centers.
LEED president ...
Heinz Cuts Solid Waste 46% Since 2005
Heinz has cut its production of solid waste per unit of production by 45.6 percent since 2005, according to the company’s 2011 Corporate Social ...
Fed Agencies Ordered to Cut Travel, Printing, IT 20%
President Obama heralded a program that has saved the Commerce Department $1.8 million off its cell phone bills, as he directed agencies to ...
Noesis Energy Reveals ‘Freemium’ Business Model
Noesis Energy is to start giving away its energy management software, then charging customers for additional services related to the products.
The company is hoping this "freemium" ...
Ilios Launches Efficient Water Heater
Ilios Dynamics, a subsidiary of Tecogen Inc., has announced the commercial availability of the Ilios High Efficiency Water Heater.
The water heater extracts energy from the atmosphere ...
Are Your Servers Running Efficiently?
Last July, the US federal government announced plans to shut 40 percent of its data centers over the next four years. With more ...
Serious Energy Offers No-Cost Efficiency Retrofits
Serious Energy has launched a building upgrade service that the company says won't cost building owners a penny.
The firm developed SeriousCapital in part ...
Univ. Central Florida Wins Energy Star ‘Battle of the Buildings’
The University of Central Florida has won the EPA's 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings.
UCF’s winning building was a parking garage (pictured) ...
CSCI: Adopt Network Efficiency Strategies or Pay Up
Company executives need to adopt specific best practices for energy efficiency in networks and across connected devices, or unneeded energy use will continue to negatively affect ...
International Paper Announces Green Goals
International Paper has committed to use 15 percent less energy and reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020, against ...
Data Loggers Offer Cheap Alternative to Meters, says Onset
When hunting hidden energy costs it is often unnecessary to invest in permanent metering, as less expensive, temporary data loggers can obtain the same information, according ...
Diamond Jo Casino Bets on LED Lighting
Diamond Jo Casino, a gambling establishment in Dubuque, Iowa has installed Cree Inc.
energy-efficient LED lighting.
The casino upgraded its existing lighting to Cree's LRP-38 LED spotlights (pictured) throughout ...
Noveda, Aramark to Partner on College Resource Management
Resource management specialist Noveda Technologies and facilities management firm Aramark have announced a strategic partnership aimed at developing tools to manage energy and water consumption in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Penalties, Deepwater Wind, China Nuclear Push
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to postpone the EPA's so-called boiler MACT rules that would regulate emissions from commercial and industrial boilers, The ...
