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.
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 ...
SageSim Launches Retrofit ROI Simulator
SageSim LLC, a provider of return on investment simulation technology, has launched a residential and commercial energy system simulator.
SageSim-es is a web-based application that uses variables ...
Cargill Ahead of Targets on Energy, GHGs, Water
Cargill's energy efficiency improved by 3.7 percent over its 2010 baseline during fiscal year 2011, according to a company statement.
During the year ending May ...
GreenPrint Software Seeks the Most Efficient Printer for the Job
GreenPrint Technologies has launched a public beta version of its GreenPrint Advisor software, which is designed to help users redirect print jobs to the ...
Cabot Wins Utility Incentive for Saving 4m kWh
Cabot Corporation has won $271,000 in incentives from utility Ameren Illinois for carrying out energy efficiency projects that saved about 4 million kWh at ...
Why Personal Space Heaters Aren’t Useful in the Workplace
Electric heat is the most efficient heat available. However, typical personal space heaters use a fan to push cooler air across an electrically heated ...
Chevy Sonic Wet Paint Job Cuts GHG, Saves $40 a Car
General Motors is applying a new painting process to the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, using a water-based "three-wet" paint process and a single trip through the oven. The painting method reduces the paint shop footprint ...
University of Michigan to Pump $14m Into Green Measures
The University of Michigan (pictured) is to invest $14 million in green initiatives as it aims to meet a host of environmental goals by 2025.
The green ...
Yuengling Brewery Cuts Energy Consumption by 14%
Energy Edge Technologies Corporation has reduced energy consumption at a Yuengling brewery in Tampa, Fla., by over 14 percent.
The efficiency analysis and subsequent refit also improved ...
Alaska Lab Buys Siemens, Aircuity Systems for Air Change Efficiency
The state of Alaska's Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory will combine Siemens' Apogee building automation and laboratory control system with the OptiNet system from airside ...
P&G to Advocate Coldwater Washing to 100m US Homes
Procter & Gamble Company has pledged to launch an information blitz on 100 million U.S. homes aimed at promoting coldwater clothes washing.
In partnership with the Alliance ...
FirstFuel Gets $2.4m Funding Boost for ‘Zero-Touch’ Energy Audit Software
FirstFuel Software has secured a $2.4 million initial round of financing to quickly scale and accelerate adoption of its Rapid Building Assessment platform, which provides remote, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED Stadium, Energy Star Increase, Rogue UL Mark
AEG, the entertainment giant, plans to build a $1 billion, 72,000-seat football stadium in downtown Los Angeles to LEED standards, the first in the National Football ...
Waste Heat Recovery from Gas Compression Can Reach 90%
Heat recovery provides an enticing opportunity for industries using gas compression processes, according to a trade journal.
About 50,000 Btu/hr of thermal energy is ...
