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Intelligent Lighting Controls Deliver ROI in 3 Years
More building owners and managers are considering intelligent lighting systems to cut energy use because lighting, on average, accounts for approximately one-quarter of a building's overall ...
Wells Fargo Targets 20% U.S. Emissions Cut
Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. plans to reduce its U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2018, compared to a 2008 baseline. The ...
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 ...
Xerox Chalks Waste Prevention Success Up to Lean Six Sigma
Xerox, which manages Procter & Gamble's worldwide print operations, has been able to help P&G cut operational costs 20-25 percent by helping control when ...
Renewables More Viable at Commercial Buildings After DC Power Standard
Businesses are now able to more easily adopt renewable energy sources and energy-saving devices with the introduction of the first DC power standard for commercial buildings. ...
Thales Cuts Energy Use 10%, CO2 Emissions 4%
By using cleaner energy and employee's efforts to reduce energy consumption, Thales has achieved a ten percent reduction in fossil fuel consumption and a 3.8 ...
Largest Defense Solar Facility May Get Bigger
Previously announced as having 500 megawatts in capacity, the Fort Irwin solar facility may end up double that size. The ...
Brewery Flips Switch on Methane-to-Energy Plant
A heat and power project that takes methane gas created at a brewery and converts it into clean energy to run a nearby hospital ...
Electric Vehicles – Getting The Plug-Ins Plugged In
It’s an exciting vision, really – a whole new generation of clean, energy-efficient plug-in electric vehicles capable of running for long periods from a ...
Auction Recommended for California’s Allocation of Emission Allowances
Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector under a cap-and-trade system in California poses significant policy questions about how to allocate tradable emission allowances, ...
Greener Dawn Building Goes Carbon Neutral
After relocating to a building that takes advantage of natural ventilation to reduce heating and cooling bills, and purchasing carbon credits to ...
Software Tracks Energy Across Real Estate Portfolios
Facility and corporate real estate managers can better manage their energy expenses and maintenance through a new software that is specific to facilities management. Planon's Green Intelligence for Facilities is intended for corporations, governments and ...
Zero-emissions Locomotive Unveiled
A battery-operated locomotive promises to unleash no emissions during its operation, aside from emissions associated with charging its massive batteries. A prototype 1,500-horsepower switching locomotive ...
World’s Largest Wind Farm Debuts in Texas
In West Texas, the world's largest wind farm has opened. The 781.5 megawatt ...
Smart Grid Projects Get Ready to Roll in the U.S., UAE
Cisco, together with utility, technology and local government partners, are developing some of the nation's first projects to create a smarter electric grid. General Electric is ...
Hoval Urges Sales Force to Drive Prius
Hoval, a UK supplier of renewable energy heating products, is encouraging its 30-some regional sales engineers to drive the Toyota Prius. Hoval executives say ...
Merck Slashes Energy Demand by 25%, Water Use by 15%
Merck has achieved and exceeded its corporate goal to reduce energy demand by 25 percent from a 2004 baseline and its water use by 15 ...
Tariff on Solar Imports May be Challenged
A recent decision to impose tariffs on a type of Chinese solar panels could eventually extend to other such imports, raising the cost of ...
Elevator, Escalator ‘Cruise Control’ Can Save 34% in Power
Installing efficiency controllers to the electric motors of elevators and escalators can help reduce the waste associated with such people movers that more often ...
Texas Electricity Users May Pay for Utilities’ Bypassing Stimulus Funds
Purchasers of renewable energy in Texas may pay a higher rate after the companies building a $5 billion renewable energy transmission network in the ...
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Tom Stacy on National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
"Each time government entices big money investment away from riskier, but clearly..."
miggs on European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
"Yet another example of the potential of combined heat & power to transform..."
Stevenson on News Corp. Taps Hara for Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management
"All of us should think of ways to save energy now. It is not a myth,..."
Trade Association on Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’
"Seriously… that..."
Gary Markowitz on Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency
"Supermarkets waste over 10 percent of their energy through improper..."
peter in ireland on Ontario May Follow California’s Lead on TV Energy Efficiency
"Governor Schwarzenegger is shooting himself in the foot! 1...."
Environmental Leader on S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks
"The survey respondents (the PDF report mentions 4,000 respondents in 38..."