Government

EL Pro USPS Saves $400m on Energy Since FY2007

USPS Saves $400m on Energy Since FY2007The U.S. Postal Service has accumulated over $400 million in avoided energy costs since fiscal year 2007, the service has announced. USPS made the announcement ...

July 22, 2011

Fewer than 25% of Local Governments Use Alternative Energy, Says Report

Fewer than 25% of Local Governments Use Alternative Energy, Says ReportFewer than a quarter of US local governments employ any form of alternative energy generation, according to survey results. Just 23.4 percent of the more than 2,100 ...

July 22, 2011

IBM, Accenture Lead Responsible Government Suppliers

IBM, Accenture Lead Responsible Government SuppliersIBM, Accenture, HP, Merck, Dell, Boeing and McKesson have all held their positions among the most responsible government contractors, according to rankings ...

July 21, 2011

Ameresco Energy Contract to Save County $50k a Year

Ameresco Energy Contract to Save County $50k a YearRenewable energy company Ameresco Inc. has signed an agreement with Las Animas County, Colo., to begin the implementation of a budget-neutral energy savings performance contract that should ...

July 20, 2011

FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Discusses Urban Smart Grid

FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Discusses Urban Smart Grid Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, gives keynote at Urban Smart Grid and Energy Innovation ...

July 20, 2011

United Technologies Discusses Energy Efficient Building Systems

United Technologies Discusses Energy Efficient Building Systems Clas Jacobson, Building Control Systems Specialist at United Technologies, discusses the conditions in Europe that are promoting the development and adoption ...

July 18, 2011

EPA to Limit Drifting Smog

EPA to Limit Drifting SmogThe Environmental Protection Agency today finalized widely anticipated Clean Air Act regulations on pollution that crosses state lines. In an announcement shortly before noon ...

July 7, 2011

Renewables Briefing: SunPower, Deepwater Wind, Paint-On Solar Panels

Renewables Briefing: SunPower, Deepwater Wind, Paint-On Solar PanelsSunPower Corp. has begun construction on a massive, 1.1 million square-foot project on the roof of the Gloucester Marine Terminal's refrigerated warehouse in ...

July 6, 2011

San Francisco Grabs Title of ‘Greenest’ City

San Francisco Grabs Title of ‘Greenest’ City San Francisco grabbed the mantle of 'greenest' major city in the US and Canada Green City Index, with New York, ...

July 5, 2011

Lend Lease, Best Buy, Major League Teams Sign Up to Better Buildings Commitments

Lend Lease, Best Buy, Major League Teams Sign Up to Better Buildings CommitmentsBest Buy, Lend Lease and a coalition of 25 major sports teams are among 14 initial partners that have signed up to the ...

July 1, 2011

Eaton Replaces Data Centers; Fed IT Doesn’t Know Its PUE

Eaton Replaces Data Centers; Fed IT Doesn’t Know Its PUEEaton Corporation has opened two new data centers projected to deliver $23 million in energy savings. The data centers in Louisville, Ky., and ...

June 28, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Reserve, Efficiency, EPA Bills

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Reserve, Efficiency, EPA BillsObama administration officials announced yesterday that they will tap into the country’s strategic oil reserve to replace losses from the conflict in Libya and ...

June 24, 2011

Utilities, EPA Both Winners in Supreme Court GHG Ruling

Utilities, EPA Both Winners in Supreme Court GHG RulingThe Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against the states in AEP v. Connecticut, ruling that they can’t invoke federal law to force utilities ...

June 21, 2011

U.S. Capitol Power Supplier Saves $9.5m on Natural Gas

U.S. Capitol Power Supplier Saves $9.5m on Natural GasThe facility powering the U.S. Capitol and other key buildings has saved more than $9.5 million on a new 17-month natural gas ...

June 16, 2011

Environmental Enforcement: Hecla Settles for $263m in Huge Superfund Case

Environmental Enforcement: Hecla Settles for $263m in Huge Superfund CaseThe Hecla Mining Company will pay $263.4 million plus interest to the United States, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and the state of ...

June 15, 2011

White House Pledges Smart Grid Data Access, $250m in Loans

White House Pledges Smart Grid Data Access, $250m in LoansThe Obama administration yesterday announced $250 million in loans for smart-grid deployment and launched new initiatives to ensure customers' access to their energy ...

June 14, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Obama's Cree Visit, Renewable Funding Cuts

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Obama’s Cree Visit, Renewable Funding CutsPresident Obama is scheduled to meet today with his Jobs and Competitiveness Council, composed mostly of business executives, at the Durham, N.C., headquarters of ...

June 13, 2011

EPA Publishes Classified Industry Chemical Info

EPA Publishes Classified Industry Chemical InfoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public the identities of more than 150 chemicals contained in 104 health and safety studies that had ...

June 9, 2011

Sears, USPS Efficient Lighting to Save Millions of KWh

Sears, USPS Efficient Lighting to Save Millions of KWhSears says its Canadian stores are making one of the world’s largest replacements of inefficient lighting, the Toronto Sun reports. More than 130,000 inefficient ...

June 6, 2011

EU Holds Ground on Airline CO2 Cap; Trade War Coming?

EU Holds Ground on Airline CO2 Cap; Trade War Coming?The European Commission will move forward on its plan to include aviation in its emissions trading scheme, WSJ reports. According to the plan, EU airlines will have specific CO2 allocations and will pay a ...

June 6, 2011