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Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores

Wal-Mart Adding LEDs to 650 Stores
Megaretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use LED lights inside 650 new and renovated stores. Cree Inc. has been selected to handle the installation, ...

System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels

System Upgrades Power Up Energy Savings for Hotels
For hotels, going green translates into energy-saving projects with some very tangible results. These include the Hilton New York's energy fuel cell installation that is nearly ...

Former Sears Tower May Sport World’s Tallest Green Roof

Former Sears Tower May Sport World’s Tallest Green Roof
As the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere readies itself for a major energy efficiency overhaul, engineers have developed what may be the world's ...

UCF Lighting Retrofit to Save $42K, Pay For Itself in 1.2 Years

UCF Lighting Retrofit to Save $42K, Pay For Itself in 1.2 Years
By switching to more efficient lighting, a University of Central Florida parking garage will see savings of $42,000 a year. UCF swapped out 500 lighting ...

DOE Shows Commercial Builders How to Achieve 50% Energy Savings

DOE Shows Commercial Builders How to Achieve 50% Energy Savings
Building owners in four key commercial building sectors will now be able to achieve a 50-percent energy savings with the help of new technical documents that ...

‘Green’ Building Retrofits To Be 20-30% of Commercial Projects By 2014

‘Green’ Building Retrofits To Be 20-30% of Commercial Projects By 2014
Green building currently accounts for five to nine percent of the retrofit and renovation market activity by value, which equates to a $2 billion to $4 ...

Oregon Buildings Upgrade Energy Efficiency

Oregon Buildings Upgrade Energy Efficiency
The city of Portland, along with Portland Community College  (PCC) and other county facilities, are receiving $7.2 million in federal stimulus money for energy-efficient building upgrades ...

Intelligent Lighting Controls Deliver ROI in 3 Years

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 ...

Council on Foreign Relations Goes LEED

Council on Foreign Relations Goes LEED
The Council on Foreign Relations' new building in Washington, D.C., took extra steps to attain LEED Gold status by the U.S. Green Building ...

EU Supports Green Builders with Energy Efficiency Plan

EU Supports Green Builders with Energy Efficiency Plan
Fifteen million European buildings need to undergo energy-efficient renovations over the next decade to cut energy use, along with the creation of green building programs to re-educate builders and architects to do the job, according to a draft report from ...

Airline Urges Bathroom Breaks to Lighten Load, Save Fuel

Airline Urges Bathroom Breaks to Lighten Load, Save Fuel
More airlines are starting to retrofit their facilities with energy-efficient LEDs to save energy, while some others are targeting not-so-traditional initiatives to lighten their fuel consumption. On ...

For Better Green Buildings, U.S. Can Learn from EU, Aussies

For Better Green Buildings, U.S. Can Learn from EU, Aussies
The United States can reduce its energy consumption and create more "green" jobs by adopting some of the strategies used by the European Union (EU) and ...

Just 38% of AMB Employees Drive to Work

Just 38% of AMB Employees Drive to Work
AMB Property Corp., a leading global owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, reports that approximately 62 percent of its employees commute to work on ...

For Food Retailers, LEDs Light the Way to Energy Savings, Higher Sales

For Food Retailers, LEDs Light the Way to Energy Savings, Higher Sales
A significant increase in utility rebates, a steady rise in electricity costs and the Obama administration's funding earmarked for energy-efficiency projects makes it the best time ...

Philips Lumec, Visible Light, EcoFit Make LED Advances

Philips Lumec, Visible Light, EcoFit Make LED Advances
For businesses and government facilities looking to reduce their energy costs, a lighting retrofit may be the answer. Philips Lumec, Visible Light Solar and EcoFit LEDs ...

New York Mandates Green Standards for State Buildings

New York Mandates Green Standards for State Buildings
New York Governor David Paterson has signed an amended version of the green building construction bill passed by state lawmaker last year that requires that state-owned ...

Green Buildings Combine Healthy Living with Energy Savings

Green Buildings Combine Healthy Living with Energy Savings
Whether it's a commercial or residential green building project that is designed from the ground up to be eco-friendly or an energy-efficient retrofit, developers are realizing ...

Fort Dix to Save $1.2M Annually with Solar, Energy Upgrades

Fort Dix to Save $1.2M Annually with Solar, Energy Upgrades
Honeywell has installed two solar arrays at Fort Dix, N.J., together with a variety of energy-efficient facility and infrastructure upgrades, to help the training and ...

Holiday Inn ‘Green’ Signage Yields $4.4M Savings Annually

Holiday Inn ‘Green’ Signage Yields $4.4M Savings Annually
The Holiday Inn brand is undergoing a $1-billion global makeover -- touted as the largest in the hospitality industry -- that will save the company ...

Stony Brook Medical Center Pledges to Reduce Environmental Impact

Stony Brook Medical Center Pledges to Reduce Environmental Impact
Stony Brook University Medical Center is the first hospital in the U.S. to sign a comprehensive agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,  pledging to ...

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