Refitting
Private Funding of Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Although government, environmentalists and fiscal hawks rarely agree on environmental issues, a new public-private partnership to finance U.S. energy efficiency retrofits (the “Retrofit ...
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 ...
$60m Gas Station Retrofit Project Launched by Blue Earth
Blue Earth Inc., Gexpro and eCORE Technology have launched a project aimed at improving the energy efficiency of more than 2,000 independently owned gas station and ...
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 ...
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, ...
GE and Exopack Conduct ‘Ecomagination Treasure Hunt’
GE Capital has announced the results of an “Ecomagination treasure hunt” aimed at trimming energy costs, reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and improving overall ...
Target, McDonald’s, Others Save $650m through Climate Fellowship
McDonald’s, Target and 76 other organizations have found $650 million in savings and 440,000 annual metric tons of CO2 reductions through this summer’s EDF ...
GRI Guidelines Target Construction and Real Estate Sector Transparency
The Global Reporting Initiative has released new guidelines tailored for the construction and real estate sector. Jones Lang LaSalle was the principal technical adviser.
Until now, ...
Clinton, Branson Launch Major Building Energy Efficiency Projects
President Bill Clinton's Clinton Global Initiative and Richard Branson's Carbon War Room have both launched partnerships with companies such as Lockheed Martin, Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: GOP Green Projects, Retrofit Tax Incentives, Kansas Sues
Some high-profile Republicans who have attacked President Obama over his failed efforts to stimulate clean energy jobs with federal support have nonetheless written the Energy Department ...
Empire State Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification
The Empire State Building has been awarded LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification.
It is the tallest and almost certainly the best-known building in the U.S. to ...
Toys R Us Includes Environmental Features in 44 Stores
Toys R Us has announced that 21 new stores and 23 remodeled locations, all opening this year, will boast a range of ...
Panasonic Launches Household-Level Energy Management Project in Singapore
Panasonic Corporation has launched a two-year pilot energy project with the government of the Republic of Singapore to collaborate on the development and testing of a ...
Siemens Hiring 400 for Green Building Tech; DOE Fund Takes 11 Products to Market
Siemens USA is seeking to fill over 400 open positions in its green building technologies division, across 39 states.
The company says the ...
Green Build Briefing: Top 10 Markets, Product Rankings, LEED Certifications
San Francisco has been named as the number one major U.S. office market for green real estate opportunities. The Californian city topped ...
Building Owners Expect Energy Price Spike, Target 12% Energy Reduction
Eighty percent of building owners expect double-digit energy price increases over the next year, which has prompted an average energy reduction target of ...
Serious Materials Rebrands as Serious Energy
Serious Materials has changed its name to Serious Energy, reflecting the company’s growing suite of energy software services and energy-efficiency building products.
The firm ...
LED & CFL Briefing: PSE&G, Kimball, Jo-Ann Fabrics
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores has retrofitted the 777,350 square foot parking lot at its Hudson, Ohio, headquarters and store with GE Lighting’s Evolve ...
Golden Corral Stores Expect 8-Month ROI on HVAC Controls
A Golden Corral restaurant operator expects to save as much as $252,000 a year, with an eight-month ROI, after the installation of Efficient Energy ...
CVS Unveils Carbon Reduction Goal
CVS Caremark has announced a goal of reducing carbon intensity by 15 percent by 2018, from a 2010 baseline, according to its ...
