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Green Rebuilding in New Orleans still Faces Obstacles

Funding is the biggest obstacle that New Orleans businesses and organizations encounter in their green building projects and services, according to a new assessment report about ...

Schools Find Energy Savings in Lighting Retrofits, Green Roofs

Educational facilities from colleges to grade schools are finding that they can achieve significant cost savings as well as reduce their carbon footprint by implementing a ...

Dell Cuts Power Use by 48M KWH, Saves $5.8M

Dell expects to save about $5.8 million a year as a result of energy-saving initiatives and building upgrades in its facilities worldwide. The computer maker expects ...

‘Green’ Buildings a Mixed Bag as Budgets Contract

While green renovations at high-profile office buildings are fetching higher occupancy and rental rates, green building projects at public utility agencies are being forced to scale ...

Red Robin Restaurants to Save $120,000 Annually with LED Retrofit

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. has replaced approximately 12,000 standard incandescent and halogen lights in more than 150 Red Robin restaurants in the U.S. with ...

Corporate Fleets Lead the Way to Alternative Fuels

Corporate fleet vehicles are starting to drive the conversion to alternative fuel systems, pushed by rising gasoline prices last year. Meanwhile, automotive recyclers are raising concerns ...

Energy-Efficient Empire State Building Serves as a Model

When the Empire State Building was completed during the depths of the Great Depression, it quickly became an icon of progress and the indomitable spirit of ...

Green Building Projects Thrive Despite Recession

What do an office building, an office and retail complex and an opera house have in common? Green features, including future LEED certification. Despite current economic ...

Pepsi, Sysco, Wal-Mart Tackle Lighting Retrofits

Large companies are seeking big savings from the low-hanging fruit of lighting retrofits. This year, Wal-Mart is adding daylight harvesting systems to 500 stores, reports ...

Lighting Retrofits Help Hotels and Data Centers Cut Energy Costs

Lighting and compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) retrofits are some of the easiest ways businesses including luxury hotels and data centers can cut their energy costs. Hotel ...

Lighting Retrofit Saves Rogers Centre $300,000 Annually

The Rogers Centre sporting and entertainment complex in Toronto estimates that it is saving more than $300,000 a year on energy costs by using a ...

Hilton Hotel, GSK Install Energy-Saving Window Foil

Hilton Hotel in Vienna recently installed 1,000 m-squared of Luxasolar Clear View's window film, projecting an annual savings of 230,000 kWh and an annual reduction ...

Sears Tower Slated for $350M Sustainability Makeover

Sears Tower, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, is about to get a $350-million makeover that is designed to significantly reduce its energy use by ...

AMF to Save $3M with Lighting Retrofits

AMF Bowling Centers Inc. has completed its energy-efficiency retrofit upgrades at the first 43 out of 286 bowling centers in Texas, California, New York, Florida, Michigan, ...

Green Building Retrofits Represent a Potential $400B Market

Boosted in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which will provide significant funding for renovations to federal building, the total potential market for major green ...

Water Efficiency to Become Critical in Green Building Designs

Over the next five years, water efficiency and conservation will become critical factors in green design, construction and product selection, according to McGraw-Hill Construction's latest ...

Whole Foods Overhauls Energy Savings Program

Whole Foods Market is launching a major energy program that more than triples the number of stores with solar panels, extends its commitment to offset 100 ...

Green Manufacturing Retooling Projects 2.5 Million New Jobs

A multi-state advertising and advocacy campaign calling for federal investments in "green" manufacturing is about to kick off. If the nation can transition to 25 percent of ...

Energy Department, Realtors Form Energy Alliance

As part of its new energy alliance, top executives from 19 commercial real estate companies met with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) officials in New York ...