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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 ...
SL Green Launches Energy Savings Initiative
Hot on the heels of the Empire State Building retrofit announcement, SL Green Realty, which says it's the owner of New York City’s ...
Empire State Building Getting Energy Efficiency Overhaul
The mother of all office buildings is getting the mother of all energy retrofits. To make an example of how existing structures can be refitted to improve ...
Vail Resorts Aims to Cut Energy Use 10% By 2010
In an effort to cut energy consumption 10 percent by 2010, Vail Resorts has replaced more than 25,000 light bulbs with compact fluorescents in 60 of ...
EPA Study: Residential Building Favors Smart-Growth Development in Urban Areas
The Environmental Protection Energy (EPA) has released a report on building trends in the 50 largest metropolitan areas from 1990 to 2007. The report indicates ...
L.A. Launches Nation’s Biggest Lighting Retrofit Program
The city of Los Angeles is planning to spend $57 million to retrofit 140,000 streetlights with LED bulbs. The project is the nation's biggest lighting retrofit programs, Contra Costa Times reports. President Clinton announced ...
UK Plans “Sustainable Makeover” for Every British Home
The UK announced plans for a "sustainable makeover" for each of the nation's 27 million homes, Bloomberg reports. The proposal announced by the Department of Energy ...
6 Lighting Retrofits That Save Energy
SolutionsforRemodeling.com outlines 6 energy-saving lighting retrofits successfully implemented by community colleges in California. 1. New Generation 25 Watt T8 Lamps The Philips Energy Advantage 25 watt T8 fluorescent lamps save nearly 7W per bulb, but have ...
Lee College Retrofit Could Cut Bills by 30%
Lee College in Texas has entered into an energy savings performance contract with Johnson Controls. The retrofit is expected to reduce energy usage and utilities bills by more than 30 percent, CSRwire ...
HO Lighting Retrofit Will Save $18K Per Year
HO Manufacturing has completed redesigning and upgrading its lighting systems. The retrofit project is expected to save the company nearly 201,000 kilowatt-hours per year and eliminate about 362,000 pounds of CO2 ...
Lighting Upgrade at Broadmoor Saves $280K Per Year
The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs has upgraded its lighting system by replacing the hotel's incandescent lighting with more than 30,000 energy-efficient lamps. The upgrade is expected to save about ...
Spirits-Maker Diageo Improves California Bottling Facility
To cut its carbon footprint and annual operating costs at its bottling facility in Menlo Park, California, spirits-maker Diageo has implemented a new energy-saving initiative that involves converting to energy-efficient lighting ...
Dell Children’s Hospital Receives LEED Platinum
Dell Children’s Hospital of Central Texas became the first hospital in the world to receive a LEED platinum certification. But due to the high cost of being environmentally-friendly enough to reach that ...
New Ice Machines Save Businesses 10-15% on Energy, Water
With new energy-efficient ice machines on the market from Manitowoc and Scotsman, restaurants and other businesses may find it easier to cut utility bills by upgrading to an Energy Star ...
Coke’s California Facilities Get Green Energy Makeover
Coca-Cola Enterprises has announced that they’re almost done with a significant part of their overall corporate sustainability project. Over the past several months, the company has been working on a major lighting retrofit of ...
While Not Profitable, Recycled Waste Still Cheaper Than Regular Waste
Last November, Frederick County commissioners gambled when they signed a two-and-a-half year contract (expiring April 24, 2010) to pay $12 per ton to haul recyclable waste to a processing plant in Howard ...
Whirlpool Redesigns Supply Chain
Whirlpool, already known as an early adopter of energy-efficient products, is just finishing up a complete supply chain redesign in order to conserve energy and cut air pollution, writes DC Velocity. Whirlpool ...
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