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ASHRAE, DOE Update Green Building Guides, Software
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has released the third edition of its GreenGuide for sustainable buildings, while the U.S. Department ...
U.S. Foodservice Lighting Project Yields Energy Savings, Boosts Light Levels 30%
U.S. Foodservice plans to install LED technology and intelligent occupancy sensors from Orion Energy Systems in freezers at five of its facilities, reports Reliable ...
The Colonnade Hotel Cuts Energy Use 30%
The Colonnade Hotel has completed an energy-efficiency upgrade that has yielded a 30 percent cut in energy use and a utility incentive from NSTAR for ...
Macy’s Boosts Plans to Reduce Energy Use, Waste
Macy's has plans to add another solar energy installation on the roof of one its facilities, replace traditional incandescent light bulbs in 86 Macy's department ...
Heinz Cuts Energy Costs 13% at Food Processing Plant
Heinz has reduced its carbon emissions by 17,000 tons since 2006 at its UK factories in Kendal, Cumbria and Kitt Green with the help ...
Energy-Efficient Measures Saves Pfizer $2.6M in 2009
Pfizer has saved an average of $1.4 million annually between 2004 and 2009 by installing energy-efficient light fixtures, timers and occupancy sensors at all ...
Chili’s Touts Largest U.S. Roll-Out of LED Lamps
Chili's Restaurant touts it is rolling out the largest U.S. installation of LED lamps, reports LEDS Magazine. The restaurant chain is in the process ...
GNC Cuts Energy, Paper Use Across all Stores, HQ
GNC's environmental initiatives have yielded reductions in energy use at its Pittsburgh headquarters and across its 2600+ company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada, together ...
Maines Slashes Lighting Energy Use 87%
Maines Paper & Food Service has cut its lighting-related energy use by 87 percent thanks to the installation of Digital Lumens' Intelligent Lighting System ...
Brocade Data Center Cuts Energy Use by 37%
Brocade has opened its state-of-the-art data center and engineering labs in a 75,000-square-foot space at its new San Jose headquarters, combining energy efficient and sustainable ...
SAP HQ, Larimer Office Tower Achieve LEED Platinum Certification
SAP has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for its North American headquarters, touted as Pennsylvania's ...
Lighting Retrofits to Cut DHL’s Utility Costs 50%, CO2 Emissions 52%
DHL has launched a Lighting Retrofit Program at its Global Forwarding unit in the Americas region to help the company improve CO2 efficiency five percent by ...
LED Lighting Retrofit to Save Hawaii Hospitals $1.2M
Hawai'i Pacific Health (HPH), comprised of four nonprofit hospitals and 44 outpatient clinics and service sites, expects to save more than $1.2 million thanks to ...
Coal-Fired Plants in Trouble with Federal, State Governments
While DTE Energy is being sued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over expansion plans at its coal-fired electric plant in Michigan, Edison International ...
Northeastern Utilities Offer Businesses Rebates for LED Lighting
Utilities under the Mass Save Program are offering Northeast businesses rebates for the installation of Lighting Science Group's LED lighting products consisting of the ...
Mission Foods Transforms old GM Facility into LEED Certified Mfg Plant
Mission Foods has partnered with Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to help the company reduce its energy use and carbon emissions. The company ...
Russian City Saves $26,000 Annually with LED Street Lighting
The city of Kemerovo in Siberia is converting the city's street lighting to LED technology, which is expected to save the city €20,000 or about ...
Naval Base Lighting Retrofits Save Nearly $60,000 Annually
The Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) California is saving nearly $60,000 annually on the base's energy bill thanks to lighting retrofits at two separate sites. ...
Efficiency Retrofits for Commercial Buildings Could Save $41.1B
Instituting a 10-year retrofit program for the country’s commercial spaces could save $41.1 billion in energy expenses every year, according to a new report ...
Fourteen Chicago Buildings to Get Efficiency Tech
As many as fourteen Chicago buildings are about to install new energy efficiency measures as the result of a $25 million investment by South Korea, ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
