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Companies Lured with 45% Electricity Discount
Santee Cooper, South Carolina's biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state ...
Retrofit to Give Tarlton $1m in Rebates
Progressive Lighting & Energy Solutions is to undertake an energy efficiency improvement project for Tarlton Properties, located in Menlo Park, Calif.
The project includes the installation ...
IBM, 1E, Verdiem ‘Best in Breed’ for PC Power Management
1E, IBM and Verdiem should always be on the shortlist for companies seeking PC power management products, according to a report by technology consultants Ovum.
In ...
DOE Retail Building Guide ‘Can Halve Energy Costs’
The Department of Energy has released a guide that it says will help owners of retail stores achieve 50 percent energy savings, ...
Making the Financial Case for Green Initiatives
For many green executives the biggest barrier to the adoption of sustainability initiatives remains the reluctance of financial directors to approve ...
ODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring Product
ODVA, the body that defines standards for computer networks, has announced an energy object that it says makes it easier to get energy use information on ...
Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.
L'Oreal USA's North Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing facility's solar array installation is fully operational. The 13 kW solar array will provide 18,000 kWh of electricity annually, ...
Sustainability Culture Saves DuPont Billions
Upwards of 40 percent of industry's energy efficiency improvement opportunities can be realized through low or no-cost projects rooted in corporate culture change, ...
‘$1bn’ University Green Endowment Plan Launched
Harvard and Stanford are among 32 universities that have committed $65 million to new energy efficiency financing initiative Billion Dollar Green Challenge.
The fund aims to get ...
Wireless Tech ‘Key to Energy Savings’
An emerging wireless-enabled environment has the potential to drive billions of dollars in energy savings in a range of American industries, according to a report by ...
GM Earns $1bn a Year From Recycling
General Motors is making about $1 billion a year from selling scrap byproducts, waste reduction manager John Bradburn told the Corporate Recycling & Waste ...
Hospitals Save $2.3m a Year with CHP Plants
Combined heat and power systems at Guy’s Hospital (pictured) and St. Thomas Hospital, both in London, are saving more than £1.5 million ($2.3 million) ...
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 ...
USC Biz School Cuts Energy Costs 32% with Verdiem
The University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business reduced annual IT-related energy costs by 32 percent through an installation of Verdiem ...
HP Helps Biggest State Water System Cut 440 Servers
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has replaced its Sun and Dell servers with ...
CDP: Cloud Computing Can Save $12bn
Cloud computing has the potential to save large U.S. companies up to $12.3 billion a year and to prevent 85.7 million metric tons ...
Schneider, Cisco Launch Joint Building-IT Energy Platform; Canon Saves 2.7m kWh
Schneider Electric and Cisco have unveiled a joint energy management solution that allows building managers to extend the reach of their existing ...
New Lighting Saves Chicago Union Station Big Bucks
Jones Lang LaSalle's Bob Best and Rosie Leal, Amtrak's Chicago Union Station General Manager, tour the station showcasing Jones Lang LaSalle's ...
Premier Healthcare Alliance Adds Group Buy for Wind Turbines
The Premier healthcare alliance has added wind power to its group buy program by offering discounts on wind turbines from Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz.
The ...
Insurance Company Sees Big Savings From Energy Investments
A new rooftop solar power system at Harleysville Insurance in Harleysville, Pennsylvania will generate about 15 percent of the annual energy needs of the company's ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
