Savings
Spartech Expects Over $1m in Energy Savings with World Energy Solutions
Spartech Corporation has awarded World Energy Solutions a three-year energy management contract expected to save the plastics producer more than $1 million in energy costs.
The ...
Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte Says
Businesses are driving efforts to cut energy consumption even as the economy recovers, and plan to cut ...
Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure Energy
Campus Crest Communities has partnered with SolarCity to install more than 9,000 solar panels on student housing facilities in Greeley, Colo.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Las ...
IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come
IBM has won a contract to develop and install smart building technology in 50 of the federal government's most energy-consuming buildings, and the resulting data ...
Pepco Saves Delaware College $9 Million in Energy Costs
Pepco Energy Services will save Delaware Technical Community College more than $9 million in energy costs by installing more than $7 million in energy ...
Retrofits ‘Could Save Commercial Buildings 25-35%’ on HVAC Costs; LEED Bank Branches Make More Money
Large commercial buildings could cut their heating and cooling costs by an average of 25 to 35 percent by adding certain retrofits to existing large ...
Bell Carter Gets Rebate, Under 1-Year ROI for Wastewater Aeration System
Bell Carter Foods, an olive processor in Corning, Calif., has received a $114,475 utility rebate for efforts to reduce the energy consumption of its ...
US’s Largest Ground Source Heat Pump Set for Ball State
Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., is on the cusp of turning on what it says will be the largest ground source heat pump in ...
Soffe Cuts Lighting Costs 65% with Retrofit
The M.J. Soffe Company, a manufacturer of active apparel, expects to cut lighting costs by 65 percent with an energy efficiency project at its Fayetteville, ...
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.
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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 ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%