Savings

Spartech Expects Over $1m in Energy Savings with World Energy Solutions

Spartech Expects Over $1m in Energy Savings with World Energy SolutionsSpartech 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 ...

May 23, 2012

Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte Says

Nine out of Ten Businesses Have Energy Goals, Deloitte SaysBusinesses are driving efforts to cut energy consumption even as the economy recovers, and plan to cut ...

May 22, 2012

Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure Energy

Contract Wins: SolarCity PV, Delta and DOE, Allure EnergyCampus 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 ...

May 21, 2012

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to Come

IBM to Monitor 50 Federal Buildings, Save Taxpayers $15m – With More to ComeIBM 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 ...

May 18, 2012

Pepco Saves Delaware College $9 Million in Energy Costs

Pepco Saves Delaware College $9 Million in Energy CostsPepco Energy Services will save Delaware Technical Community College more than $9 million in energy costs by installing more than $7 million in energy ...

May 15, 2012

Retrofits ‘Could Save Commercial Buildings 25-35%’ on HVAC Costs; LEED Bank Branches Make More Money

Retrofits ‘Could Save Commercial Buildings 25-35%’ on HVAC Costs; LEED Bank Branches Make More MoneyLarge commercial buildings could cut their heating and cooling costs by an average of 25 to 35 percent by adding certain retrofits to existing large ...

April 16, 2012

Bell Carter Gets Rebate, Under 1-Year ROI for Wastewater Aeration System

Bell Carter Gets Rebate, Under 1-Year ROI for Wastewater Aeration SystemBell Carter Foods, an olive processor in Corning, Calif., has received a $114,475 utility rebate for efforts to reduce the energy consumption of its ...

February 13, 2012

US’s Largest Ground Source Heat Pump Set for Ball State

US’s Largest Ground Source Heat Pump Set for Ball StateBall State University in Muncie, Ind., is on the cusp of turning on what it says will be the largest ground source heat pump in ...

February 10, 2012

Soffe Cuts Lighting Costs 65% with Retrofit

Soffe Cuts Lighting Costs 65% with RetrofitThe 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, ...

February 10, 2012

Companies Lured with 45% Electricity Discount

Companies Lured with 45% Electricity DiscountSantee Cooper, South Carolina's biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state ...

February 3, 2012

Retrofit to Give Tarlton $1m in Rebates

Retrofit to Give Tarlton $1m in RebatesProgressive Lighting & Energy Solutions is to undertake an energy efficiency improvement project for Tarlton Properties, located in Menlo Park, Calif. The project includes the installation ...

January 25, 2012

IBM, 1E, Verdiem ‘Best in Breed’ for PC Power Management

IBM, 1E, Verdiem ‘Best in Breed’ for PC Power Management1E, 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 ...

January 12, 2012

DOE Retail Building Guide ‘Can Halve Energy Costs’

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, ...

January 11, 2012

Making the Financial Case for Green Initiatives

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 ...

December 16, 2011

ODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring Product

ODVA Announces Network Energy Monitoring ProductODVA, 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 ...

December 8, 2011

Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.

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, ...

November 30, 2011

Sustainability Culture Saves DuPont Billions

Sustainability Culture Saves DuPont BillionsUpwards of 40 percent of industry's energy efficiency improvement opportunities can be realized through low or no-cost projects rooted in corporate culture change, ...

November 16, 2011

‘$1bn’ University Green Endowment Plan Launched

‘$1bn’ University Green Endowment Plan LaunchedHarvard 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 ...

October 13, 2011

Wireless Tech ‘Key to Energy Savings’

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 ...

October 12, 2011

GM Earns $1bn a Year From Recycling

GM Earns $1bn a Year From RecyclingGeneral Motors is making about $1 billion a year from selling scrap byproducts, waste reduction manager John Bradburn told the Corporate Recycling & Waste ...

October 4, 2011