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Ahold to Use EnerNOC Efficiency IT at 630 Stores
Stop & Shop owner Ahold USA is deploying EnerNOC’s EfficiencySMART Insight platform to reduce energy usage and spending across 630 stores.
The system will ...
IBM Launches Building IT; Cuts Energy Use ‘Up to 40%’
IBM today launched its Intelligent Building Management software, which the IT company estimates can reduce maintenance costs by 10 to 30 percent, and ...
Utility EDF Guarantees Supermarket $1.6m Efficiency Savings
Morrisons, one of the biggest U.K. supermarket chains, has struck an unusual deal with its energy provider: utility EDF has guaranteed the grocer ...
Renewable Briefing: Qwest Center, UTC, Google
The Octagon, a New York City waterfront apartment building, has become the first residential property in New York State to be powered and heated ...
Investors Blast 43 Firms for ‘Contradictory’ Climate Stance
AT&T, GE, GM and Ford are among the who’s who of corporate America that has been accused of taking contradictory positions on ...
Deloitte: Companies Seek Big Cuts in Energy Costs
Companies are targeting, on average, a 25 percent reduction in their energy consumption or cost, according to a survey by Deloitte.
The study, ...
Golden Corral Stores Expect 8-Month ROI on HVAC Controls
A Golden Corral restaurant operator expects to save as much as $252,000 a year, with an eight-month ROI, after the installation of Efficient Energy ...
Updated Air Traffic System Could Save 12.9M Gallons of Jet Fuel per Year
Airlines could save at least $65.6 million annually while cutting carbon emissions and flight times by implementing new flight paths at 46 mid-size airports across ...
Renewable Briefing: GM, APS, BoDean, US Army, Ikea
General Motors has announced plans to build a 516 kW solar array at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which produces the Chevrolet ...
Bloomberg Claims 200% ROI on Sustainability
Every dollar that Bloomberg has spent on sustainability has saved two dollars in operating costs, according to the company’s first public sustainability report.
The ...
Study: Most Companies Now Measure Green Savings
Three out of five employers (60 percent) are measuring their cost savings from environmental programs, up from 39 percent last year, according to a ...
Lighting Roundup: Americold, Red Robin, Air Force, and More
Here’s a roundup of the latest news in energy-efficient lighting.
Digital Lumens and Groom Energy have announced that their large-scale lighting deployment for Americold, ...
Cincinnati Zoo Completes 6,400 Panel Solar Canopy
The Cincinnati Zoo has finished installing a four-acre solar canopy that it calls the largest publicly accessible urban solar project in the ...
Fuel Cell Cuts Stop & Shop Bills in Half
A 400 kW fuel cell is providing 95 percent of the electricity for a Stop & Shop supermarket in Connecticut.
The Stop & Shop ...
UK Cos Miss Boat on $ 2.5 Billion-Yr Energy Efficiency Savings
UK businesses are walking away from a £1.6bn (US$ 2.5bn) annual saving potential from energy investments ecause finance directors are undervaluing the financial returns from ...
Camelina-Based Biojet Fuel Cuts CO2 Emissions 75%
A life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel in the journal Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy concludes that the renewable ...
US Foodservice Expects Big Savings From Freezer Lighting Retrofits
U.S. Foodservice is completing a lighting retrofit project, deploying Orion’s LED technology and intelligent occupancy sensors in freezers at five of its facilities.
U.S. Foodservice will ...
Hara Lands Huge Abu Dhabi Environmental, Energy Management Contract
Hara has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), the largest state-run utility in the United Arab ...
Biomass to Power Dow’s Aratu Complex
The Dow Chemical Company's largest manufacturing facility in Brazil, the Aratu Complex, has plans to add biomass to its energy mix. Upon completion in December ...
Wal-Mart, 20th Century Fox Among Recipients of ARRA Funded Energy Efficiency Projects
During a live online chat at the White House earlier this week, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 24 projects are receiving a total ...
