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Energy-Efficiency Solutions Deliver Major Cost Savings, says Schneider Electric

Energy-Efficiency Solutions Deliver Major Cost Savings, says Schneider ElectricSchneider Electric North America expects that energy-efficiency solutions and services will deliver much greater cost savings for industrial and commercial facilities than alternative energy, ...

September 30, 2010

New 100% Recyclable Packaging Reduces Damage, Cuts Costs

New 100% Recyclable Packaging Reduces Damage, Cuts CostsAs many businesses embrace sustainable packaging options, FoldedPak offers a new 100-percent recyclable packaging material that also is reducing product damage and cutting costs for ...

September 30, 2010

Adobe Powers HQ with 1.2-MW Fuel Cell System

Adobe Powers HQ with 1.2-MW Fuel Cell SystemAdobe Systems has completed the installation of a 1.2-megawatt (MW) fuel cell system from Bloom Energy at its San Jose headquarters that will generate 30 ...

September 28, 2010

Dyess AFB to Deploy Energy-Saving Tech to Cut Energy Use, Costs

Dyess AFB to Deploy Energy-Saving Tech to Cut Energy Use, CostsDyess Air Force Base (AFB) is planning to deploy an occupancy-based energy management solution from Telkonet after a pilot program delivered run-time savings of more ...

September 21, 2010

Waitrose Switch to Plastic Meat Pouches Cuts Waste in Half

Waitrose Switch to Plastic Meat Pouches Cuts Waste in HalfSupermarket chain Waitrose expects to save 9,000 tonnes of packaging annually by selling meat in plastic pouches instead of traditional polystyrene trays, reports the ...

September 16, 2010

Energy Management System Saves Retailers $20M Annually

Energy Management System Saves Retailers $20M AnnuallyAutoZone, Family Dollar, and other retail stores, each are saving on average $20 million annually in energy costs with a typical return on investments in ...

September 15, 2010

Applebee’s Plans Lighting Retrofits at all NY Locations

Applebee’s Plans Lighting Retrofits at all NY LocationsLED lighting retrofit projects at two Applebee's locations in New York City, on 42nd Street and Broadway, yielded an average kWh light load reduction ...

September 13, 2010

Fresh & Easy Opens First Store with CO2 Refrigeration

Fresh & Easy Opens First Store with CO2 RefrigerationFresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has opened its first grocery store in Southern California to use naturally-occurring carbon-dioxide (CO2) refrigeration. The store, located in Rosemead, ...

September 9, 2010

Eastern Bag & Paper Targets Energy Savings, Carbon Reduction

Eastern Bag & Paper Targets Energy Savings, Carbon ReductionThe Eastern Bag & Paper Group has achieved an estimated annual energy savings of 169,375 kWh, or approximately $27,100 after one year into a ...

September 9, 2010

ABS, SDARI to Test Fuel-Saving Tech for Ships

ABS, SDARI to Test Fuel-Saving Tech for ShipsABS and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have entered into a two-year joint research and development project to study the ...

September 8, 2010

PepsiCo Water Report: Water Efficiency Improves 15+%

PepsiCo Water Report: Water Efficiency Improves 15+%PepsiCo has achieved a more than 15 percent improvement in water use efficiency as compared to the company's 2006 baseline, according to the company's inaugural water ...

September 8, 2010

Supermarket Installs 400-kW Fuel Cell

Supermarket Installs 400-kW Fuel CellA new Albertsons supermarket will be one of the first in California to generate nearly 90 percent of its electricity requirements with an on-site 400-kilowatt ...

August 31, 2010

Small Businesses Add Solar to Save Money

Small Businesses Add Solar to Save MoneySmall businesses across the nation are installing solar power systems as a way to offset higher electricity costs and make a little profit on excess ...

August 31, 2010

Office Tower Saves 2.5M Gallons of Water Annually

Office Tower Saves 2.5M Gallons of Water AnnuallyThe 1450 Brickell office tower in Miami, Fla., has implemented a wide range of energy-efficient features and technologies that help save over 14 percent more ...

August 30, 2010

Maines Slashes Lighting Energy Use 87%

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 ...

August 25, 2010

AT&T Activates First of Six Solar Power Installations Planned for California

AT&T Activates First of Six Solar Power Installations Planned for CaliforniaAT&T has activated a 296-kW rooftop solar power installation at its Trade Street site in San Diego, which will generate an estimated 420,000 kWh of ...

August 24, 2010

EL Pro Dell CR Report: Emissions Down 10%

Dell CR Report: Emissions Down 10%Dell has reduced the indirect emissions associated with its energy use by 10 percent in fiscal year 2010, according to the company's corporate responsibility ...

August 24, 2010

Telecom Firm Cuts Energy Costs $223,000 Annually

Telecom Firm Cuts Energy Costs $223,000 AnnuallyA1 Telekom Austria AG plans to expand its Smart Energy Control (SEC) pilot project nationwide, which is expected to save 1.2 GWh of electricity ...

August 23, 2010

Brocade Data Center Cuts Energy Use by 37%

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 ...

August 19, 2010

OKI Data Cuts CO2 Emissions 17% at Manufacturing Facility

OKI Data Cuts CO2 Emissions 17% at Manufacturing FacilityOKI Data's European manufacturing facility, OKI (UK) Ltd., has reduced its electricity use by roughly 600k kWh, which is equivalent to 17 percent of the ...

August 18, 2010