Energy Efficient HVAC News, Best Practices and Strategies

Trane’s Rooftop Air Conditioner ‘40% More Energy-Efficient’ than Conventional Units

November 12, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Heating and cooling product manufacturer Trane has built a rooftop air conditioner that is 40 percent more energy-efficient than conventional units, and is the second manufacturer to achieve Western Cooling Challenge certification, according to University of California, Davis.

Interface Reduces Lighting Power Consumption by 70% at Georgia Office

November 9, 2012August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

Enlighted says its products are being used to improve more than five million square feet of commercial real estate for such companies as Interface, which is saving 70 percent on power consumption at an office in Georgia. Combining sensor technology, big data analytics and control into a single system, Enlighted ... Read more »

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Installs Passive Dehumidification HVAC

November 8, 2012 by Linda Hardesty

Heat Pipe Technology, a division of MiTek, installed a passive energy recovery and dehumidification HVAC system for the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, in Tampa Bay, Fla.

California State Lottery Achieves Net Zero with CALMAC

November 8, 2012August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

CALMAC Manufacturing has installed its IceBank thermal energy storage tanks at the new California State Lottery headquarters in Sacramento, Calif.

Cutting Costs With Heating and Cooling

November 6, 2012 by Paul Nastu

Sasha Thyer from REEFHQ Aquarium discusses how upgrading facilities saved costs on overheads. Presented at the ecoBiz Network forum — Keeping your cool: cutting costs with clever cooling and heating, August 2012. This is part one of a joint presentation. For the full story watch part two below where Craig ... Read more »

GM Dealer Woos Hybrid Car Customers in Green Showroom

November 1, 2012August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

GridNavigator, an energy management system provider, and Bloom General Contracting have partnered to promote green building to GM auto dealerships throughout the US.

Air Force Base Drops Bad Reputation for Energy Efficiency

October 31, 2012March 24, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City, Okla., has hired Honeywell for an $80.6 million energy efficiency project that will be the Air Force’s largest domestic energy retrofit funded through guaranteed savings. The project will help Tinker meet the mandated 30 percent energy reduction goal defined by Presidential Executive Order ... Read more »

Emerson Builds HVAC Distribution Center in Dubai

October 30, 2012 by Linda Hardesty

Emerson is investing $33 million in its Middle East and Africa headquarters because it sees significant growth potential in the region, especially for Emerson Climate Technologies, Emerson Network Power and Emerson Process Management.

Mandatory Commissioning For All Buildings Proposed

October 29, 2012September 1, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Commissioning for all buildings designed and built under a green building standard from ASHRAE, the US Green Building Council and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) would become mandatory under a new proposal open for public input.

Energy Use a ‘Major Factor’ in Investment Decisions for 63% of Building Sector

October 29, 2012September 1, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Energy usage plays an important role in most building-sector companies’ investment decisions, and is a major factor for 63 percent of survey respondents, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit report. Energy efficiency and energy savings: a view from the building sector, also found the majority of companies are replacing inefficient ... Read more »

Schools Include Energy Education Along With Facility Upgades

October 25, 2012March 24, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Two educational institutions in Michigan and one in Ohio are including energy-efficiency training as part of their energy efforts.

Municipalities Favor Energy Performance Contracts

October 25, 2012August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

The city of Brea, Calif., installed high-efficiency lighting in 14 city buildings and 4,000 street lamps, it updated heating and cooling systems at six buildings and it installed 1.8 MW of solar panels at three sites, and now the city is seeing energy savings in excess of 40 percent, according ... Read more »

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

Sign up for our newsletter