News and Articles on Sustainable Construction & Retrofits

Harristown Awarded for Work in Harrisburg, PA

November 16, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

Harristown Enterprises, which is in Harrisburg, PA, has received a rebate of more than $1.2 million from PPL Electric Utilities. The story in the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal says that the company spent almost $16.5 million on two properties in the city. The rebate will be used for downtown real ... Read more »

Wyoming Refining to Save with New Motors, LEDs

November 9, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

Wyoming Refining, which is in Newcastle, is lowering its annual electric bill by about $10,600 via installation of energy-efficient lighting and motors, according to The Wyoming Business Report. The company is receiving rebates of $10,250 from Black Hills Energy-Wyoming Electric. The work was done during a plant overall. The story says ... Read more »

Is Recycled Plastic Waste the Road Material of the Future?

October 27, 2016December 5, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

KWS, a subsidiary of Dutch infrastructure company VolkerWessels, along with processor Wavin and resin supplier Total have signed a cooperation agreement to develop roads made from recycled plastic waste, which the companies say is a sustainable alternative to traditional asphalt. The PlasticRoad concept, introduced last year by KWS, involves recycling ... Read more »

US Coal Fleet Is Shrinking. What to do with Retired Coal-Fired Power Plants?

October 25, 2016December 5, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As coal-fired power plants retire in record numbers across the US, a brownfield redevelopment firm and Indiana state officials plant to turn one retired coal plant into a port.

CCI Group Awarded Contract for Anniston Army Depot

October 24, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

The CCI Group has been awarded a Utility Energy Savings Contract (UESC) for the construction, upgrade and modernization of the Anniston Army Depot in Anniston, AL. The contract is part of the Army’s effort to save $1 billion energy on energy. CCI will help the Alabama Power Company – which selected the ... Read more »

Honeywell Upgrading Energy, Water Systems at The University of Mount Olive

October 21, 2016March 12, 2020 by Carl Weinschenk

Honeywell Building Solutions is replacing and upgrading equipment at the University of Mount Olive, which is in the North Carolina town of the same name. The project is wide-ranging. Four residence halls will get new HVAC and hot water systems. The academic and administrative buildings will get LEDs and sensors ... Read more »

Orem, UT Gets an Energy Facelift

October 12, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

Orem, with a population of almost 90,000 (according to the 2010 census), is the fifth largest city in Utah. An ongoing project has grown from street light replacements to encompass a wide variety of energy upgrades and retrofits. The city’s initial goal was to replace 5,128 street lights. Before the ... Read more »

Upgrades to Three Buildings in St. Paul

October 12, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

An National Public Radio story posted at the Post-Bulletin describes a retrofit program in downtown St. Paul. The first step is the retrofit of the First National Bank sign, which the story describes as iconic. The next step is to install LEDs in the First National Bank, the U.S. Bank ... Read more »

C-PACE Project Almost Done in CT

October 7, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

Curtis Packaging, a company that provides luxury packaging, has almost finished a $2.5 million project to improve energy efficiency and increase use of renewables at its Sandy Hook, CT, headquarters. Financing for the project is from the Connecticut Green Bank, according to Westfair Communications. The vehicle is a Commercial Property ... Read more »

Trane Upgrading 125 Buildings in Birmingham, AL

October 7, 2016August 2, 2019 by Carl Weinschenk

Trane is partnering with Birmingham, AL, to improve energy savings in 125 city structures. The $61.3 million project is aimed at cutting energy and operational costs 30 percent annually and to save more than $100 million during the next twenty years. The press release says that water upgrades will be ... Read more »

$8M Project to Upgrade Chillicothe (OH) Correctional Institute

September 30, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority this month approved $8 million in financing for an energy efficiency and conservation project at the Chillicothe Correctional Institute. The 30-building campus houses more than 2,700 inmates and has more than 540 employees, according to the Chillicothe Gazette. The campus, which is more than ... Read more »

Three Trends Align to Save Buildings Millions in Energy Costs

September 30, 2016 by Ken Silverstein

By 2050, 70 percent of the world population will live in cities, a change that will add 40 percent to the current world building stock. Because buildings can be big polluters, urbanization is also a stark reminder that economies everywhere benefit from investments in energy-efficient structures and by retrofitting inefficient, existing buildings. ... Read more »

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