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Businesses can work with state officials to drive support for renewable energy policies that not only lower emissions but also save money, according to a new report by Ceres and the National Association of State Energy Officials.
Southern California Edison will pay a $39,127 penalty to settle federal charges that it improperly managed hazardous waste on Catalina Island.
The US, China, Mexico and 44 European counties have pledged to support a market-based program in which the commercial aviation industry offsets its greenhouse gas emissions by investing in emissions-reduction projects in other sectors.
Residents of Franklin Township – one of the 11 townships of Warren County, Ohio – will vote in November on a pair of issues that may save them money on their electric and natural gas bills, according to a report in the local Journal-News.
Parties who want to intervene in Intermountain Gas’s August 12 application (Case No. INT-G-16-02) to increase base rates by about $10.2 million (4.04 percent) have until September 23 to file petitions with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the regulators announced this week..
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A smart grid can't be smart unless the data it works with is relevant, timely and accurate.
The state is close to establishing rules that will reduce energy use in computers, computer monitors and electronic signage.
American City & County offers a case study of a lighting retrofit at The Raleigh Convention Center. The facility hosts 440,000 visitors and 250 to 300 events annually. Graybar previously had upgraded the lights to its underground area. The more recent upgrade was to the exhibit hall. Graybar worked though ... Read more »
A team at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is testing a battery that can store renewable energy. One of the challenges to renewable energy is that it is inconsistent. Solar power, for instance, can’t be produced efficiently at night or during rainstorms. Thus, finding ways to store ... Read more »
Toyota has installed stationary pure hydrogen fuel cells at a zero-emissions facility at its Honsha Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The new building is part of the automaker’s efforts to achieve its 2050 global environmental goal to eliminate carbon emissions in all operations. The pure hydrogen fuel cells, ... Read more »
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Remember 2013? Back then, we counseled our lighting retrofit clients and worked closely with utilities nationwide to find that exact “right time” for them to make the jump to LED lighting technology. Fast forward three years and we’re well past that crucial point where LED’s price and performance converged. Today, ... Read more »
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders.
Green Superfund site cleanups bring economic benefits to site owners and the surrounding businesses.
On September 8, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved (Docket No. U-17895) an annual retail rate increase of $4.6 million for Upper Peninsula Power (UPPCo), which serves about 54,000 customers in the Wolverine State.Under the terms of the final proposal approved by the commission, customers using 500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) a month will pay nearly $8 more on their bills.
An investigation by NBC-TV affiliate KXAN has prompted Austin Energy to review, and most likely, to refund, a 1 percent metropolitan transit authority (Metro) sales tax levied on thousands of residential customers in Williamson County, according to a memo sent September 8 to Austin Mayor Steve Adler (D) and the members of the City Council.
Smart building technology is complex, but the bottom line is clear: The opportunities to cut costs and improve building performance are growing
Ameresco said this week that it is partnering with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) on a $3.9 million (Canadian) energy efficiency and facility renewal project. The goal is to upgrade the NRC’s research facilities in Halifax, Nova Scotia and St. John’s. The company says that the project is ... Read more »
Revolution Lighting Technologies, TNT Energy and Tri-State LED have been named program contractors in Eversource’s Small Business Energy Advantage (SBEA) program in Connecticut. The program is designed to help businesses in the state with peak energy demand of less than 200 kW per month to save money with energy efficiency ... Read more »
In a move to reduce nitrogen (NOx) emissions from power plants that contribute to ozone pollution in the eastern US, the EPA has finalized updates to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
California manufacturers, truckers, other businesses say the state's new climate change law may price them out of operation.
Facility executives in charge of demanding environments—hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and higher education campuses, for example—often are challenged to cut costs and help their organizations meet sustainability goals. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are the natural place to look: these systems typically account for 44 percent of commercial buildings’ ... Read more »
More organizations, especially the ones active in the energy sector have reasons more than one to depend on Big Data If you thought Big Data was just as an impressive show of an advance technology, you may be missing out on its capabilities to solve critical problems. In fact, research ... Read more »
Recycled carbon fiber producer ELG Carbon Fibre plans to open a US plant by 2019.
The first-of-its-kind, sludge-to-energy plant at the Billund BioRefinery in Denmark will convert wastewater sludge and organic waste into biogas for energy production.
As part of Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA’s) Solar Energy Future campaign, the 400,000-member nationwide advocacy group on August 8 released a new report, “Incentivizing Solar Energy: An In-Depth Analysis of U.S. Solar Incentives,