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Search Results for: american recovery and reinvestment act

$500B Plan for U.S. Green Building Retrofits Touted

The United States can build a low-carbon economy by retrofitting existing homes and businesses for energy efficiency, which would reduce waste and pollution, jumpstart an economic recovery, create good jobs and deliver energy cost savings, while reducing global warming, according to a new report. The report is calling on Congress ... Read more »

AT&T LED Signage Reduces Carbon Emissions, Saves Energy

Looking to replace outdated signage on more than 6,500 AT&T office buildings and retail locations, AT&T chose to retrofit its 7,000 channel letter signs with a LED lighting system that significantly reduces its energy use and carbon emissions. The benefit: A savings of more than 5.8-million kilowatt hours of electricity ... Read more »

Navy Orders $100M in Solary Energy Systems

Atlantic Contingency Constructors in Norfolk, Va., received 3 task orders totaling up $100 million to install solar energy systems at U.S. Navy shore facilities in the United States, DID reports. The task orders were awarded under a Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic multiple-award global contingency construction contract (N62470-06-D-6007). All of ... Read more »

Obama Admin Unveils Energy-Efficiency Efforts, Investments

President Barack Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced new plans to drive energy efficiency and save American consumers billions of dollars per year by setting energy conservation standards for certain types of fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps, and investing $346 million in energy-efficient building technologies (transcript ... Read more »

House Narrowly Passes Climate Bill – Reaction Roundup

The House narrowly passed landmark climate change legislation (H.R. 2454) with a 219-212 vote, delivering a major victory for President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), reports Roll Call. The cap-and-trade bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which mandates reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and ... Read more »

Green Building Retrofits Represent a Potential $400B Market

Boosted in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which will provide significant funding for renovations to federal building, the total potential market for major green renovations in the commercial building sector is approximately $400 billion, according to a new study by Pike Research. Although currently a relatively small market, ... Read more »

$256M Pledged To Industrial Energy Efficiency

The Department of Energy plans to put $256 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act toward improving energy efficiency across major industrial sectors, with special emphasis on manufacturing and information technology. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that $156 million of the total will go toward projects involving combined heat ... Read more »

AZ Wastewater Plant to be Fully Powered by Solar

Johnson Utilities in Pinal County, Ariz., is using solar energy to fully power a wastewater-treatment facility, reports AZ Central. The privately-held utility is installing more than 5,400 solar panels over six acres of property surrounding its wastewater plant in Anthem at Merrill Ranch, and expects to complete the $10-million project ... Read more »


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