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Bosch Equips Energy Smart Housing Community in Texas

January 21, 2015 by Karen Henry

Bosch has partnered with Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston-based real estate development company, to equip a master-planned community outside Austin, Texas, with efficient geothermal heat pumps, hot water systems and Energy Star rated kitchen appliances. The new community, called Whisper Valley, will eventually include 7,500 net zero ready single and ... Read more »

System Control Offers Increased HVAC Efficiency For Smaller Buildings

August 14, 2014August 14, 2014 by Ken Jennison

New technology has made heating, venting and air conditioning building automation systems available and affordable for small- and mid-sized buildings, which can result in considerable savings over the life of a building, according to HPAC Engineering. In light-commercial buildings, packaged rooftops or heat pumps are controlled almost exclusively with thermostats. ... Read more »

Satco/Nuvo, Lightkiwi LEDs Top Efficiency Rankings

February 27, 2014September 1, 2022 by Leon Walker

Energy efficiency ranking organization Topten has placed products by Satco/Nuvo, Ecosmart and Lightkiwi among the best LED bulbs available. The organization has categorizes the LEDs into two diameters of parabolic aluminized reflector: PAR30, which fit in a housing that is 3.75 inches in diameter, and PAR38, which fit in a housing ... Read more »

Ecosmart, Technical Consumer Products Top LED Ranking

January 17, 2013September 1, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ecosmart and Technical Consumer Products (TCP) make the best LED reflector lamps on the market, according to a whitepaper by IEE, TopTen USA and Ecova. Evaluation of Best-in-Class LED Reflector Lamps names Ecosmart’s model ECS R30 WW V2 FL 120 the top-ranked bulb in the PAR30 category (PAR stands for ... Read more »

EcoSmart, GE, Philips LEDs Win High Marks

August 24, 2012August 27, 2012 by Leon Walker

In its latest tests, Consumer Reports has given LEDs from EcoSmart, GE and Philips significantly higher scores than it gave to most CFLs – but admits that most users won’t save money by making the switch. The up-front costs of LEDs can be prohibitive, the magazine said, but other factors ... Read more »

Contract Wins: GSA, NASA, Clean Energy Fuels, Telkonet’s EcoSmart

July 2, 2012April 23, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US General Services Administration has procured about 300 million kWh of electricity – expected to save GSA more than $10.8 million at several facilities in New York as well as through other federal accounts, including the American Red Cross, Bureau of Prisons, United Nations, US Coast Guard and US ... Read more »

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