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Heating & Cooling

HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) includes stories about HVAC systems to make them more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Newer heating and cooling systems can lead to reduced energy consumption and put fewer greenhouse gases and other emissions into the air. Stories cover the implementation of the new HVAC systems as well as retrofits and upgrades of existing heating and cooling systems.

MetLife Adopts Carbon Neutrality

MetLife Adopts Carbon Neutrality

MetLife will achieve carbon neutrality by the end of 2016, becoming the first US-based insurer to do so. To achieve carbon neutrality in 2016 and beyond, MetLife announced the following commitments: Reduce location-based greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent by 2020 against a 2012 baseline. This 10 percent reduction applies to ... Read more »
Insulation Materials Green Seal Standard Coming Soon

Insulation Materials Green Seal Standard Coming Soon

Green Seal is developing a new environmental leadership standard for architectural insulation materials, which will include the product categories of fiberglass, mineral wool, polystyrene and polyisocyanurate foam, polyurethane, cellulose, cotton/recycled denim, and possibly reflective insulation and radiant barriers. Green Seal has released a scoping document and is seeking public comment ... Read more »
Spray Foam, Made with Recycled Content, Can Earn Builders 10 LEED Points

Spray Foam, Made with Recycled Content, Can Earn Builders 10 LEED Points

Demilec, a manufacturer of spray foam products, has released its newest Heatlok closed-cell spray foam insulation product, Heatlok XT, which now contains more than 20 percent renewable and recycled content. Heatlok XT can now earn commercial and residential construction projects up to 10 LEED certification points. Since launching its recycled ... Read more »
Yum Brands Cuts 1.2M Metric Tons CO2 Since 2009

Yum Brands Cuts 1.2M Metric Tons CO2 Since 2009

Yum Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell has released its 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. By using more efficient technologies for lighting, air conditioning and refrigeration, the company has saved a record 530 million kWh of energy. Accumulated savings from energy efficiency efforts have ... Read more »
Spotlight on Award Winners: NexRev DrivePak Fulfills Energy Program Goals

Spotlight on Award Winners: NexRev DrivePak Fulfills Energy Program Goals

This article is sponsored by NexRev. When it comes to energy management, the best way for companies to improve on their energy goals is to include both the energy team and the facilities team, advises Kenneth Smith, CEO of NexRev. “Both teams must be incentivized to save energy. Energy programs ... Read more »
ClearSign Inks Deal for Emissions Control at California Refinery

ClearSign Inks Deal for Emissions Control at California Refinery

ClearSign Combustion Corporation, a provider of combustion and emissions control technology for industrial, commercial and utility markets, has signed an agreement to deploy its Duplex burner technology at Tricor Refining LLC’s refinery in Bakersfield, California. Tricor will retrofit a single-burner 15 MMBtu/hr vertical refinery heater with ClearSign’s Duplex burner architecture. The heater was mothballed in 1984 because ... Read more »
Chiller Plant Optimization Strategies

Chiller Plant Optimization Strategies

Healthcare, commercial, and institutional facilities often use a chiller plant to provide chilled water for air conditioning. It should come as no surprise that chilled water generation is a major contributor to a facility’s utility costs. Organizations are well served to seek ways to optimize their facilities for the best ... Read more »
Carnival Cuts Fleet CO2 Emissions by 12bn Kilograms

Carnival Cuts Fleet CO2 Emissions by 12bn Kilograms

Carnival Corporation says by the end of the year it will have saved more than 1 billion gallons of fuel and reduced fleet carbon emissions by 12 billion kilograms over a seven-year period. The results of the world’s largest cruise company’s multi-year Fleet Fuel Conservation Program show that by the ... Read more »


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