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ORNL Steam Plant to Cut Fossil Fuel Use 80%

A new biomass gasification plant at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will burn wood waste from local sawmills to heat the complex, reducing fossil fuel use by 80 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 23,000 metric tons a year. The gasification plant built by Nexterra Systems converts waste biomass into ... Read more »

Lutron Lights Empire State Building, Cutting Payback Time in Half

Lutron Electronics will provide a lighting control system for the Empire State Building’s tenant spaces, expected to save the iconic New York landmark as much as 65 percent in lighting-energy costs. The Lutron system, developed with Empire State Building property manager Jones Lang LaSalle, includes wireless components, occupancy/vacancy sensors that ... Read more »

Consultants and Software Firms Can’t Help Us, Energy Managers Say

Fewer than 20 percent of energy managers believe consultants, software firms, technology services providers and automation and controls suppliers have strong capabilities to help improve energy management, according to a study conducted by independent analyst firm Verdantix. The study found the majority of companies in those four market segments had low ... Read more »

Building Energy Management Skyrocketing, Johnson Controls Survey Finds

A whopping 85 percent of building owners and operators worldwide depend on energy management to drive their facilities’ operational efficiency, up 34 points in the last two years, according to a Johnson Controls survey. The 2012 Johnson Controls Energy Efficiency Indicator, a global survey of 3,500 building owners and operators, also ... Read more »

Empire State Building Upgrade Saves $2.4M in First Year

A major upgrade of the Empire State Building has saved $2.4 million in the first full year since the bulk of the work was completed, exceeding efficiency guarantees by 5 percent, the project’s partners said. Contractor Johnson Controls has guaranteed through a $20 million performance contract the project will reduce ... Read more »

Johnson Controls Launches Tool Kit to Improve Building Efficiency

Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls has launched a free report designed to help governments improve the air quality and efficiency of commercial buildings, while saving companies money and helping them reduce carbon emissions. The Driving Transformation to Energy Efficient Buildings: Policies and Actions tool kit outlines a framework governments can follow to ... Read more »

Fleet Roundup: SAE vs. CHAdeMO, Tesla, Waste Industries, Volvo

The battle over DC fast-charge standards heated up at a recent California State Senate public committee meeting. A GM representative asked the state to limit adoption of DC fast chargers to only those that conform to the upcoming SAE standard (supported by US and German automakers) while a Nissan representative ... Read more »

Renewables Briefing: Markey Group, Constellation Energy, U.S. Air Force

Here’s the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ($1.8 million) biomass generator that runs on the wood waste produced from its subsidiary Premiere Kitchens, a supplier of kitchens to public housing projects. ... Read more »

GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel Top Climate Innovation List

GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford and Intel lead their peers in the innovation of clean-tech solutions and products, mitigation of climate change-related risks and management of carbon emissions, according to a rating by risk analysis company Maplecroft. The Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) studied 360 large, multinational U.S. companies and ... Read more »

Best Buy, Veolia, and Others Join National Clean Fleets Partnership

Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia have joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Clean Fleets Partnership, a public-private partnership that aims to help the nation’s largest fleet operators to cut the amount of gasoline and diesel they use. The new partners join 14 other major ... Read more »

2012 Insider Knowledge Report Shares Lessons from McDonald’s, Unilever, 130 Others

Environmental Leader has launched its 2012 Insider Knowledge Report, sharing lessons learned from 132 corporate environmental, energy and sustainability decision-makers. The second annual report gives real-world examples of how sustainability initiatives are making a difference at companies including 3M, Diageo, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, GM, IBM, Intel, McDonald’s, Marriott, Nike, Staples, ... Read more »


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