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Wynn Las Vegas Signs Solar PPA with Enel Green Power North America

January 26, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Wynn Las Vegas has signed a PPA with renewable energy company Enel Green Power North America to buy energy from a 27-MW solar facility under construction in Nevada. “The energy produced by the new facility will be used to meet up to 75% of Wynn Las Vegas’s current peak-power requirements, ... Read more »

Hulu Migrates Data Centers To 100% Renewable Energy Facility

January 26, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Hulu is in the process of migrating its data centers to a 100% renewable energy facility in Las Vegas operated by multi-tenant data center provider Switch. The video-on-demand company says the move will eliminate 265,000 carbon tons of emissions from the environment while powering millions of stable and secure streams ... Read more »

Power Outage at CES 2018 in Las Vegas: Here’s What Happened

January 12, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

On the second day of CES 2018, the Las Vegas Convention Center lost power for nearly two hours. The blackout at the world’s largest annual technology and innovation showcase occurred after heavy rainfall caused a transformer at the center to fail. The lights went off abruptly at nearly 11:15 am ... Read more »

New Organization Battles NV Energy Over Corporate Grid Exit Fees

September 29, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new nonprofit organization called the Smart Energy Alliance is filing motions during NV Energy’s rate case requesting details about how the utility is using grid exit fees, the Nevada Independent reported. Backed by the Las Vegas-based data storage company Switch, the recently formed group wants to know how NV ... Read more »

Las Vegas Sands Receives DOE Recognition for Efficiency

September 22, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

When the Las Vegas Sands Corporation bet on efficiency, it won big. This week the US Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge recognized the hospitality company for energy and water efficiency upgrades. The Better Buildings Challenge is a partnership between the DOE and more than 345 private businesses and public-sector ... Read more »

How Harrah’s Las Vegas Saves $310K Annually with Retro-commissioning: News from ELCON 2017

June 9, 2017 by Emily Holbrook

Retrofitting aging facilities has become a must for many companies as they look to reduce energy waste and increase efficiency. One of those companies is a mainstay on the Las Vegas Strip. Eric Dominguez, vice president of facilities, engineering and sustainability for Caesars Entertainment, spoke at the recent 2017 Environmental ... Read more »

Las Vegas Wins Right to Use More Renewables

February 26, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission will allow Las Vegas to increase its use of renewable energy. The Associated Press report, which was posted by KTVN, said that the commission has approved the partnership between the city and NV Energy. The deal will enable the city to use renewables for a number ... Read more »

Las Vegas Casinos Bet on Competitive Power Vendors

October 6, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

The Wall Street Journal reports that Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International and Las Vegas Sands Corp. claim that they would save millions of dollars by buying energy for their many casinos directly from solar farms, power plants and other competitive providers. The local utility – NV Energy, which is owned ... Read more »

Timberland, Omni Recycle Tires into Footwear

November 5, 2014November 4, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Timberland and tire manufacturer and distributor Omni United have created tires designed to be recycled into footwear outsoles at the end of their life on the road. The co-branded line of tires was unveiled at the Specialty Equipment Market Association automotive trade show in Las Vegas earlier this week. The ... Read more »

Airport Cuts Costs, Packaging Waste with Ecolab Cleaning System

April 30, 2014April 29, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport cut costs and packaging waste after installing Ecolab’s Hydris cleaning system. In addition to being safer for the environment and employees, the non-toxic cleaning system has helped the airport control costs with a monthly lease, reduce packaging waste and lower shipping expenses, says Ralph LePore, ... Read more »

Last Vegas Strip Cleans Up Waste Management Act

November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Las Vegas Sands Corp. are among the Las Vegas resort operators working to cut waste and boost recycling, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Waste management efforts include composing thousands of tons of leftover food, sending used shampoo bottles and bars of soap to poor ... Read more »

Las Vegas Deploys BuildingIQ’s Energy Management System

November 15, 2013November 14, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The City of Las Vegas will be the first city to deploy BuildingIQ’s cloud-based energy management system broadly. The deployment is part of utility NV Energy’s mPowered program. By utilizing BuildingIQ’s optimization software, Las Vegas will become the first major city in the country to leverage this type of energy ... Read more »

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