Tweet Being more energy-efficient is a year-round job, but the spotlight shines brighter on this important goal during October — National Energy Awareness Month. Each year for Energy Awareness Month, FEMP provides materials and ideas to promote energy-saving practices at Federal facilities. These materials, such as posters, carry a central theme and other energy outreach messages. | Read More
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Energy Awareness Month 2011
Call to Action: Keep light bulb efficiency standards strong
Tweet Technology. It’s ever changing, and constantly making our lives easier and more convenient. So if someone was trying to convince you to use a technology from 1879, you’d probably think twice. Except that’s exactly what some lawmakers in Washington D.C. want you to do – keep using lighting technology, the standard incandescent light bulb, | Read More
DOE Establishes ASHRAE Standard for State Commercial Building Codes
Tweet Commercial and high-rise residential buildings, including federal buildings, must now meet requirements in ASHRAE 2007 energy efficiency standard, under recent rulings issued by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) that finds the standard saves more energy than the 2004 version. ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, has been | Read More
University Student Body Focused on Green Building Goals
Tweet Employees in the physical plant departments of most commercial and institutional facilities work behind the scenes, accomplishing tasks out of sight from building occupants. But if there is one type of organization in which maintenance and engineering directors, supervisors, and front-line staff are more visible and work more closely with occupants, it is higher | Read More
U.S. Green Buildings Council Offers New Course on Retrofitting
Tweet Cypress Envirosystems and Adura Technologies have partnered on an online course titled Retrofitting Existing Buildings to Improve Energy Efficiency. The session, produced by the U.S. Green Buildings Council – Northern California Chapter (UGBC-NCC) and aecKnowledge, provides credits for LEED Accredited Professionals and LEED Green Associates. The course gives participants relevant and unbiased knowledge about | Read More
The Formula for Lighting Energy Efficiency
Tweet Using technology and effective design, any commercial property owner or tenant can energy-efficient fluorescent lighting that provides flawless performance with maximum energy savings. Fluorescent lighting is the “standard” technology for lighting spaces such as offices and classrooms, and is up to four times more efficient than the incandescent lamp. However, older, obsolete fluorescent lighting | Read More
Energy Trend Data Shows Increase In Commercial Sector
Tweet Lighting industry journalist and marketing expert Craig DiLouie provided a concise breakdown of a DOE report on his blog LightNOW which revealed a electric price increase in the commercial sector. Continue reading for the complete briefing: According to recently unveiled Department of Energy numbers, the May 2011 average commercial sector retail price was 10.26 | Read More
Property Management and Green Initiatives
Tweet Recently, Mark Thomton, associate editor of Chicago Industrial Properties, sat down with Phil Stafford to discuss his firm’s expansion and the state of the property management industry. Here is an excerpt from the interview regarding green initiatives and retrofitting. Q: How have green initiatives and energy efficient practices performed during the recession? Do owners | Read More
Saving Your Company Money with Green
Tweet Going green has never been about one thing and one thing only. In daily business routines it is important to remember that all the “small” things add up quickly, and reducing something as simple as the utility bill has a larger impact on going green than many business owners may realize. Much of what | Read More
Finding The Energy Savings: T5 vs. Metal Halide
Tweet Metal halide lamps are a fixture in industrial and warehouse space. But today, a number of lighting systems offer alternatives that can slash energy costs. T5 lighting systems are one example. Delivering high-lumen output, new T5 fluorescent lamps provide an energy-efficient option for a variety of industrial and high-bay applications previously dominated by metal halide | Read More
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