Latest energy efficiency Stories

Focus on Energy Significantly Improves Energy Savings and Customer Participation

2013-02-20 12:22:53

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Focus on Energy, Wisconsin utilities' statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that in 2012 it achieved the most energy savings and customer participation since the program began more than decade ago. 2012 was also one of the most cost-effective years in the program's history. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130110/CG40562LOGO) "The modifications and program expansions we made in 2012...

Dean Foods Company Achieves The ENERGY STAR® Challenge for Industry At Eighteen Plants Nationwide

2013-02-20 12:22:51

DALLAS, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a positive step toward improving energy efficiency, Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) has met the requirements for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) "ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry" by reducing its energy intensity by 10 percent or more at 18 manufacturing locations nationwide. Dean Foods enrolled 72 of its plants in the EPA's ENERGY STAR Challenge. Across the entire dairy industry, 148 dairy plants have taken the challenge,...

Energy Efficiency Technology Vital to Hong Kong's Buildings Economy

2013-02-18 04:20:20

LONDON, February 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies show that advanced energy efficiency technology is required to help Hong Kong meet their need to develop a low carbon economy. Hong Kong needs advanced energy efficiency technology now. Buildings consume 90% of the regions electricity, contributing to 60% of greenhouse emissions. These findings bring into focus the importance for Hong Kong in improving the energy efficiency of their building stock to allow the...

NEEA Releases Comprehensive Residential Energy Study

2013-02-14 20:22:33

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) has published the first two in a series of reports that will impact the future of residential energy efficiency in the Northwest. The Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) is a comprehensive research study of energy consumption in more than 1,600 Northwest residential buildings. It will establish a regional baseline for single-family, manufactured and multi-family homes that will inform...

Renewal System Solutions Selected as Southface Energy Institute’s 2012 Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Contractor of the Year

2013-02-13 23:02:05

Southface recently named Renewal System Solutions of Decatur as the 2012 HPwES Contractor of the Year based upon the company’s outstanding performance in the program. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 13, 2013 The home performance experts at Renewal System Solutions were recently honored as Southface’s 2012 Home Performance with ENERGY STAR ® (HPwES) Contractor of the Year. Renewal System Solutions delivers customized whole-house solutions to clients looking to improve energy...

FMA Summits (www.fmasummits.com) is Hosting Their 16th Progressive Energy, Environment & Sustainability Summit, May 29th to 31st 2013 in Chicago, IL

2013-02-11 20:21:32

MONTREAL, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- FMA Summits (www.fmasummits.com) is hosting their 16th Progressive Energy, Environment & Sustainability Summit, May 29th to 31st 2013 in Chicago, IL. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130211/CG58001) The Summit program will feature Key Note Speakers representing thought leaders from the Retail, Commercial and Industrial sectors, who will provide notable success stories of how they have begun achieving energy efficiency...

NEEA and RETA develop new efficiency certification for industrial refrigeration operators

2013-02-06 12:22:27

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and the Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA) have recently partnered to develop a new energy efficiency certification for industrial refrigeration operators. NEEA continues to successfully increase energy efficiency in the Northwest by partnering with utilities and industry groups to train and certify key professionals in the Northwest. Certified Refrigeration Energy...

Builders Name Cooper Lighting's Halo Brand the Leader in Lighting for the Fifteenth Consecutive Year

2013-02-06 08:22:48

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fifteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors, sweeping all four lighting categories including...

Ygrene Energy Fund and City of Sacramento Launch Clean Energy Sacramento

2013-01-30 08:23:40

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Sacramento and Ygrene Energy Fund, a leading provider of clean energy finance programs for local governments, today announced the launch of Clean Energy Sacramento, a pioneering public-private partnership which provides funding to local property owners for energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation upgrades at no up-front cost. Clean Energy Sacramento is the first privately funded clean energy financing...

Trilliant Launches Newly-Enhanced SecureMesh® WAN To Help Utilities Achieve Better Reliability and Operational Efficiency

2013-01-28 08:22:15

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trilliant, a global smart grid communications leader, delivering solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today unveiled the newly-enhanced SecureMesh WAN 1100 Series in advance of DistribuTECH, North America's largest annual smart grid conference and exhibition. The SecureMesh WAN is part of the Trilliant Communications Platform, a powerful combination of networking...