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AMERLUX Earns Award for Protecting Environment through Superior Energy Efficiency FAIRFIELD, N.J., March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Amerlux as a 2013 ENERGY STAR(R) Award for Excellence in ENERGY STAR Promotion winner for its outstanding contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by sponsoring significant consumer education efforts promoting superior energy-efficient products. Amerlux, a global leader in task-specific...
ATLANTA, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power is helping Piedmont College save money and energy with rebates and incentives offered through the company's Commercial Energy Efficiency program. The school is utilizing the program to reduce energy usage and overall costs through lighting upgrades and other energy efficiency improvements. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO) Among its energy efficiency upgrades, Piedmont College completed a lighting...
JACKSON, Mich., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy's Business Solutions program awarded $7.3 million in incentives in the fourth quarter of 2012 to help Michigan commercial and industrial customers become more energy efficient. Statewide, these projects are saving the 1,695 participating customers an estimated $9.5 million in energy costs each year. The annual energy savings are: 71.7 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity and more than 236,500 thousand cubic...
ATLANTA, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power is offering its customers another option for saving money and energy by introducing retail lighting incentives at participating Walmart stores throughout the state. Customers will receive a 30 percent to 60 percent discount on the purchase of select ENERGY STAR(®) certified compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). There is no coupon required and customers will receive immediate savings at the register. (Logo:...
- First Ever Carbon Neutral Tour by Portugal. The Man - LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) and JustGreen Lifestyle, a Just Energy Group Inc. (NYSE/TSX: JE) brand, today announced a partnership to make Live Nation's concert venues more environmentally sustainable. JustGreen Lifestyle, will audit 85 participating concert venues in the United States to evaluate energy use and purchase carbon offsets to bring the concerts carbon neutral....
EPA Recognizes LG for Protecting Environment through Manufacturing, Promoting Energy-Efficient Products for a Second Consecutive Year WASHINGTON, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics, a global technology leader in consumer electronics and home appliances, has been named 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This is the second year in a row that LG has earned this coveted award for its efforts to manufacture and promote...
Shares Power Down Day Toolkit and Corporate Energy Policy to help companies take steps to save energy WEST HARTFORD, Conn., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Legrand announced the success of the company's first employee-driven Power Down Day with a total energy intensity reduction for the day at nearly 25 percent. Twenty-four sites participated in Power Down Day, held on November 29, 2012. "A Power Down Day," according to Susan Rochford, vice president, Energy Efficiency,...
Leading Furniture Retailer Finds Significant Cost and Energy Savings by Converting to LED Lighting ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rooms To Go, America's #1 independent furniture company, has recently completed an effort initiated in 2010 to convert 115 of its retail stores to LED lighting. The switch to energy efficient 16-18 watt LED track lamps from the 60 watt halogen track lamps previously in use by the retailer has resulted in an average overall store energy savings of...
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI), developer of the revolutionary EcoSmart energy management platform incorporating patented Recovery Time(TM) technology, is pleased to announce today that Marriott International, with over 3,700 properties in 74 countries, has selected Telkonet as an Approved Vendor in providing occupancy-based energy management technology throughout all of its hospitality brands worldwide. As well as being designated as an...
LONDON, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- All savvy bosses know that reducing energy consumption around your workplace can make a big difference to your business's gas and electricity bills [http://www.britishgas.co.uk/business/gas ]. But, with the best will in the world, it's hard to do that if you don't have your entire workforce on board. British Gas Business [http://www.britishgas.co.uk/business ] are on hand to help. We've launched a series of five free,...
