The Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) and GE Lighting are working together to advance the energy-efficient streetlighting market. Related items Commercial, State Buildings to Adopt ASHRAE 90.1 in Mississippi Housing Authority Signs $5.7m Energy Savings Performance Contract Quebec Natatorium Uses Geothermal, Reduced Refrigerant HVAC, Heat Recovery Montana County Saves $77,000 Per Year Via ESPC Eglin …Continue Reading
New York City is replacing all its streetlights, about 300,000 bulbs, with LEDs and expects to complete the project by 2019, resulting in a 35 percent decrease in energy consumption for streetlights. Margaret Newman, chief of staff for the NYC Department of Transportation, told GreenBiz that The Central Park installation has been completed with about …Continue Reading
Richland, Penn., is among several municipalities in the state to have paid money for energy upgrades that were never delivered. In 2009, Richland paid $165,488 upfront to energy consulting company Municipal Energy Managers to help the town secure ownership of its streetlights and to help it install LED bulbs in the lights. But Municipal Energy …Continue Reading
Chevron Energy Solutions has flipped the switch on a new solar installation for Santa Cruz County Office of Education that Chevron Energy says will save the agency more than $2 million over the program’s life. The project, located at the County Office of Education in Santa Cruz, Calif. is expected to offset carbon emissions by …Continue Reading
Chevron Energy Solutions and the city of Livermore, Calif. have announced a plan to reduce citywide energy costs and save taxpayers more than $10 million over the next 25 years. Related items NREL’s Energy-Efficient Facility Influences Buildings in Seattle, Salt Lake City and NYC DPR Makes Its Arizona Office Net-Zero Cox Boosts Solar in Northeast …Continue Reading
Bronson Sporting Goods has installed Green Ballast‘s patented daylight harvesting fluorescent light ballasts in its new Memphis location. The new ballasts are direct replacements for the existing “standard ballasts.” Each ballast includes a photocell sensor that interacts with daylight harvesting technology, allowing each Green Ballast equipped fixture to: Actively measure the amount of daylight in …Continue Reading
Paradox Engineering is starting the deployment of the pilot project for remotely managing the public lighting infrastructure in San Francisco, Calif. Related items Partnerships: Telkonet, Pacific Energy Service, Ford, KB Home Illinois Town Tests Ice Bear Air Conditioning Technology Stem Energy Optimization Reduces San Francisco Hotel Energy Bill 15% Commercial, State Buildings to Adopt ASHRAE …Continue Reading
The Borough of Tarentum in Western Pennsylvania is converting 100 percent of its street lighting to GE’s new Evolve LED Scalable Cobrahead fixtures with dimmable photocells. The retrofit of 430 streetlights (pictured) will save Tarentum approximately 66 percent in annual lighting energy and maintenance costs, equaling about $40,000 based on a $.10 kWh rate and …Continue Reading
