Climate Change & Environmental Services (CCES) managed the construction management and environmental permitting for a major boiler modernization project for a large apartment complex in New York City that has reduced emissions and saved the complex over $2.8 million in fuel costs compared to the previous 12-month period. East River Housing (ERH) Corporation operates a …Continue Reading
A study conducted by a research team at the University of Washington, titled Targeting 100!, identifies a process for newly constructed hospitals that integrates architectural, mechanical and central plant systems to reduce energy consumption by an average of 62 percent. The biggest breakthrough comes from addressing the reheating of centrally-cooled air, which is the largest …Continue Reading
Improving energy efficiency in buildings by 30 percent would create a $275 billion market for advanced technology, engineering and design services, and construction activity in the US alone, according to research by United Technologies Corporation, in collaboration with the Rhodium Group. The energy savings would generate $34 billion per year for American businesses, net of investment …Continue Reading
Switzerland’s solar yacht, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, set a new speed record for crossing the Atlantic when it sailed from Las Palmas, Spain to St. Martin’s island in the French West Indies in 22 days, beating its own record of 26 days for the crossing last year. The boat’s captain credited major maintenance repairs, particularly …Continue Reading
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a contract to Siemens Government Technologies to construct the federal government’s largest wind farm that will consist of five 2.3 MW turbines located on 1,500 acres of government-owned property east of the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas. The Pantex plant is America’s nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly …Continue Reading
The US Army and Lockheed Martin commissioned the first Department of Defense (DoD) grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and energy storage at Fort Bliss, Texas. The project was funded by the DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, and Lockheed Martin received the contract in 2010. The Fort Bliss grid-tied microgrid is designed to reduce …Continue Reading
Ideal Power Converters debuted a hybrid converter that can reduce costs and improve efficiency in systems that integrate solar energy with grid storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, at the National Innovation Conference in Washington, DC, last week. The 30kW, 3-port converter will hit the market later this year. The hybrid converter, which won the …Continue Reading
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant recently signed into law four pieces of energy efficiency legislation including ASHRAE 90.1-2010 building code requirements for commercial buildings and state-owned buildings. The bills are part of the governor’s energy development strategy – Energy Works: Mississippi’s Energy Roadmap – that includes increasing energy efficiency in state government so that the savings …Continue Reading
The Brockton Housing Authority in Brockton, Mass., signed a $5.7 million energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with Ameresco that will provide energy efficiency upgrades to more than 1,200 units in seven developments, and is expected to save the Authority more than $400,000 annually or more than $10.4 million over the 20-year term. With construction expected …Continue Reading
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and NRG Energy have allied to build more solar installations at Starwood properties. The alliance will begin with three properties, including the installation of a 1.3 MW solar array at the Westin St. John in the US Virgin Islands where NRG will build, own and operate the project. NRG will …Continue Reading
