building energy News
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Empire State Building Saves Millions of Dollars in First Year of Energy Efficiency Plan
One year after an innovative building retrofit project, the Empire State Building is ahead of plan and has exceeded its year one energy-efficiency guarantee by five percent, saving $2.4 million and establishing a commercial real estate model for reducing costs, maximizing return on investment, increasing real estate value, and protecting the environment. To view the multimedia assets ...
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Nearly-Zero Energy Building Materials Market to Grow to $16.5 Billion in 2017
Driven by rising global awareness of the impact of building energy consumption on climate change, materials boosting building energy efficiency will reach $16.5 billion in sales in 2017. Floor space for net-zero energy buildings (NZEB) and especially nearly-zero energy buildings (nNZEB), will soar more than six-fold to 80 million m2 in 2017, according to Lux Research. “A robust market is ...
By Lux Research
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EPFL Develops System to Measure In-Building Energy Usage and Coordinate with Smart Grid
A smart grid that decides how best to distribute energy based on availability, cost and customers’ needs – that’s the energy concept being developed by researchers in the Electronics Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL)'s School of Engineering in Lausanne, Switzerland. Researchers have designed a system capable of collecting ...
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eSight Energy exhibited with Yorkland controls at the OMC conference in Canada
On July 13th-14th eSight Energy exhibited with Yorkland Controls at the Ontario Association of School Business Officials, 63rd Annual OMC Workshop event in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Thank you to those who stopped by at the show! To learn how Yorkland and eSight work with school districts to implement full end-to-end building energy management systems, resulting in reduction of energy ...
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Envido appoints new Director of Energy, Simon Tilleard
Envido is delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Tilleard as Director of Energy at Envido. Simon is an award-winning building energy manager with extensive experience in the application of low-carbon technologies in building design, construction and operation. He has twenty five years of experience in building energy management both as an in-house building and energy manager at ...
By Vital Energi
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IBM Smart Building Technology to Increase U.S. Federal Buildings Energy Efficiency
WASHINGTON and ARMONK, N.Y., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a contract to IBM (NYSE: IBM) to develop and install advanced smart building technology in 50 of the federal government's highest energy-consuming buildings. Part of GSA's larger smart building strategy, this initiative will connect building management systems to a central cloud ...
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eSight, energy management suite featured in buildings magazine June 2011 issue as one of the `67 top money-saving products`
eSight energy analysis suite was featured in Buildings Magazine June 2011 issue "Money-Saving Products" article under Software & Programs. The "67 Top Money-Saving Products" focuses on economical products that help buildings reduce energy consumption and achieve quick ...
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Commissioner Piebalgs welcomes political agreement on energy performance of buildings
Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs welcomes the political agreement on energy performance of buildings reached yesterday by representatives of the European Parliament and the Council. The agreement will greatly contribute to achieving EU Climate and Energy objectives for 2020 and to boost European economy. The agreement will strengthen the building codes and energy performance requirements for ...
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Energy efficiency in buildings: business realities and opportunities
This study highlights opportunities to promote green building know-how and technologies as the WBCSD pushes for zero net energy construction worldwide through its Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) project. Zero net energy buildings will reduce demand by design, be highly efficient and generate at least as much energy as they consume. Buildings are responsible for at least 40% of energy use ...
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Forum EURAFRIC LYON 2015- Water & Energy in Africa
ADEA has organised the 15th edition of EURAFRIC Forum- Water and Energy in Africa from 17th to 20th November 2015 at the Lyon Convention Centre. The objective of the Forum is firstly to promote the partnership between Europe and Africa in the areas of water, energy and renewable energy, and secondly to improve the competitiveness of businesses African and reduce poverty in Africa. The 2015 ...
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ORNL Issues NOO for Small Businesses
On July 1, 2020, DOE’s EERE announced that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) issued a Notice of Opportunity (NOO) providing small businesses and other industry partners with more affordable access to ORNL’s Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC). The NOO allows small businesses to undertake collaborative, short-term R&D projects that accelerate the ...
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UrbanTec 2012 and ORGATEC to be held in parallel
UrbanTec, the urbanization-themed congress trade fair, will take place from 24th to 26th October this year, in parallel with ORGATEC in Cologne. ORGATEC, which will be held from 23rd to 27th October, is the worldwide sector meeting place for modern working environments. More than 60,000 trade visitors* from 110 countries attended the last ORGATEC, the leading international business platform for ...
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The Energy Revolution
What’s in a name? Should we call it a transition? A convergence? A transformation? A revolution? A tipping-point? A paradigm shift? Consider that perhaps the name is largely irrelevant, except to sell conference tickets. There’s a radical shift afoot that affects the business model for global energy delivery and consumption. And with it comes with a wealth of opportunities for energy ...
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NREL Collaborates with ComEd on Evaluating Highly Efficient Technologies for Building Energy Savings
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently partnered with the midwestern utility company Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) on a project that will help the utility reach their goal of nearly doubling savings for customers and reducing electricity use in Illinois by 21% by 2030. This new collaboration with NREL will help ComEd reach their goal through more energy-efficient technologies for ...
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Clean Energy Live & New Products
Evolving from Solar Energy UK’s previous energy+ brand and 6-years of continuous show growth, this year’s show heralds an exciting new era where Solar Energy UK evolves into a broader exhibition – Clean Energy Live, opening up new market segments and bringing whole building energy solutions and centralised to distributed energy to the mainstream. SolaX Power will be launching a ...
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Energy Efficiency in Senate Bills will Make US Economy Healthier – But One Bill Contains a Poison Pill
Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted out two bills—one shepherded by Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (the Energy Policy Modernization Act), and the other written by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) (the Energy Efficiency and Industrial Competitiveness Act, S. 720). “ACEEE strongly supports the ...
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Trakref Becomes Energy Star Partner for Energy Management
We’re excited to announce that on November 3, 2020, Trakref was approved to be an ENERGY STAR partner for building energy benchmarking. This partnership will help us further promote energy efficiency to our clients and, in turn, the relationship between commercial building energy efficiency and refrigerant leaks. As a commercial building owner or manager, it’s important to comply ...
By Trakref Inc.
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First Nations Energy Summit November 12-13 2020
Clean Energy BC is excited to announce the First Nations Energy Summit taking place Thursday November 12th and Friday November 13th 2020. Due to COVID-19 this Summit will be taking place virtually. The event will offer interactive networking opportunities to meet and hear from First Nation leaders who are leading the way in the clean energy industry. This Summit is organized and led by Clean ...
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Berkeley Lab and China’s Tsinghua University to tackle building energy efficiency
Berkeley Lab and China’s Tsinghua University forged ties on Aug. 12 to promote the development and implementation of building energy efficiency, a move intended to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S and China. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was entered into between the University of California, which manages Berkeley Lab, and China’s Tsinghua University. The ...
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Six Common City-Level Energy Policies Could Reduce Nationwide Carbon Emissions by up to 480 Million Metric Tons Annually
The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently examined the carbon abatement potential of city actions in six policy areas as part of the DOE's Cities Leading through Energy Analysis and Planning (Cities-LEAP) project. The analysis uses new data on energy use in more than 23,400 U.S. cities and estimates the aggregate impact of city actions related to: building energy ...
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