building energy efficiency 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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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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Energy Department announces building energy efficiency investments in twenty-two states
The Energy Department today announced new investments in state-led energy efficiency projects, supporting the Obama Administration's commitment to reduce building energy costs and transfer those savings directly to taxpayers. The Energy Department awarded nearly $14 million to 22 states and territories to conduct energy efficiency upgrades in public facilities and develop local policies and ...
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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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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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NREL Announces Innovation Challenge Winner for Crowdsourced Residential Buildings Energy-Efficiency Ideas
The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced the grand prize winner in the JUMP Smart Phone Call for Innovation. Industry partner CLEAResult provided a $3,000 prize and recognized the winner, selected by a panel of judges at the JUMP finals, during their Energy Forum in Austin, Texas, which was attended by more than 200 utility executives and industry ...
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Bentley selected to join consortium for U.S.-China clean energy research center on building energy efficiency
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) focused on building energy efficiency. ...
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News Alert: Bentley selected to join consortium for U.S.-China cean energy research center on building energy efficiency
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) focused on building energy efficiency. The new ...
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eSight Energy showcasing at the energy event
From Tuesday 13th September until Wednesday 14th September 2011, eSight Energy will be showcasing a number of key enhancements to its energy management suite, eSight, on Stand 3114 at the Energy Event at the Birmingham NEC. New features include the Global Weather Service, which provides the ability to access and record weather data for over 4,000 global locations, making it simple to analyse ...
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ABB cuts energy costs in Singapore buildings
ABB i-bus is the most widely used building installation system in Singapore. It has the largest installed base across the entire range of building uses – offices, factories, hotels and resorts, universities and schools, apartments, villas and bungalows. Several of these installations have recently won best-performance awards for energy efficiency and environmental friendliness from the Singapore ...
By ABB
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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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eSight Energy introduces the new version of eSight energy management suite at GovEnergy
eSight Energy will be showcasing a number of key enhancements to its energy management suite, eSight, from August 7th-9th on booth 635 at GovEnergy in Cincinnati, OH. New features include the Multi-Variable Linear Regression Analysis module, which allows users to analyze energy consumption against up to 10 driving factors at once including degree days, production, active hours, and time. This ...
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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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eSight Energy introduces the new version of eSight energy management suite at GovEnergy 2011 on booth 635
eSight Energy will be showcasing a number of key enhancements to its energy management suite, eSight, from August 7th-9th on booth 635 at GovEnergy in Cincinnati, OH. New features include the Multi-Variable Linear Regression Analysis module, which allows users to analyze energy consumption against up to 10 driving factors at once including degree days, production, active hours, and time. This ...
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Save energy, whatever the weather. eSight Energy set to launch new version
eSight Energy Ltd. is set to launch the new version of its leading energy management suite, eSight, with a new global weather service enabling easier analysis of energy consumption against local temperature data and more accurate assessment of building energy efficiency. Designed specifically to make global energy management more effective, the new Global Weather Service enables users to access ...
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Ingersoll Rand Supports Newly Proposed U.S. Energy-Efficiency Legislation from Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Portman (R-Ohio)
Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE:IR), a world leader in creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments, is supporting new bipartisan energy-efficiency legislation, introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio). The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, S.761, will provide improved workforce training, enhanced financing mechanisms and ...
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Alabama Power Partners with Builders to Launch Smart Neighborhood Builder Program
Building off the success of its first Smart Neighborhood, Alabama Power has developed a homebuilding program to partner with homebuilders on smart neighborhoods across the state.Smart Neighborhood Builder Program promotes energy efficiency through collaboration with homebuilders to build energy-efficient homes that feature advanced energy products and home automation. These future-focused ...
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ISO standard for assessing energy efficiency of new buildings
The new International Standard ISO 23045:2008 will help the building sector to contribute to energy saving by providing it with specific design guidelines. The building sector is recognized as a major contributor to the build-up of greenhouse gases. These emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere could be reduced significantly through the application of International Standards relating to the ...
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Envirochemie lays the foundations for its new office and administration buildings
This August saw the laying of the foundation stone for a new office and administration building at the Envirochemie GmbH headquarters in Rossdorf. The plant engineering and service provider for industrial water technology has enjoyed steady growth in recent years. This is why the company has made the decision to invest in a new building now that its premises have expanded and a new technology ...
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Geli & RMI Collaborate for Tariff Switching with Energy Storage
Despite being one of the most energy efficient buildings in the world, RMI’s Innovation Center was at risk of facing costly demand charges. In order to remain on a low-cost, demand-free tariff, the Innovation Center needed to manage its peak usage. RMI partnered with Geli to implement a solar-plus-storage solution. Geli’s Demand Limiting and PV Self-Consumption Energy Applications ...
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