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LED Lighting Innovation Continues
This year’s Lightfair showcased some of the top trends and innovation unfolding this year. As it has for the last five years, LED continues to impress with its innovation. In fact, many vendors have produced LEDs that come in warmer … Continue reading
Natural Gas Use in Trucking Expected to Rise
The natural gas boom is taking the trucking industry by storm. Fleet companies are taking a leap forward and switching from petroleum to cleaner-burning natural gas. With the price of natural gas at a low, companies with larger fleets are … Continue reading
School Cuts 52% Energy Use to Win EPA Competition
The winner of the third-annual Energy Star National Building Competition was Demarest Elementary School in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The school reduced its energy use by 52 percent. More than 3,000 schools, businesses, and government buildings competed in the Environmental Protection … Continue reading
12 Keys to Energy Management Success
So your company wants to succeed in energy management? A new white paper from Drumbeat Energy Management outlines 12 steps to help your company manage its energy use. Management commitment Funding Response resources Technical staff involvement Coordinated plan and strategy … Continue reading
U.S. Ranks #1 in Shaping Corporate Sustainability with Tax Code
According to KPMG’s first Green Tax Index, the U.S. ranks #1 among 21 countries most actively using the tax code to influence sustainable corporate activity. That reflects the country’s federal tax incentives for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green buildings, … Continue reading
Kansas City to Get More Natural Gas Pumps
Kansas City will have more natural gas pumps soon. The Kansas Gas Service has operated the only place in the metro area where the public could fill up on compressed natural gas, which burns cleaner and is cheaper than gasoline … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Fuel
Tagged alternative fuel, filling stations, Kansas City, natural gas
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Renewable Energy Parks for Locally-Produced Clean Energy
Renewable energy parks are a new concept, but are at the forefront of discussions lately. A renewable energy park is “an area used and planned for the purpose of clean energy development, like wind and solar generation.” This revolving concept … Continue reading
LightFair International Talks LED Leapfrogging
The LightFair International in Philadelphia this year introduced a couple of new terms taking the industry by surprise: rolling retrofits and LED leapfrogging. Charlie Szoradi, CEO of Independence LED, explains how LED leapfrogging is “jumping to the end-game and retrofitting … Continue reading
Guest Post: Reasons for Businesses to Switch to Solar Energy
Many businesses are converting to solar energy to provide cleaner fuels for the company employees, and to reduce costs. In some states there are even tax and money incentives that give businesses the push to switch to solar energy. In … Continue reading
Posted in Business, General, Renewable Energy
Tagged energy generation, solar systems
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Wind Energy Grows 28% in a Year
Wind energy grew 28 percent in America last year, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) U.S. Wind Industry Market Report for 2012. Overall, wind energy topped all energy sources with a 42 percent of new electric generating capacity. … Continue reading
