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LED Lighting in Commercial Retrofits
LED lighting is increasingly popping up in warehouses and commercial facilities as part of energy retrofit projects, even though they are often thought to be too costly for commercial buildings. Energy use remains a significant cost for buildings and facility managers, so … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial, led, lighting retrofits, warehouses
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Empire State Building Displays LED Lights
Help the Empire State Building shine brighter when you vote for the color of the LED lights. The historic building is letting voters choose the official standard colors for its new LED tower lights. Designed by Philips Color Kinetics, the … Continue reading
KCP&L Rates Increase 9.1 Percent in Missouri
State regulators on Wednesday approved a rate increase that will affect 600,000 customers in Missouri. Great Plains Energy, the parent company to Kansas City Power & Light, was granted $64 million of the $106 million requested. The increases varied among … Continue reading
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Tagged business, commercial, kcpl, rate increase, residential, utility
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LED Offers Powerful Light Sources
You’ve heard of their benefits, but do you know enough about installing light emitting diodes (LED)? Unlike fluorescent lamps, LED light fixtures contain powerful LED light sources that include plastic lenses to reduce glare. And some light sources are already becoming … Continue reading
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Tagged buildings, commercial, fluorescent, led, light emitting diodes, lighting
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Happy 50th Birthday LED
In October 1962, scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak invented the first light emitting diode (LED). The light, unlike infrared lasers, is visible to the human eye, and has a higher efficiency compared to other lighting technologies. Fifty years later and LED … Continue reading
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Tagged commercial, led, lighting, retrofit, technology
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LEED Green Buildings Growing
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system was designed 12 years ago to help architects, designers, and real estate firms “improve energy efficiency and increase the use of recycled materials and nontoxic paint into their projects.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged businesses, commercial, green buildings, LEED certification
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MO, KS in Need of Energy Efficiency
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy recently released their sixth annual state scorecard. The ACEEE measures states energy efficiency initiatives. The top states include Massachusetts, California, and Oregon. The three most improved states are Oklahoma (thanks to newly enacted … Continue reading
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Tagged building efficiency, commercial, economy, initiatives, kansas, Kansas City, Missouri
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Ikea Goes LED by 2016
The Swedish-based furniture chain recently announced a new green initiative Ikea is phasing out sales of all lighting that is not LED-based by 2016 “in an effort to help customers save energy, reduce electricity bills, and cut carbon emissions.” Ikea is … Continue reading
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Tagged buildings, commercial, led, lighting
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Google and Wind Energy
Google’s data center in Mayes County, Oklahoma will be running more efficiently soon. The search engine giant announced last week that it would buy wind energy from the Grand River Dam Authority to purchase energy. This will be the first … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Renewable Energy
Tagged business practices, clean, commercial, Google, renewable, sustainability, turbine, wind energy
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Managers Plan for Sustainability
A recent survey found that 80 percent of real estate investors and managers have sustainability strategies and dedicated resources to implement it. What’s more is that 60 percent have been collecting and reporting energy consumption data this year. The 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in Building Envelope, Business, Green News, Lighting, Zoo Fans
Tagged buildings, businesses, commercial, efficiency, hvac, lighting, property management, sustainability
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