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    The United States Department of Energy has started offering $4 billion in loan guarantees for energy efficiency, microgrid and renewable energy projects that avoid, reduce or sequester greenhouse gases.   The DOE is seeking energy efficiency and renewable energy projects that will incorporate new or improved technologies to substantially reduce greenhouse gases, advanced […]

  A report put out by environmental think tank Ceres, the lobby group WWF, David Gardiner and Associates and Calvert Investments stated that major companies in the Fortune 500 list are collectively saving US$1.1 billion every year by using renewable energy.   Some of the companies are saving hundreds of millions of dollars per year […]

  Flint Hills Technical College (FHTC), in eastern Kansas, installed solar panels earlier this month. The panels will be yet another addition to the college’s move towards being self-sufficient and energy efficient.   Amy Becker, the director of sustainability and community education, said, “This move is the next in line for the goals the college […]

    More and more we are hearing of powerful businesses switching to renewable energies, particularly solar power.  In addition to the obvious environmental benefits renewable energy yields, CEOs and owners are realizing the financial benefits to upping their sustainability efforts.  With utility prices varying and generally rising, the use of renewable energy not only stabilizes, […]

    The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden boasts a huge, 6,400 panel solar array that spans nearly four acres in its parking lot.  In addition to providing roughly 20 percent of the zoo's electricity needs, the solar array provides tremendous shade for the visitors, and puts a spotlight on the green initiative the zoo […]

    Navigant Research's report, ‘Smart Street Lighting: LEDs,  Communications Equipment, and Network Management Software for Roadway and  Highway Lighting: Global Market Analysis and Forecasts’, shows great projected global growth for the LED streetlight market.  Currently, approximately 53% of all global streetlights are LED.  According to the new report, that number will rise to 93.8% […]

    Friday afternoon, Mayor Sly James announced that Kansas City will be one of ten cities across the country to participate in the City Energy Project, a program that sets up policies and resolutions that will increase energy efficiency.  The project will help cities ultimately by tracking energy usage among various buildings, then comparing […]

    Senior analyst for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Sameer Kwatra, states, "There’s more energy used by restaurant appliances than by all the computers in commercial buildings in the United States."   Restaurants are huge energy wasters, using up to seven times more energy per square foot than an office building.  According […]

    In recent survey conducted by GE Capital, progressive interest was indicated for the addition of alternative fuel vehicles to fleets over the next five years.  The survey focused on responses from 400 executives who oversee fleet vehicles for middle-market companies, (ranging from $10 million to $1 billion in sales.)  Nearly half of the executives surveyed […]