Here at the peak of The NEWS’ 85th anniversary year, we have drawn a lot of comparisons between 1926 and 2011. Sometimes it is more difficult than others.

Constellation Energy announced that its retail energy subsidiary has been selected by the Trenton Housing Authority to implement $11.5 million in energy conservation measures at five housing developments through a second phase of a guaranteed energy performance contract (EPC).

PowerVerde Inc. announced that it has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire Cornerstone Conservation Group LLC (CCG). PowerVerde said it plans to leverage the resources of CCG and its principals into additional vertical markets for waste heat recovery, as well as energy conservation technology.

The KFC Yum! Center is home to the University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball programs. Unique energy conservation approaches were incorporated into the HVAC systems, including enthalpy wheels for energy recovery and a high-tech building automation system for customizable control.

Telkonet Inc. announced that New York City’s Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan has become the latest hospitality property to select Telkonet’s cloud-based EcoSmart energy management platform.

The Department of Energy (DOE) adopted new energy conservation standards for commercial ice-cream freezers; self-contained commercial refrigerators, commercial freezers, and commercial refrigerator-freezers without doors; and remote condensing commercial refrigerators, commercial freezers, and commercial refrigerator-freezers.

The Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) will host a “Selling Energy Conservation on its Merits” one-day workshop, Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

For Alger (Mich.) County, the objective was to reduce energy consumption with a building modernization program.

Worldwide revenue from building energy management systems is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 14 percent through the rest of this decade, reaching just under $6 billion a year by 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research.

With the help of Siemens Building Technologies Division, Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill., has become the first high school in America to be certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold for Existing Buildings (EB), announced the company.