Pepco Energy Services Inc. announced that it has been selected to implement a comprehensive energy savings performance contract project for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va.

The market for energy efficiency projects delivered by energy service companies (ESCOs) in the United States exceeded $5.1 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Pike Research. This market is expected to continue to grow faster than the domestic economy and reach at least $13 billion in sales by 2020.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has announced that Advanced Energy Design Guide for Medium to Big Box Retail Buildings: Achieving 50% Energy Savings Toward a Net-Zero-Energy Building is now available.

Open doorways enable ease of movement for people and materials, yet open doors are one of the greatest sources of energy loss in a building. While the doors are open for in-and-out productivity, costly energy escapes. Air curtains offer a simple and sensible solution to this issue.

Onset has announced a live, online course on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 2 p.m. EDT entitled Assessing Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings.

Siemens Government Technologies announced that the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center has awarded a $16.8 million task order to implement energy conservation upgrades, including a 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating system — the largest to date for the U.S. Army — at the White Sands Missile Range.

More than a year since its introduction, could Congress finally be ready to vote on S. 1000, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (ESICA) of 2011?

McCormick & Company Inc. and Constellation Energy, a business unit of Exelon, have announced that McCormick’s 363,000-square-foot distribution center in Belcamp, Md., now generates more electricity than it uses though the implementation of energy efficiency and solar power.

IBM released its ninth annual Corporate Responsibility Report, in which the company reported significant results in energy conservation and data center energy efficiency last year. The company said it saved more than $43 million in electricity expenses and conserved 378,000 megawatt hours of electricity last year.

As a result of its efforts to conserve energy and resources, the Cookeville plant and its 75 employees received the A. O. Smith Chairman’s Green Star award during a special ceremony.