The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the University of Central Florida (UCF) is the winner of EPA’s 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings.
Global revenues for demand response services will experience strong growth over the next five years, increasing from just less than $1.3 billion in 2011 to more than $6.1 billion by 2016, according to a new report from Pike Research.
Following its analysis that ASHRAE’s 2010 energy efficiency standard contains significant energy savings over the 2007 standard, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a ruling that establishes the 2010 standard as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes.
Blue Line Innovations, makers of the PowerCost Monitor™, and Eragy, a leading provider of energy management software applications and services, have announced a strategic partnership for delivering home energy management solutions.
According to a report from Pike Research, the annual total market value of the worldwide stationary fuel cell sector will reach $9.5 billion by 2017, surpassing 1.2 million units shipped annually. Driving that growth will be shipments of fuel cells for the residential market.
FieldPower and Knowella Technologies announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership. Under the terms, FieldPower’s workforce management software will now be available on a range of lightweight, rugged tablet devices offered by Knowella Technologies.
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America Educational Institute (ACCA-EI) Standards Task Team (STT) announced an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) third public review period for a new standard, “Existing Home Evaluation and Performance Improvement.”
In what is said to be a first for a United States university, a new system installed on the University of Arizona campus is using solar energy not only for heating but also for cooling.
Pike Research forecasts that growth in the global fuel cell industry will accelerate rapidly beginning in 2012, with strong growth anticipated over the next six years. Global fuel cell revenue is expected to surpass $28 billion by 2017.
BioSolar Inc., developer of a new technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources to reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, reported that the company received provisional Relative Thermal Index (RTI) recognition from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for its BioBacksheet material.