General Pacific Inc. has announced the spin-off of its Conservation Products Division into a standalone, privately held company called EcoTone Products LLC. The new company is focused exclusively on the wholesale distribution of energy conservation products across the continental United States.

ABM announced that ABM Building Solutions has been selected by Wright State University to complete a campus-wide energy conservation project through its Bundled Energy Solutions (BES) program to lower the university’s energy consumption by nearly 40 percent.

Energy conservation can save 5 to 30 percent on energy bills which can translate into thousands of dollars a year for homeowners. Tim Bryant, owner of Bryant Energy Services, shares some advice for keeping customers comfortable while improving the efficiency of their homes. The key is a home energy audit.

Green Builder Media released the results of a survey focused on the green-building practices of nearly 200 building professional firms across the U.S.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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