Articles Tagged with ''energy efficiency''

Mayors from 10 additional U.S. cities announced that they are joining the City Energy Project, a united effort to address their largest source of energy use and climate pollution: buildings.

The goal of the Better Buildings program is to make commercial, public, industrial, and residential buildings 20 percent more energy efficient 10 years from when partners join the program.

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016, “Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings,” contains 125 addenda published since the 2013 standard.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) has awarded a $170 million, 23-year energy savings performance contract to Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., for an energy conservation and distributed generation project at Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia.

GDI Integrated Facility Services Inc. announced that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary Ainsworth Inc. have entered into an agreement to acquire Direct Energy Business Services Limited, doing business as Airtron Canada, a subsidiary of Direct Energy Marketing Limited.

Efficient buildings align economic, social, and environmental opportunities, creating so-called triple-bottom-line benefits. That was the main takeaway from a keynote address delivered by Clay Nesler, vice president, global energy and sustainability, building efficiency, Johnson Controls Inc.

Smart thermostat company, ecobee, has launched “Donate Your Data,” a new program that allows customers to voluntarily contribute their home data to help advance energy efficiency research.

Schneider Electric announced the completion of a $3.4 million infrastructure improvement project at four district schools at the Keystone Oaks School District in Pittsburgh. The project is expected to significantly improve classroom comfort and reduce annual energy and maintenance costs by 18 percent.

 The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published a white paper that discusses new requirements that help reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings.