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Food Lion has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2012 Superior Goal Achievement Award, one of the agency’s honors for commercial refrigeration achievements by GreenChill Partners.

Utilities already have many commercial and industrial (C&I) customers on demand response programs, curtailing power usage during peak times to balance the load over the course of a day. Smart thermostats offer the opportunity to get more residential customers on board with energy efficiency.

Schneider Electric, a leader in energy management, and AutoGrid Systems, a leader in big data analytics for the electricity and energy industry, have announced a partnership to bring demand response and big data analytics services to utilities, service providers, and consumers in North America.

Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has announced the launch of the 2013 Homes for Our Troops Campaign, coordinated by HARDI’s Impact Committee and HALO (Helping All Live On). 

Prime Advantage, a leading buying consortium for midsized manufacturers, announced the findings of its 12th semi-annual Group Outlook Survey. The results show continued optimism about revenues and employment despite concerns about federal regulations and fiscal policy uncertainties.

Solar Universe, a leader in solar franchising, announced that it has acquired Gen110, a leading distributed electricity company. Solar Universe said the acquisition will enable it to utilize the sales capabilities developed by Gen110, providing more opportunities to reach a wider range of customers.

The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) has announced that its BPI-2101-S-2013: Standard Requirements for a Certificate of Completion for Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrades has been published as a BPI standard.

Forty-three percent of energy leaders say their investment in energy efficiency next year is projected to be more than it was last year, according to survey results released by Schneider Electric.

Honeywell has announced an application programming interface (API) program that enables development partners to build application software that interfaces with numerous Honeywell Wi-Fi thermostats including the color-customizable Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat.

Daikin North America LLC announced that Williams Distributing has been named as the first independent distributor of Daikin brand ducted unitary HVAC products for the state of Michigan.