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Common Mistakes in Lighting Upgrades  
When a lighting retrofit is done right, you’ll see dramatic savings, quick payback, enhanced lighting quality, visual comfort, reduced maintenance, etc. – as long as you don’t make these 17 mistakes...read more
Special Report: Today's Facility Manager April 2010  
  • Seeing the Light
  • This special report has new information you can use to select the best lighting options for your application, and every one means reduced expense, fast payback, and improved productivity in workspaces...read more

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    Special Report: Buildings Magazine November 2009  
  • High Performance Lighting Upgrades
  • There is no greater energy glutton in commercial construction than lighting. Nothing, not even heating or cooling, comes close... read more

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    Greening Existing Buildings  
    Energy audits and modeling enable owners to re-brand existing buildings with upgrades optimized for minimal investment and maximum efficiency...read more
    Utility Programs Expanding Access to Capital for Property Owners  
    New financing solutions and utility programs are expanding access to capital for property owners who promote energy efficiency through HVAC and lighting retrofits, and other efficiency projects...read more
    Special Report: Maintenance Solutions October 2009  
  • Retrofits That Deliver
  • Many obstacles can get in the way of projects designed to improve a facility’s energy efficiency. Topping this list of challenges are such issues as finances, product specification and calculating the return on investment (ROI)...read more

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    Mandated Commissioning, 'Plan for Operations' Part of New Green Standard  
  • Standard 189.1-2009 sets minimum requirements for the gamut of green building strategies. It is the first comprehensive sustainability standard for commercial buildings written in mandatory language so that it can be adopted within building code.
  • "The vast majority of those (jurisdictions) that do move forward are expected to apply a green code universally to both public or private buildings"...read more

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    Turbulent Climate For Change  
    While there is still a chance that comprehensive climate change legislation, driven by the interest of the White House, will gain traction in the Senate in time for the 111th Congress to take action, events and attitudes conspire to make that an ever-more-tenuous possibility...read more
    CEE Commercial Lighting Program Summary  
    This file contains detailed information about which utilities and efficiency program administrators offer incentives towards the purchase of which types of high efficiency lighting equipment...download file
    Importance of Sustainable Building Practices Highlighted at High Performance Building Week  
  • The High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition has designated this week, June 13-19, as High Performance Building Week.
  • “This year’s High Performance Building Week is particularly timely, as industry associations representing all aspects of the built environment continue to work with Congress to improve the efficiency and performance of the nation’s commercial building stock”...read more

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    'Going green' saves more than energy: Governments are also cutting bills  
    "On this one, we're together," said Harry Melander, president of the trades council. "If we could retrofit every house and commercial building in the nation to save energy, we'd be all in support of it. It would not only be good for reducing what folks like to call their 'carbon footprint,' but it would create huge employment opportunities for our members, people in the construction industry."...read more
    Green Lighting  
  • Stay on top of the latest green requirements in federal codes and standards for lighting products and systems. Despite the severe downturn in construction brought on by the recession, industry experts are expecting the green building market to more than double by 2013...read more

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    2010 Energy Outlook  
    Energy usage will be a critical factor in the future of the industrial sector, not to mention the U.S. economy as a whole. Power generation and distribution, energy pricing and consumption, and raw-materials availability all remain key concerns, particularly as many businesses continue to focus on keeping costs low, minimizing production delays and meeting demand levels...read more
    The Role Surfaces Play in Lighting Efficiency  
    Surfaces and objects in a space may be considered an extension of the lighting system. If light is not absorbed, it is reflected and transmitted with reduced intensity to other surfaces and objects, where it is absorbed, reflected and transmitted. All surfaces and objects in a space that reflect or transmit light can be considered an extension of the luminaires or, rather, a secondary light source with its own particular and notable characteristics...read more
    Example of Role Surfaces Play in Lighting Efficiency  
    This coefficient of utilization table is published for a given indirect general lighting product considered for installation in a room with a 20 percent floor reflectance, 30 percent ceiling reflectance and 50 percent wall reflectance...read more
    Should We Scrap Alt-Energy in Favor of Energy Efficiency?  
  • Should we be devoting more time, money, and energy to making current buildings more energy efficient? Or throwing all our resources towards coming up with more and better alternative sources of energy?
  • “The International Energy Agency estimates that energy efficiency will deliver 65 per cent of worldwide carbon cuts in the energy sector by 2020, and 54 per cent by 2030. This means that in 2020 energy efficiency could have almost twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear power and clean coal combined.”...read more

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    Energy used in older buildings is "going up in smoke"  
    Commercial buildings in California consume more than a third of the electricity used statewide, but much of that energy is wasted, according to a new report...read more