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Effective Boiler Maintenance

Sustainability Standard

Stimulus Bill Funds New Energy Grant Programs

5 Steps to Chiller Efficiency

Building Envelope Ripe For Energy Efficiency Gains

Lighting Controls: Reducing Cost, Saving Energy

Net-zero Energy Buildings Becoming More Common

Ten Tips To Make A Legacy Data Center More Energy Efficient

The Air Filtration-Energy Connection

Dimming Ballasts, Occupancy Sensors Can Reduce Costs

Capturing Energy Loss

Green Data Centers Bring Environmental, Financial Gains

Ten Tips For Facility Managers To Cut Energy Costs

Energy Efficiency Measures for Warehouses

Simple, Reliable and Efficient: Geothermal Heat Pump Systems

Insulation: Sealing In Energy Savings

Cool Roofs Can Generate Healthy Energy Savings

Energy Focus: Strategies for Savings

Group Activity: Relamping Facilities

The Return of Energy Rebates

California AB 1103 Requires Energy Benchmarking Data Released During Sales

Very Efficient HVAC Systems May Qualify for Tax Deductions

Data Centers: Achieving Both Energy Efficiency and Reliability

Lighting Upgrades: Make the Switch

Efficiency Starts at the Envelope

How Cap and Trade Regulations Work and Who May Be Affected

Energy Efficiency: The Envelope Please

Managers Need to Address Building-Wide Energy Use

Power of Persuasion

Boilers: Saving Energy, Contributing to 'Green'

LEED-EB Requires Energy Efficiency Measures

Energy Audit Can Determine Pump-System Performance

Energy Efficiency: Boiler Hot Buttons

The Benefits of VFDs In HVAC Systems

Smart Grid Addresses Energy Efficiency, Power Quality and Reliability Issues

Using Daylighting to Save on Energy Costs

Plumbing challenge: Slowing the flow

Allstate Aims for Improved Reliability and Flexibility with New Data Center

Strategies for HVAC Systems

Are Incandescents Obsolete?

Tightfisted Ways to Cut HVAC Costs

Retrocommissioning

Putting Together A Data Center Team

Window Film: A Window of Opportunity

Educational Facilities And ENERGY STAR

Stimulus Funds Earmarked to Green Government Facilities

Obama's Green Promises

To Trim Data Center Energy Costs, Disconnect Unused Servers

Raising the Roof (Performance)

Energy Savings: Launching a Long-Term Program

Data Centers: One Design Doesn’t Fit All

Daylighting Strategies Lead to Savings

Making Energy Data Pay for Itself

Chiller Challenge: Energy Efficiency

Managing Energy Managing Risk

HVAC: Taking Control of Energy Savings

Energy Efficiency Makes the Difference

Renovations Present Opportunities for Energy-Efficiency Improvements

Performance Metrics For Lighting Systems

Energy Efficiency Prescriptions for Health Care Facilities

Keeping the Lid on Energy

Navigating the Electricity Market

Chillers: The Elements of Energy Efficiency

HVAC Efficiency: Chillers

Lighting Controls: Energy-Efficiency Edge

Go Green: Avoid Competing System Interactions

The Impact of EPAct

Commissioning is an Effective Strategy for Evaluating Facility Performance and Maximizing Efficiencies

Who's Obama's Environmental Team?

HVAC Efficiency: Boilers

To Cut Energy Costs Bring in Outside Air Only When Needed

Measuring the Real ROI

Creating Energy Efficient Buildings

in conjunction with NAIMA North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Cutting the Clamor in Classrooms

NYC's Greener, Greater Buildings Plan

Saving (and Going) Green with Copper

Stimulus Gives Billions to GSA for Greening

Insulation: Overlooked Opportunities

Managers Need to Identify Common Air-Leak Paths

Finding Real Energy Savings

On Top of Energy Management

Building Controls: Types of Energy Management Systems

Serving Up Efficiency in Data Centers

Texas Children's Hospital Takes on $1.5 Billion Expansion

Motor Comparison: Standard vs. Energy Efficient

The Value of Energy Star to Green Buildings

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 Dangles Tax Deductions for Facilities Implementing Energy Efficiency Improvements

Window Components And Efficiency

Make Lighting Upgrades Match the Paybacks

Retrocommissioning: Going Back to Get Ahead

Building Envelope: Sealing Leaks and Stopping Thermal Bridging

HVAC Fixes Involve Operations and Maintenance and Tweaking Human Behavior

A New Era for Lighting

Utility Bills, Submeters and BAS Offer Options for Monitoring Energy Consumption

Small Steps, Big Energy Savings

How Buildings Can Prepare For Cap And Trade

Wireless Building-Automation Controls Improve Energy Efficiency

Mission Critical Facilities Require Cooperation Between Facilities and IT

Hospital Benchmarks Energy Performance

HVAC: Technology Advances Equal Efficiency

Benchmark the Way to an Energy Efficient Facility

Cap And Trade Challenges

LEED Lessons

Occupancy Sensors, Intelligent Control Panels Save Energy

Examine Use Requirements and Design Before Choosing Lighting Fixtures

Lamp Technology Answers User Demands

LEED, ENERGY STAR, And Existing Buildings

ASHRAE 90.1 Add Building Envelope

NET EFFECT

Technology, Energy Codes Lead to More Efficient Lighting Systems

Variable-Speed Drives: An Energy-Efficient Solution

HVAC: The Energy-Maintenance Connection

Getting a Handle on Server Energy

Selling Energy Projects

Energy Brings Real Returns to REIT

Regional Carbon Trading Programs, Explained

Metering, Monitoring, Managing Energy Costs

Sub-Meters Minimize Energy Waste, Boost Bottom Line

Facility Check-Ups

REIT Makes Efficiency Its Business

Climate Change And The Economy: Why Warnings of Economic Doom Are Overblown

Putting Motor Technology to Work

Establish Energy Use Benchmarks in Health Care

Tips for Facility Managers to Smooth the LEED-EBOM Certification Process

CCI Partners With ESCOs To Shrink Carbon Footprints

Bottom-Line Benefits of Chiller PM

Chiller Technology That Saves

Benchmark Energy Data

Even in a Recession, Facility Managers Can Get Approval For Efficiency Projects

Retrocommissioning for Better Performance

LEED for Commercial Interiors Can Result In Productivity Gains, Energy Savings

EPAct Tax Deduction Extended

Do The Energy Audit

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program Has Helped Facility Executives Achieve Energy Savings for Ten Years

Electric Charges Up Close

Energy Opportunity

How to Develop a Facilities Master Plan

Climate Change Resources

Infrared Cameras Can Detect Thermal Bridging, Air Leaks, Wet Insulation

A Mixed Bag of Bills Addresses Environment, Cap and Trade

Retrocommissioning: Essential Questions

Troubleshooting Electrical Systems

LEED Energy and Atmosphere Tips

Rep. Henry Waxman's Bill to Cap Carbon Dioxide Faces Long Odds

Focus On Operations To Improve Data Center Efficiency

Taking Control of Motors

Building a Greener Data Center

FMs Say Formal EBOM Certification Not Expensive, Difficult

Electrical Systems: Safety Pays

How to Earn LEED Points with Sub-Metering

Energy Star Portfolio Manager: How It is Used for Benchmarking

Lamps & Ballasts: Moves from Good to Better

Does Your Facility Hit its Energy Target?

Lighting, HVAC, Plumbing Systems Generate Savings

Energy Management: A Strategy for HVAC Savings

Financing, Utility Programs Expanding Access to Capital for Property Owners

Quality and Quantity Key to Outdoor Lighting

What Are the Benefits of Insulation?

Building Envelope: How to Avoid Energy Loss

ENERGY STAR Program Aims to Find Low-Cost Ways to Reduce Energy Consumption

Variable Frequency Questions? The Best Applications For VFDs

Avoiding Stack Losses and Excess Air

Make the Most of Motors

Diagnostic Advances that Support Commissioning

Conduct Energy Audits to Identity Inefficient Systems

Benchmarking is First Step Toward Energy Efficiency

NEMA Report Discusses EPact Certification

Insulation: Critical to Energy Performance, Occupant Comfort, and Environmental Impact

Retrocommissioning and Energy Audits Produce Quick Payback

Guidelines on Measurement and Verification Published

Energy Efficiency Mobile Apps

Energy Policy Act of 2005 Offers Two year Window for Efficiency Incentives

Air Conditioning: Hot Strategies for Cooling Efficiency

Performance Contracting: Making the Grade

Energy Efficiency: Commission for Savings

Retail Facilities and ENERGY STAR

Taking Action on Climate Change:
Crafting A Thoughtful Emissions Reduction Plan

NET EFFECT

HVAC: Creating Energy Efficiency

Ground-Source Heat Pump Improves School's Energy Efficiency

HVAC Retrofits Generate Significant Energy Savings

Dan Hounsell: Building Star Program Targets Energy Efficiency

The Role of Lighting and HVAC Sytems in Green Campuses

Insulation in a New Light

Health Care and ENERGY STAR

Tactics to Boost Efficiency, Not Data Center Downtime

Demand-Response Program Leads to Potential Savings

Commissioning: Best Way to Ensure Data Center Reliability

Building-Automation System Upgrade Meets Energy-Efficiency Demands

Air Barriers Improve Energy Efficiency in Building Envelopes

Boilers & Water Heaters: Gameplan for Energy Efficiency, Safety

Earth Friendly, Energy Efficient

ASHRAE Offers New Operations Certification

Lighting Technology: Wealth of Opportunities

The 'Aha!' Opportunity

Health Care: New Paths to Energy Savings

Energy Efficiency: As goes California, ...

NET EFFECT

HVAC Recommissioning Targets Stanford's Largest Buildings

Use Incentives to Slash the Cost to Go Green

Retrocommissioning: Calibrating HVAC Controls Saves Energy

Operable Windows Can Save Energy

Is Your EMS on Target For Energy Savings?

Check The Payback: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis

Washington D. C.'s Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008 Explained

Virtualization Of Servers Can Slash Energy Use

The Search for Savings

Some Companies Taking Action to Cut Greenhouse Emissions

Computer Science Building Poses Energy-Efficiency Challenges

Real-Time Pricing and Demand Response

Energy Retrofit Program Cuts Energy Costs

When it comes to energy, sometimes it’s best to go it alone

Wireless Lighting Controls: Bright Way to Cut Energy Use

Preparing for Cap and Trade and its Impact on Energy Costs

Energy Codes: Moving Targets

Historic vs. Modern Buildings: Which are More Efficient?

Energy-Efficient Motors: Are They Worth the Cost?

Windows of Opportunity

Recovery Act Funds Energy Efficiency Grants For State, Local Projects

Managers Discuss Strategies for Determining an Energy Baseline

New LEDs for Today’s Facilities

New Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR Program Promises Energy Savings

Balancing Lighting Quality With Energy Efficiency

Clinton Climate Initiative Unveals Program to Boost Energy Efficiency

Lighting Controls Maximize Energy Savings

Energy Management: Obtaining Facility Data on Natural Gas Use Could Enable Facility Executives to Capitalize on Lower Prices Later

Green-faced: Watch What You Promise

States and Cities that Require Benchmarking

With Windows, The Right Choices Can Trim Peak Load

FMs Can Take the Lead in Energy Efficiency Projects

Don’t Want to Save the Planet?

Texas A&M-sized Savings

Slow Pace Of HVAC Change Means Missed Gains

A Reason For Optimism?

Motor Efficiency: Evaluate Power Quality, Perform Maintenance

Searching for Savings

Throwing Energy Worries Out the Window

University Hires Consultants for Energy Audits

Making Demand-Response Work

Preliminary and Third-Party Audits Reveal Energy Waste

Energy Audits Also Call For Measurement And Verification

Project Profile: EPA Region 8 Headquarters Aims for ENERGY STAR

Making Headlines

Lighting Controls: Maximizing System Efficiency

CCI Partners with ESCOs on Performance Contracting

Preventive Health Care for Buildings

A Plan to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Controversy, Confusion Over Buy-American Clause

How Smart Grid Impacts Facility Management

Reducing Energy Consumption, Complying with Laws

Two Energy Futures

Getting the C-suite and the Public to Buy into Net-zero Buildings

IAQ ‘Hot Spots’

Wet Insulation Decreases a Building's R-Value, Thermal Efficiency

Lighting Upgrades Bring Energy Savings

No Time To Lose

Talking About Energy

Smokescreen?

No Quick Fix

Stores Slash Energy Costs

How Windows Help Meet Code

Plugged into Energy Use

Consider Energy and Maintenance Costs in Lighting Life-cycle Assessments

An Efficient Data Center Depends on Efficient Server Power Supplies

Surveying Motors for Energy-Efficiency Improvements

Incorporating Energy Efficiency into Leases

A Holiday Tale

Alternative Energy Strategy for Health Care: Cogeneration

Building Automation: Choosing the Right Technologies Reaps Energy Efficiency Rewards

Reflective Roofs and Insulation Fuel Energy Efficiency

Energy Audits Eliminate Wasteful Operations

A Place in the Hall of Fame

Tap Teamwork to Find Energy Savings

Energy Cost Control: Beyond the ‘Demand’ Side of the Equation

Infrared Imaging: An Inside Look

Better Light, Lower Cost

NYC Requires Energy Star Portfolio Manager in Benchmarking Legislation

Preventing HVAC Upgrade Problems

Building Envelope: A Maintenance Checklist

Sub-Meters: Monitor Chillers, Pumps, Air Handlers

The Case for Commissioning

Win-Win Energy Tactics

The POWER of MONITORING

Fresh Strategies to Boost Stale Power and Energy Performance

Bad News, Good News

Across the Industry

Cars, Cars, Cars

Teaching IT About Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

Getting Bids and Energy Incentives

Onsite Options

The Energy Payoff

How Can Managers Avoid Energy-Audit Failure?

ASHRAE and Energy Star for Green Data Centers

Web Links to Energy Efficiency

Energy Deficient

Waste Not

Green Building News

Investment-Grade Audits Determine ROI

Building Out Space for Energy Efficiency

From Local to Global, Climate Change Legislation is Gaining Ground

National Significance of NYC Benchmarking Legislation

Active File

‘Is It Nice, Or Is It Necessary?’

Across the Industry

Energy Incentives Reborn

General Energy Audits Collect Long-Range Data

Insulation Saves Energy, Complies with Building Codes

Tips For Successful Performance Contracting

Light Pollution, Efficiency are Concerns with Outdoor Lighting

Efficiency and Building Envelope

Energy Efficiency: Tips to Improve Energy Performance

Boilers and Water Heaters: Demands Change, and Technology Advances

Updated ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Code May Help Maximize the Benefits of Energy Efficient Technologies

Windows and the New ASHRAE Standard 189.1

Windows and LEED

EBOM Certification Offers Independent Verification, Justification

Taking time, doing research essential to finding the right ESCO

Measure, Improve, Repeat

EBOM Requires Three-Month Measurement, Certification Period

LEED-CI Should Be Planned Early In Building Selection And Leasing

Innovation: Tax Lien Financing

New Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies

HVAC, Lighting Efficiency Can Help Acquire Financing for New Projects

More Vendors Becoming Acquainted With EBOM Submission Process

ESCOs Offer Design, Contracting, Financing Services for Complex Projects

Performance Contracting How To

Lighting Controls Strategies Can Save Money

Cooling a Trading Floor's Data Center

Lighting Audits and Tax Incentives

Energy Utilization Index: Meters, Software Improve Facilities Monitoring

Demand Meters Help Facilities Qualify for Utility Programs

Common Sense Strategies for Energy Efficiency

Commissioning Systems, Evaluating Loads for Energy Savings

3M Window Films

Centria, Reimagine Metal.

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