September 2, 2010

American Indian Cultural Center and Museum chooses eco-friendly system... [More]

September 1, 2010

Genoa Township, Mich., has installed five solar and wind hybrid systems... [More]

August 27, 2010

A major grant from the California Energy Commission combines “green jobs”... [More]

August 27, 2010

In an effort to lower operating costs and reduce the college’s carbon... [More]

August 27, 2010

Oklahoma's Appliance Rebate Program swept through the plains in May... [More]

August 25, 2010

After Eco Technologies received a contract to install solar panels… [More]

August 25, 2010

Minnesota had a problem: the complex's original boilers, installed... [More]

August 24, 2010

Drive through Wisconsin, and you're bound to catch a glimpse of... [More]

August 20, 2010

"Our labor force has fluctuated up and down this year due to the economy," says Pacific Glass President Bernie Thueringer.

Thueringer and domestic frame and glass suppliers Efco Corp and Old Castle Glass have seen new business from a Recovery Act funded energy efficiency project in Kitsap County, Washington.

"We were excited about this project because we were able to bring five of our guys who were on unemployment back to work," says Thueringer of Pacific Glass. [More]

August 20, 2010

For over a century, students at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) have proudly displayed the school colors... [More]

August 19, 2010

With more than $1 million in Energy Efficiency and Conversation Block Grant (EECBG) funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the city of Richardson, Texas... [More]

August 19, 2010

In Hailey, Idaho, one 330,000 square foot building - the Blaine County Public Safety Facility - accounts for county's highest operational costs of all county government buildings. At any given time, it houses between 60 and 80 prisoners and nearly 30 full-time staff members, including from the sheriff's office.

"Any cut we can make in these costs is significant," says Lawrence Schoen, Blaine County commissioner. "This grant was a way to offset some of the higher costs associated with the jail." [More]

August 13, 2010

Derrick Rebello wants to make the downtown corridor of Oakland, Calif. one of the greenest in the nation.

Through the new Downtown Oakland Targeted Measure Saturation Project, he and his company, Quantum Energy Services and Technologies (QUEST), are targeting the city's 120-block business district to make as many buildings as possible highly energy efficient. [More]

August 9, 2010

It's easy to measure the effects of a lighting retrofit project in a city like Altoona, Pa., where 169 new LED units are expected to save $9,277 in energy costs annually.

But there are also other benefits to such energy efficiency initiatives, which can be seen in the local companies that make the projects possible. "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has helped our customers make the decision to move forward with energy related projects," says Paul Shields, vice president of sales for The Hite Company. [More]

August 5, 2010

Fulton County, Georgia is an example of how large-scale, energy upgrades can save local governments millions of dollars and develop a new green workforce.

A retrofit program, funded by an $814,300 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is expected to save the county $2 million annually and was the topic of a recent video. [More]

August 3, 2010

West of Chicago, one Illinois municipality is putting its $2.2 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to work on nine projects.

The municipality – Kane County – is looking to save money and provide a base for green collar jobs.

"We're looking at how to be a county that leads by example and realize cost savings on our own energy bills, which will allow us to potentially make additional improvements in the future," says Karen Kosky, an engineer in the county's Department of Facilities, Subdivision and Environmental Resources. [More]

July 30, 2010

City Hall in Marion, Ohio was built in the middle of the 1979 energy crisis. Even so, when architects devised the three-story building, sustainability was not top of mind.

"None of the offices in the building have any windows," says Mayor Scott Schertzer. "The front doors are made of glass, but they have three eight-inch gaps in them letting in air."

Now, a $350,000 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go toward much needed upgrades at city hall. [More]

July 29, 2010

On any given day up to 2,000 people visit the Dunn Building in Martinsburg, W. Va. The building is the site for the Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, the Berkeley County Commission and other municipal offices.

And that means energy demand in the facility is high, as computers, laboratories, and office lights are constantly in use. An inefficient HVAC, installed in the late 1980s and quickly running out its lifespan, only added to the problem of inefficient heating and cooling and high-energy demand. [More]

July 29, 2010

When the town of Lancaster, Mass. discovered that energy was the second largest non-personnel percentage of their budget, they knew something must be done to become more efficient and reduce costs.

"If all new revenue gets eaten up by your traditional budgetary growth, you're really never in a position to catch up on capital projects," says Orlando Pacheco, town administrator of Lancaster.

Now as one of 35 recently designated "green communities" in Massachusetts, Lancaster has not only made it a priority to invest in energy efficiency but has learned how to tackle a wide variety of projects by combining funds. [More]

July 29, 2010

Dovetail Construction Company saw a unique challenge – and opportunity - with a neglected 1880s-era Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn. How could the company preserve the characteristics of the historic electric railroad car barn and still make it a showcase for energy generation and energy efficiency?

The answer was to construct a "net-zero" building within a building and preserve its historic character, says Julie Wescott Weissend, vice president of the Richmond, Va.-based construction company. [More]