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Clayton Homes to Build Three Homes for SBRA’s 15-Month Energy-Performance Test

As the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is identifying ways in which consumers make their homes more energy efficient, the Systems Building Research Alliance (SBRA) has selected America’s largest homebuilder, Clayton Homes, to build three homes for a 15-month energy-performance test. One of the test homes is the only manufactured home in the nation to qualify for the DOE Challenge Home Program.

29 Jul 2014

Liberty Global Releases Environmental Targets as Part of New 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report

Liberty Global plc (“Liberty Global”) announces environmental targets as part of the company's commitment to Corporate Responsibility (CR). Liberty Global commits to improve the energy efficiency of its electricity consumption by 15% every year through 2020 (in kWh/TB), and be five times more carbon efficient (in metric tons of CO2e/TB) by 2020, using 2012 as our base year.

28 Jul 2014

Rice’s Chuck McConnell to Speak on Science, Space and Technology at American Security Project Conference

Chuck McConnell, executive director of Rice University’s Energy and Environment Initiative, will testify before the House of Representatives committee on Science, Space and Technology at 10 a.m. EDT July 30.

28 Jul 2014

Landis+Gyr Selected by RWE for Smart Metering Deployment in Poland

Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy management solutions, will deliver smart meter products and software solutions to energy utility RWE in Poland for installation in residential buildings located in the city of Warsaw. Deliveries are due to start in September, with system installation scheduled for the end of 2014.

17 Jul 2014

Toshiba Awarded Contract to Supply Steam Turbines and Generators for Sarulla Geothermal Power Plant Project

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502), today announced that is has been awarded a major contract to supply 3 x 60-megawatt geothermal steam turbines and generators (STG) for one of the world’s largest geothermal power plants, the Sarulla geothermal power plant project, which is now under construction in Tapanali Utara in Indonesia’s North Sumatra.

16 Jul 2014

Orchid House with Delta Electronics' Energy Solution Wins “Energy Efficiency Award” at Solar Decathlon Europe 2014

Delta Electronics, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions headquartered in Taiwan, today announced its latest high efficiency solutions enabled the “Orchid House”, built by the Unicode team from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), to win the 3rd place “Energy Efficiency Award” at the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 held at the Chateau de Versailles, France.

15 Jul 2014

JLL-Managed Commercial Buildings to Compete in EPA's ENERGY STAR National Building Competition

The gloves are off in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) competition to lower energy and water use in commercial buildings, and JLL's properties are entering the ring ready to rumble.

14 Jul 2014

GridPoint Ranked in Navigant's Top 10 Building Energy Management Systems

GridPoint, an innovator in comprehensive, data-driven energy management solutions (EMS) that help customers maximize energy and operational savings, today announced that it was named among the top 10 global vendors in the Navigant Research Leaderboard Report: Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS).

From GridPoint 14 Jul 2014

Rice University Scientists Produce 2-D Model to Prove Formation of Gas Hydrate under Ocean Floor

A decade of research by Rice University scientists has produced a two-dimensional model to prove how gas hydrate, the “ice that burns,” is formed under the ocean floor.

8 Jul 2014

IBM Launches “Green Horizon” Project to Transform Energy Systems in China

IBM has announced that it is deploying the full force of its researchers in laboratories around the world in a 10-year initiative to support China in transforming its national energy systems and protecting the health of citizens.

7 Jul 2014