Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2009
Nov 30, 2009
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is reporting energy consumption that is 32 percent lower than the industry average for energy usage per square foot across the Tesco banner’s 130 stores, according to Verisae, Inc., a Minneapolis-based provider of sustainability software.
Fresh & Easy achieved recurring energy-related cost savings of more than $3 million dollars [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
Wednesday February 25th, WASHINGTON D.C. - Chairman Edward J. Markey and the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing entitled, “Get Smart on the Smart Grid: How Technology Can Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions.” They heardfrom energy experts and business leaders regarding energy efficiency gains that can be made by updating [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a new $450 million program last week designed to catalyze a nationwide energy efficiency upgrade that experts estimate could save $100 million annually in utility bills for businesses. The Recovery Act’s “Retrofit Ramp-Up” program will pioneer innovative models for rolling out energy efficiency to hundreds of thousands of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2009
Long time dealer, Harlan Smith Skylights, utilizes Sunoptics to daylight new retail grocery space at Viva Market in Sacramento, California.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
Smith’s Grocery Stores (a Kroger Brand Store) has switched to skylights as the primary light source in their stores during daylight hours. Video is from a local newscast in Albuquerque, New Mexico who reported on the green aspects of the newest Smith’s Grocery Store:
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2009
LOWE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES SEES THE LIGHT!
When Lowe’s home improvement stores made the decision to explore full facility daylighting for their stores, they turned to Sunoptics high performance prismatic skylights for their high performance daylighting initiatives at their newly opened Indian Trail, North Carolina high efficiency store.
Lowe’s has used partial daylighting in their garden centers [...]
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