Companies with renewable energy services and products should be making friends with public officials in municipalities throughout the country. That’s definitely where renewable power projects are occurring. Cities have numerous priorities and mandates, but every municipality is focused on sustainability, cost reduction and reducing the consequences of climate change. Many are taking bold steps to launch […]
Fourteen percent of all commercial buildings in the United States are owned by federal, state or local government bodies. And that 14 percent is having a major impact on the reduction of energy consumption in this country. Spurred by a presidential executive order for federal buildings to reduce energy intensity (consumption of energy per square […]
Here’s a staggering fact! Last year, a new global record of more than $329 billion in clean energy investments was set and $56 billion of the investment happened in the United States. The thriving renewable energy industry has the potential to solve the nation’s dependence on non-environmentally friendly fossil fuels. However, as one major problem […]
World leaders, meeting in Paris last December, signed a historic accord related to carbon emissions and global warming. The agreement, signed by 195 nations, should result in significant strides being made in the battle to combat climate change. But, in spite of these efforts, global temperatures are expected to rise 3.6 degrees over the next […]
Public officials throughout Texas are setting very large renewable energy goals. Renewable power provides cleaner air, less risk and significantly lowers operational costs. Austin Energy says it will obtain more than half of its power from renewable resources by 2025. Denton Municipal Electric announced that 70 percent of the utility’s electricity would come from wind […]
If you heard students and teachers complaining about the heat earlier this year…they’ve had good reason. Although winter has arrived in most of the country, providing a respite from the heat, the nation endured the hottest year on record. In October alone, the hottest temperatures in 136 years were recorded. Students and teachers in hot, […]
Street lights may never be the same again. Even the name has changed … they are now called “smart lights.” Smart lights have two mechanisms – luminaries, the technology that creates illumination, and a control or communication component. Luminaries include fluorescent bulbs, high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. The control and communication […]