The U.S. government's effort to close 1,253 of its data centers is falling short of its goal, and agencies haven't been able to track projected cost savings for the initiative, a government auditor told lawmakers. The White House Office ...
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A new survey from the Uptime Institute suggests fatigue is setting in when it comes to making data centers greener, and it may be partly due to overachievers like Google and Microsoft. In the Institute's latest survey of data center ...
The food distribution network in the United States that supplies grocery stores, restaurants, and institutional facilities is among the most complex and precise of any mass market product category. Every step within the network has to be ...
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Pump Systems Matter (PSM) and the Hydraulic Institute (HI) have announced the upcoming Pump Systems Optimization 3-Part webinar series. The series will begin on June 3, 2013. During this series participants will examine and identify ...
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Sono-Tek Corporation was founded in 1975 by Dr. Harvey L. Berger, Ph.D. (Inventor of the ultrasonic nozzle) The first ultrasonic nozzles were developed for use in oil burners and subsequently for the development of liquid fuel burners ...
A zero clearance fireplace is nothing but a prefabricated, factory made fireplace which can be easily moved around and needs very little maintenance. These are made for homes without chimneys and don't need a hearth to function efficiently. ...
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Boyd Specialty Sleep’s Fontana, Calif., factory will soon get solar panels to power its plant and provide electrical power for other companies.ST. LOUIS - Boyd Specialty Sleep is specializing in something new: Energy autonomy. ...
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German steelmaker Salzgitter has announced an adjustment of its guidance for the current year, now expecting a pre-tax loss for the year due to higher raw material and energy costs. Salzgitter also said that the anticipated seasonal upturn ...
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A report released by the US Department of Energy has revealed that the nation could save $37 billion (£23.8 billion) in energy costs if it made the overnight switch to LED bulbs. Therefore, many homes could be similarly missing out on ...
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If you haven’t upgraded your home’s lighting to wi-fi enabled controls via your smart phone or i-Pod you may be in need of additional controls to lessen your electricity load during times when you are out of the house for ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has come out a report "Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in Common Lighting Applications," providing estimates of current energy savings, as well as potential savings if these markets switched to LEDs ...
Tomatoes grown around LED lights in the winter can significantly reduce greenhouse energy costs without sacrificing yield, according to a Purdue University study. Cary Mitchell, a professor of horticulture, said the average tomato is ...
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LED-based lighting is saving 71 trillion BTUs across ten identified applications, but those savings could increase more than 50 fold with a complete transition to SSL. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published a new report entitled ...
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Pie chart on the left shows that LEDs were responsible for 71 tBtu of energy savings in 2012. The different coloured segments show what proportion of that figure each technology was responsible for. The graph on the right shows that a ...
Pleotint, LLC, will exhibit its Suntuitive™ glass interlayer technology at booth 1450 during the 2013 American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition in Denver, Colo., June 20 – 22. ...
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