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Energy Efficiency Regulations A few days ago, the Department of Energy banned the manufacture and import of T12 lights to the U.S. This was in an effort to encourage consumers and businesses to retrofit their current lighting system into something more efficient, such as the T8 or T5 fluorescent lamps. As great as the benefits […]

According to a new study, the widespread adoption of LED lamps will create a global energy savings worth $100 billion over the next five years. IMS Research found that a rapid uptake of retrofit LED lamps has a huge potential market. On average, lighting accounts for about 19 percent of the world’s current energy usage. […]

While a plunge in the price of natural gas makes it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity, the electricity rates aren’t lowering for customers. Instead, U.S. electricity prices are going up, and expected to rise during this summer. Analysts at the Department of Energy attribute the rising electricity prices to several factors: “In many states, […]

Each month, Worldwide Energy features a client that we have worked with to showcase not only our portfolio, but also our client's business. Project Scope: Lukas Liquor had several goals in mind when upgrading their lighting fixtures. They wanted to increase utility and maintenance savings while creating the right light for certain areas, specifically the […]

A recent Pike Research report examined the global market landscape for energy efficiency retrofits in commercial and public buildings. It found that the global market will expand from $80.3 billion in 2011 to $151.8 billion by 2020. This makes sense because more and more businesses are looking to cost-effective ways to reduce its operating expenses, […]

Following the Department of Energy report on LED, the Smithsonian is getting in on the action as well. The historic museum recently retrofitted more LED lamps in their gallery, reducing their electricity costs from $2984 to $816 per year. The Smithsonian’s “incandescent lamps could not be replaced one-for-one, but the variety of LED lamps available […]

Salt Lake City recently announced a new loan fund that would provide incentives and rebates to local businesses who upgrade to energy-efficient equipment and building retrofits. The Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund provides business owners with low-interest loans to fund these projects in an attempt to reduce energy usage, and cut down on carbon emissions. […]

According to a Department of Energy report, LED lamps have an environmental edge over compact fluorescent lamps, and create a significantly lower environmental impact than incandescent lighting over the lifetime of the products. The study is just a part of a DOE project to assess the life-cycle costs of LED lighting products. It found that […]

Are businesses leading the green movement? If the recent Rio+20 Summit is any indication, then yes they are. Dozens of companies at the summit unveiled their plans for how they intended to lower their environmental footprint. So what does it mean when Microsoft commits to being carbon neutral by the end of 2013? Why does […]