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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 […]

A recent article claims that more efficient lighting could save the U.S. $10 billion by replacing existing fluorescent lighting. According to a study commissioned by the Department of Energy, commercial buildings were found to have the largest share of lighting energy use, about 51%, followed by residential and industrial buildings. The two largest commercial lighting energy users […]

Last week, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on innovative ways for financing energy efficient building retrofits. A panel of energy and real estate experts told Congress it could improve building energy efficiency, without ongoing governmental funding, by “streamlining efficiency standards and encouraging innovative financing techniques.” As more and more business […]

Due to recent Department of Energy mandates, magnetic T12 lamps and ballasts will no longer be manufactured or imported in the United States. This phase-out becomes effective July 14, 2012. Businesses throughout the U.S. will be heavily impacted by the impending T12 lamp and ballast phase-out. The National Lighting Bureau estimates over 500 million T12 […]