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    Ford Motor Co. is installing more than $25 million in LED lighting at its manufacturing facilities across the globe. The energy savings is equivalent to running over 6,000 homes of average size for a year.   The U.S. Energy Department deems the light-emitting diode (LED) one of the most rapidly-developing and energy-efficient lighting […]

  While going green is a great way for businesses, large and small, to establish themselves in the community as socially-responsible and caring for the environment, there are also huge monetary benefits.   Switching to cleaner technology and greener business practices can be achieved in many ways. Upgrading heating and cooling systems, installing LED lights, […]

    Brian Trease was a high school exchange student in Japan, twenty years ago. It was there that he was introduced to the art of paper folding. "I'd be folding subway ticket stubs, baseball game lineups; there's a picture of me in McDonald's in the city of Kobe holding a big origami crane that […]

    New York formally unveiled a plan that involves investing $1 billion in making public buildings more energy efficient over the next ten years. The changes will involve switching old lighting to LEDs, replacing out-of-date air conditioners, as well as other changes. The end goal is to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050 compared […]

    President Obama isn't letting the lack of accomplishments in Congress stop him from taking on climate change.     In preparation, for Climate Week, the White House announced a series of public and private sector commitments, plus a several executive actions, to advance solar deployment and promote energy efficiency. These actions include investing […]

    Five years ago, Best Buy set a goal that many thought would be nearly impossible to achieve: collect 1 billion pounds of electronics and appliances for recycling by the end of the year 2014.     The retailer not only surpassed that goal this summer, the company's leadership also pledged to mange an […]

    Lower utility bills is usually what comes to mind first when talking about the business case for comprehensive measures to make buildings more energy efficient. But buildings that are energy efficient provide more benefits to companies other than just saving on energy costs.     Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) wrote last year about […]

    Ten years ago, the solar industry was pretty much nonexistent in the U.S. Between 1984 and 2008, there was almost no solar activity, with the exception of the a large soar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert that was completed in 1984.     As costs quickly dropped for solar energy, that […]

    The Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 has been enjoying huge energy savings after adopting a new energy program. The program includes simple tactics like turning off the lights, unplugging computers and appliances and maintaining consistent room temperatures.   "It's a community effort," Chris Crockett, USD 437's energy management specialist, said. "My goal is […]