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In an effort to lighten the load on the National Grid and pare down its own environmental footprint, Sainsbury's is testing a system that will activate its biofuel generator when demand for electricity on the grid peaks.
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Energy efficiency companies are stepping up their work to make schools greener with Johnson Controls Inc. and Ameresco Inc. providing the latest examples of far-reaching projects to help schools conserve energy and cut utility costs.
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Kingston General Hospital has enlisted Honeywell for a $10.5-million upgrade that will bring solar power and a host of other energy efficiency measures to the 456-bed research and teaching hospital in southeastern Ontario.
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A Walgreens store in this Chicago suburb has installed a geothermal energy system, becoming the first retail location in any U.S. drugstore chain to tap that source of renewable energy.
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FedEx Corp. subsidiary FedEx Express inaugurated a solar-powered hub yesterday at the Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany. News of its launch was among the many announcements in the past month about solar projects, including installations at Massport Logan Airport, Macy's and in Canada.
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IKEA plans to install solar power systems totaling 4.5 megawatts of generating capacity at seven stores and a distribution center in California, bringing arrays to 90 percent of the chain's portfolio in the Golden State. Clif Bar and Santa Sweets tomato growers also are taking a plunge into solar power.
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The White House will have solar panels and a solar hot water heater on its roof by the end of next spring, Energy Secretary Steve Chu said in the latest of several recent announcements about installations at sites that include NASA's Kennedy Space Center and the New York Jets' team headquarters.
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Fireman's Fund is extending its commercial green insurance coverage to solar, wind and other alternative energy equipment in an offering targeted at firms that lease or work with companies hosting renewable energy systems.
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Pharmaceutical firm Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson Company, launches the largest solar energy system in New Jersey today, and the Kohl's Department Stores chain has made good on its promise to host at least 100 solar installations.
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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy honored five energy efficiency programs in Colorado, New York, Hawaii and Maryland in the organization's awards competition for exceptional state-led efforts.
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The Gruppo Mezzacorona winery in the foothills of the Italian Dolomites and a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Northern Ireland have cut the ribbon on new green facilities.<br />
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<a href='http://www.kikkoman.com/'>Kikkoman Foods Inc.</a> plans to start tapping into the power of the sun this month with the completion of a carport-mounted 106kW solar photovoltaic system at the company's soy sauce factory in California's Central Valley.
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As the U.S. military musters efforts to lighten its environmental bootprint, the German Army also is striving to march down a green path and has enlisted Johnson Controls Inc. to retrofit the Oranienstein base in Diez.
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Construction of what's being touted as one of the larger solar carport systems in the U.S., advanced lighting retrofits at four facilities and development of a 14-story, $69 million office building are among the latest green projects launched for the federal government.
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The Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, the greenest prison in the United States, reduces water consumption by a whopping 5.5 million gallons and saves its operators about $370,000 in energy costs each year. It also has a solar array that covers 16,929 square feet and relies heavily on natural light to illuminate occupied space.
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The Pixel building by Australian development and construction firm Grocon is not only the country's first carbon neutral office building, it is also the greenest.
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Kohl's Department Stores Inc. has reached another milestone in its aggressive sustainability campaign: 500 stores in the retail chain have now earned the<br />
Energy Star label.
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The Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has opened the doors of its new Research Support Facility, a green building showcase of high-performance sustainable design.<br />
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A new Burger King restaurant in Germany features wind, solar, lighting, heating and cooling systems that are expected to produce whopping cuts in energy use and costs.
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In a joint venture with China Eastern Airlines, Pratt & Whitney's Shanghai Engine Center has become the first facility in China to attain LEED-Platinum certification, the highest ranking possible under the U.S. Green Building Council's rating and assessment system.<br />
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With 73 skylights, a 40K photovoltaic system, a living roof and dozens of other eco-friendly design elements, the new Michael J. Homer Science and Student Life Center at Sacred Heart Schools has earned the first LEED-Platinum rating awarded under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Schools standards. <br />
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A LEED-Platinum rated zero net energy live/work unit opens its doors to the public today before a deal closes to buy the unique property near the Oakland Estuary.<br />
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San Francisco's GreenFinanceSF Program, already described as the largest retrofit loan program of its kind in the U.S., got a nearly $3 million boost from Recovery Act funds.
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The city of Wilmington and Honeywell have embarked on a sweeping $14.5 million efficiency project that includes two solar arrays, increased water reservoir capacity, a traffic light retrofit and upgraded lighting and HVAC systems for 11 facilities.
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The U.S. Green Building Council released its Top 10 lists of green building legislation in the House and Senate today and honored Rep. Ben Chandler and Sen. Olympia Snowe for supporting energy efficiency and sustainable design in the buildings.