Is the government interfering with the marketplace by subsidizing technology? Is it the government's place to fund green improvements to private facilities? Should tax revenue fund the purchase of experimental green technology, which may or may not add uncountable green value to a facility and is not necessary for a building's functionality?
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Maximize Cooling Tower Efficiency to Maximize Savings
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:00PM EDT
When not properly designed and maintained, more than just water evaporates from your building's cooling tower. This webinar will discuss the balance of bleed and water makeup and address money-wasting problems, including drift, legionella, corrosive bacteria and unsafe cleaning practices. Don't let an inefficient cooling tower evaporate your maintenance dollars!
Facility Managers Become the Energy Maestros of Future Eco-Districts
The future of energy management and a sustainable lifestyle lies in tackling the issues on a much larger scale – a leap toward the eco-district.
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Clanton & Associates has announced the results of a six-month study analyzing the value and energy savings of lighting control systems and technologies. Click here for complete article…
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight, which could have significant cost reduction applications for both homes and facilities.
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LEED and the Urban Heat Island Effect
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Interested in furthering your understanding of the urban heat island effect – and ways to reduce it? This webinar is the first in our "Strategies for Success in LEED" series, designed to teach individuals about strategies useful in meeting LEED requirements in various credit categories.
With this training, personnel who maintain federal buildings will have the necessary skills to meet the government's energy-efficiency and high-performance goals.Click here for complete article …
Check out these points with your lawyer before you start your next certified building project.
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Monitoring Energy Use: The Power of Information Seize cost-saving opportunities and improve building performance with a proven solution
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Reducing energy use and waste is now widely seen as being good for business, as well as good for the environment. However, executives typically do not have the information they need to make informed, proactive decisions about their facility's energy use. Energy initiatives too often are one-time improvements that are not monitored and measured properly over time. As a result, the benefits of these improvements are soon lost.
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Solution built to handle environmental extremes.
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