Haitian Relief Efforts Improve as Donated Solar Lights are Installed

SOL Inc’s solar lights are shining brightly all night long, expanding relief and recovery efforts at several Port-au-Prince sites following the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010.


Caribou Coffee Makes a Commitment to Energy Efficiency

Caribou Coffee, the second-largest company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator based in the US, has made a commitment to energy efficiency by mandating compact fluorescent lamps in its lighting design specifications for corporate-owned locations.


Drexel University Becomes First U.S. Institution to Adopt Viridity Smart Grid Technology

Drexel University has become the first institution in the country that will deploy Viridity's VPower System energy monitoring system on its main campus, located in Philadelphia's University City District.


Microsoft Licenses Berkeley Lab's Home Energy Saver Code for Its Energy Management Software

Microsoft Corporation has launched a Web-based home energy management service, Hohm, which uses the energy models in the Home Energy Saver, developed by the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).


Mobile Industry Unites to Drive Universal Charging Solution for Mobile Phones

The GSMA and 17 leading mobile operators and manufacturers today announced that they are committed to implementing a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones.


NSF to Fund Water and Environment Technology Center

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $1,24 million grant to The University of Arizona and two other universities to fund a research center to investigate new clean-water technologies.


Constellation NewEnergy Rolls Out New Online Demand Response Tool

Constellation Energy's subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy (CNE), is offering its VirtuaWatt web platform to customers participating in demand response programs in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest-based PJM market.


Chicago's Landmark Sears Tower Benefits Substantially from EnergyConnect's Demand Response Program

EnergyConnect, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microfield Group, Inc, and industry leader in innovative demand response technologies, today announced with US Equities Asset Management, LLC, a leading national real estate manager and leasing firm, that Chicago's landmark Sears Tower has earned significant revenue over the last year by participating in EnergyConnect's FlexConnect program.





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