Tag: business
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It’s Time for Retailers to Retrofit Lighting for Big Energy Savings
By Josh Hathaway When visiting a retail store, customers are looking for a pleasant shopping experience. They want to look vibrant in the clothing and cosmetics sections, they want the produce to look fresh and delicious, and they want to be able to find what they are looking for. Lighting products attractively and ensuring customers…
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Precedent-Setting Policy Passed in Maryland Requires Renewable Energy For All Public Buildings
For the first time, a county in the U.S. decided that all of its new governmental buildings must incorporate renewable energy into their designs. Prince George’s County Council in Maryland unanimously approved a measure this week necessitating 1 kilowatt of solar, wind or geothermal energy for every 1,000 square feet of a public facility. The…
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Federal Interconnection Ruling Will Expedite Solar Energy Projects
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a ruling this week that should expedite solar project interconnection and lower its cost. The decision will speed up interconnection—the regulations and processes a solar user must follow to plug into the grid—by loosening various fast-track requirements that FERC had demanded. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) praised…
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3 Ways Businesses and Policymakers Can Walk the Talk to Conquer Climate Change
[caption id="attachment_312980" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Andrew Steer It’s time for businesses and governments to step up to the climate challenge and match words to actions. This week at the annual international climate talks in Warsaw, companies, policymakers, and civil society participated in an event to deepen business engagement on climate policy. Such interaction…
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Why Are Facebook and Google Members of ALEC? Even Top Officials at These Companies Can’t Explain
Their memberships are so confounding, even representatives from Facebook and Google can’t explain them. The two web companies have become corporate leaders in renewable energy investments, powering data centers with wind and funding green projects around the globe. So why, then, are they members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)—a group mostly consisting of fossil fuel…