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January 2, 2012
Green HVAC: Flattening the Learning Curve

The future of the HVAC industry is green, but building owners want energy savings and emission reductions now.

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December 6, 2011
Smart-Building Technology Poised to Take the Lead

Lighting, HVAC, and controls improvements among most- implemented energy-efficiency measures in global survey.

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November 8, 2011
Steps to Selecting a Sustainability Professional

The integrated design approach requires close teamwork, so choose wisely.

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October 17, 2011
Is Everything Old Actually Green?

Once upon a time, in the early days of the 20th century, man built things to last.

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September 21, 2011
State Utility Plant Achieves Highest Possible ‘Green’ Rating

The Department of General Services announced today that California's central utility plant has become the third state facility to receive LEED Platinum, the highest level of “green” building design certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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August 2, 2011
Serving up Change in School Cafeterias

The top five challenges and solutions for education institutions that are upgrading kitchens.

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July 12, 2011
About What Do You Know the Three Es: Energy, Efficiency, and Economics?

So many amazing technologies are available for transforming buildings, yet many owners struggle with how to pay for it. The good news is that the HVAC industry has tools and is developing new ones to help owners in this endeavor.

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June 27, 2011
Stretching Energy Dollars for Healthy Schools

Web-based monitoring offers an important risk-management strategy leading to verifiable and durable energy-demand reductions.

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May 24, 2011
Energy Efficiency, the Environment, and VFDs

Strategically managing power can yield significant advantages—energy savings, improved sustainability, cost reductions. Among the technologies helping us to meet energy challenges while addressing efficiency and reliability concerns are variable-frequency drives (VFDs).

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April 4, 2011
School Design and Green Schools: High-Performance Education

Modern academic facilities face two unique design and construction challenges: Their designs must embrace sustainability and collaboration, and their structures must be built to last a century.

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