The Cost of Waiting for Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Energy efficiency upgrades pay off in the long-term, and often in the short-term too. Whether you’re running a business or a household, balancing capital costs with operating expenses is one of the most integral elements of your spending strategy. Yet too often, the product and service choices that we make…

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Energy Saving Tips for Auto Dealers

Considering that auto dealerships use, on average, more energy per square foot than a typical office building, it’s important for dealers to explore all their energy efficiency options. Fortunately, there are many cost-effective opportunities that exist for significant reductions in energy usage. These opportunities focus on auto dealership-specific areas of…

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Switching to LED for Parking Lot Lights

A Metal-Halide lamp is an electrical lamp that produces light by an electric arc through a gaseous mixture of vaporized mercury and Metal Halides (compounds of metals with bromine or iodine). It is a type of high-intensity discharge (HID) gas discharge lamp. The most common metal halide compound used is…

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Big Love for Big Energy Efficient Homes

Americans love big things and Texans love them even bigger. Big cars, big houses… big is good… until all of a sudden it’s not. A combination of higher oil and energy prices, along with a downturn in the economy suddenly made the average American consumer think about downsizing everything from…

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Poor Indoor Air Quality Hurts Productivity

Studies have linked worker productivity, mood, and cognitive function to indoor air quality, but ventilation solutions exist for healthier indoor air. Poor Indoor Air Quality Hurts Worker Productivity As companies seek to improve their bottom line, many examine worker productivity as a means of cutting costs and boosting revenue. Worker…

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8 Benefits of LED Lighting

    The benefits of installing LED Lighting in your home or business are almost endless. LED (Light Emitting Diode) bulbs are energy efficient, cost effective, and durable. LED bulbs are the latest advancement in lighting, and offer a great alternative in replacing your current halogen or standard lights. Below…

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