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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The high-bay lighting marketplace is becoming prepared to get a huge shift to LED technology. This has been driven from the dropping costs of LED lamps, as well as improvements in sensors and controls, which are accustomed to help further reduce energy consumption, empowering an acceptable return on investment (ROI).…
Solar continues to drive the energy efficient market transformation that has gripped the nation over the last 10 years. Some would argue that Barack Obama should be credited with helping to focus our construction industry on energy efficiency. Many wonder whether Donald Trump will continue to expand this focus on…
Climate change is a global issue, but if we’re going to correct it, action needs to happen on a local level. National-level initiatives have the potential to sway the habits of a larger audience, but they’re also harder and slower to promote. Cities have the power to pass new regulations…
There was a time when no one knew or cared very much about energy efficient lighting, but that’s now a thing of the past. All across America, households and businesses are switching out their traditional incandescent light bulbs for newer, more energy efficient alternatives that deliver the same amount of…
