Welcome to part two of our Better Buildings Challenge takeaways. In the first article, we broke down what energy efficiency improvements the Hilton Worldwide energy management team found in the Whole Foods market. In this article, we will take a look at what the Whole Foods team finds in the ...

The Better Buildings Challenge, a new reality Web series designed to create more knowledge about building energy efficiency, recently released its first three episodes. In the series, the energy management teams from Whole Foods and Hilton Worldwide swap teams and evaluate each other’s buildings in search of energy efficiency improvements ...

We all know the cost-saving benefits of retrofitting old lighting with more energy efficient lighting in commercial facilities. It is especially true for facilities with multi-level, enclosed parking garages that require 24/7 lighting run times. In 2014, Energy.Gov’s Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) campaign, a movement where over 100 ...

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week its largest energy efficiency standards in history for commercial air conditioners and furnaces. The DOE expects “businesses will save $167 million on their utility bills and carbon pollution will be reduced by 885 million metric tons,” over the course of ...