HOUSTON—One Stop Green, an international retailer for green, energy efficient products and services launches its new commercial solutions website. The new commercial site focuses on green products that are suitable for commercial clients that include architects, engineers, commercial buildings and apartment complexes, industrial facilities, and hospitality. The new site also features ActiveLED lighting.When a user visits OneStopGreen.com for the first time, they are directed to a landing page where they will select One Stop Green Residential or Commercial Solutions. The residential site will continue to offer green products for the home that are directly available for sale on the...

BOULDER, COLO.—As part of the effort to cut costs in the global recession, many commercial building owners and managers have installed building energy management systems (BEMS) to reduce energy use and operating expenses. While these new systems can provide significant efficiency gains, their sophistication can be beyond the capabilities and resource levels of a building’s operating or maintenance staff. Consequently, smart building managed services are growing in demand and popularity as a means of solving these and other building energy management market issues. According to a new report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, worldwide spending...

ATLANTA—Havells, a global leader in the lighting industry, is now offering their full line of Energy Star rated LED lamps. Havells’ new long-life LED portfolio provides a wide range of bulb types with dimmable options, high light output, and guaranteed energy savings for all types of industrial, commercial, hospitality, and residential lighting applications.Built with state-of-the-art LED chip technology, the new Havells A19, Decorative, Globes, MR16, and PAR LEDs are UL listed and meet or exceed Energy Star’s strict standards for energy efficiency and performance. These LED lamps are available in 3000k warm white and offer a color consistency of...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—Rezidor, a member of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, has launched a group-wide energy-saving initiative called Think Planet that targets an energy consumption reduction of 25 percent by the year 2016 in all Rezidor hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The group is currently present in 70 countries where 330+ hotels of the brands Radisson Blu, Park Inn by Radisson and Hotel Missoni are operated, and 100 additional properties are under development.“Think Planet reinforces Rezidor’s position as one of the industry leaders in terms of sustainability,” said Inge Huijbrechts, director Responsible Business at Rezidor. “Many of...

NATIONAL REPORT—On Wednesday, September 19, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (EDT), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership (GPP) will host a webinar on “Addressing Barriers to Renewable Energy Procurement.” The use of clean energy is a key component of many organizations’ sustainability goals. However, the process of procuring renewable energy at a meaningful scale has proven to be difficult for corporations. This webinar will examine some of the common challenges including market access, deal terms, and risk management requirements that companies have encountered when trying to source clean energy for facilities or power portfolios, and present...

PHILADELPHIA—Westinghouse Lighting introduces two new catalogs that showcase their expansive U.S. stocking program. In addition to the product assortment Westinghouse consistently offers, they are introducing dozens of new products.The Lamp Catalog features a comprehensive product line, highlighted by a multitude of new lamps in the LED, Halogen and specialty lamp categories. The catalog format has been updated to include the specifications required by EISA labeling.The Lighting Catalog combines ceiling fans, light fixtures and accessories into a single comprehensive catalog making it easy to coordinate product finishes and accessories. This catalog’s new product selection includes a patent-pending cathedral canopy.“At Westinghouse...

PEACHTREE CITY, GA.—To make multi-unit condensing tankless water heater installation easier and more flexible for commercial contractors, Rinnai America Corp. is introducing the Rinnai Tankless Rack System (TRS).The system is available in free-standing or wall-mounted options for indoor or outdoor applications and can be ordered, built and shipped fully assembled, including gas and water manifolds, to any location in the United States and Canada, including the job site.Indoor installations can be configured with either Rinnai's standard polypropylene concentric venting or its new Common Venting System. Individual racks can hold between two and six of the company’s 199,000-Btu condensing units...

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—Consuming just 20 watts while powered by a one- or two- lamp per driver configuration, MaxLite introduces the LED Linear F32T8 Replacement Lamp for retrofit applications currently using 4-foot fluorescent tubes. MaxLite, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of the award-winning MaxLED line of LED luminaires and lamps using LED technology, has designed the LED Linear T8 Lamp to allow for a single remote driver to operate pairs or a single T8 lamp.“While fluorescents can buzz and flicker and contribute to headaches and eye fatigue, our new LED Linear T8 lamp is constructed with high quality LEDs...

SAN DIEGO—The Department of Energy last week showcased the Marriott La Jolla, owned and operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts, during a tour of the facilities of its Better Buildings Challenge participants. As part of a three-day tour in California of participant facilities, the Department of Energy recognized and highlighted the energy-efficient and energy-saving practices and technologies implemented by the Marriott La Jolla.President Obama selected HEI Hotels & Resorts to participate in the Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge in 2011, and as part of the initiative, HEI commits to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent by 2020. All...

AVALON, N.J.—Anyone walking by the Concord Suites at street level would have no idea there is a 434-panel, 104 kW solar system on the property’s rooftop. The panels lie flat on the roof to take full advantage of the sun that shines down on the 90-suite hotel in Avalon, N.J. Since the $500,000 system was turned on late last December, it has performed great and with no problems, says Susan Cawley, general manager. In fact, from its turn-on date through June 30 of this year, the system generated all of the electricity the hotel needed. The expectation is that...