WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new category under commercial fryers that can now earn the Energy Star label—an energy efficiency program that has saved Americans money on their energy bills while contributing to cleaner air and protecting people’s health since 1992. Effective April 22, 2011, EPA has expanded the scope of the eligible models to include large vat gas and electric fryers. Energy Star qualified large vat fryers are 10 to 35 percent more energy efficient than standard models. Fryers are one of the most common appliances in the foodservice industry. Large vat fryers are used...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF.—WattStopper has launched Control Six Online, a free online tool to help users pinpoint ideal lighting control solutions for the six types of spaces most commonly found in commercial buildings. This interactive selector offers two levels of performance, with unlimited access to a single room Quick Selector and login access to a Multi-Room Selector developed for professional users. Both versions prompt users to input information about each space in order to recommend appropriate products. Control Six Online recommends lighting control solutions including wall switch and ceiling occupancy sensors, time switches and lighting control panels for the following areas:...

MOONACHIE, N.J.—Designed as an energy efficient replacement for incandescent bulbs in elevators, Bulbrite has introduced the new LED 1383 Elevator Lamp for multi-level residential, industrial and commercial applications. The Bulbrite LED 1383 Elevator Lamp uses 87 percent less energy than incandescents and lasts up to 30 times longer; the rated average life of the lamp is 30,000 hours. The LED requires much less maintenance and re-lamping than incandescents, reducing operating costs and re-lamping needs as well as interruption time in elevator service. The LED lamp is designed and engineered with an extremely durable body so that the LED chips are...

OREM, UTAH—ILLUMRA, a leader in wireless battery-free controls, announces the release of a new solar powered wireless door/window sensor. This new product maximizes the energy savings of heating and air-conditioning systems by providing wireless status of windows and/or doors. Energy waste can be reduced by 20 to 60 percent by disabling blowers and/or adjusting temperature setpoints in HVAC systems when windows and doors are left open. The wireless door/window sensor is a key component to reducing energy waste in hotel, condominium and dormitory buildings. “We are excited to help building operators reduce energy waste through the use of the easy to...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes VingCard Elsafe as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Orion by VingCard Elsafe is an award-winning intelligent energy management solution that is helping hotels and resorts worldwide reduce their carbon footprint and boost energy savings. This innovative system allows for the management of guestroom temperatures from a remote, centralized location. Orion provides hoteliers with the ability to automatically adjust A/C settings as guests travel in and out of the guestrooms, therefore reducing overall energy consumption and saving valuable environmental resources, while ensuring guest comfort. Orion by VingCard...

MILWAUKEE—Telkonet, Inc., developer of the EcoSmart energy management platform and a leading provider of Internet services for the hospitality industry, announced that it has established an e-waste Take-Back Recycling program for all of its legacy products to assist its customers with the responsible disposal of used electronics equipment. According to Telkonet, it is committed to promoting sustainability and actively pursues and implements policies, programs and practices designed to minimize and mitigate corporate environmental impact by producing products that are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed the world’s most stringent environmental requirements. Telkonet extends that core value, and attempts to...

NEW CASTLE, PA.—Berner International Corp., a leading U.S. manufacturer of air curtains, introduces the second generation of the In-Ceiling Mount featuring the Intelliswitch 2 digital controller and the new patent-pending Pro-V Nozzle resulting in one of the HVAC industry’s most feature-rich and effective air curtains for environmental separation and energy savings in commercial front entrances and lobbies. The In-Ceiling Mount is an aesthetic ceiling flush-mounted solution to energy-saving environmental separation for 8 to 10-foot high, 3 to 12-foot-wide pedestrian entrances in hotels, office buildings, hospitals and other commercial buildings when the inconspicuousness of mechanical support equipment is critical to interior...

WAITSFIELD, VT.—In a gala gathering at Burlington, Vermont’s ECHO Center on April 14, Freeaire Refrigeration was awarded the Green Mountain Environmental Leadership Award in the “What a Great Idea!” category. This inaugural award celebrates environmental stewards and initiatives that have encouraged long-term conservation of Vermont’s rich and diverse natural environment, and is sponsored by Free Press Media and ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center. Freeaire Refrigeration is an emerging leader in energy-efficiency solutions for commercial refrigeration and has innovatively realized technology that allows cold outside air to be used for cooling. Freeaire systems greatly increase the efficiency of commercial refrigeration systems...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Endurance Wind Power as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Endurance Wind Power offers wind turbines for any rural lodging to produce their own supply of clean energy. The company’s wind turbines are suitable for lodgings from small B&Bs to international hotel chains. A wind turbine can demonstrate a commitment to sustainable energy to guests while insulating a business from rising energy prices. Call (888) 440-4451, e-mail info@endurancewindpower.com, or visit www.endurancewindpower.com for more details. Also be sure to check out the company’s Fountain Prairie Inn &...

MIDLAND, MICH.—The Dow Chemical Company announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund key lab research as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between Dow and DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to accelerate the adoption of cool roof technologies in the United States. As a critical element of the research agreement, ORNL will partner with DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to bring a broad range of cool roof technology and experience from their applied research in this field. The research will focus on the development of new solar reflective technologies that would...