INWOOD, N.Y.—Electrolux’s new dryers are designed to cut time in the cleaning and drying process while still achieving the best results. The three new high tech Electrolux T5000-series dryers are available in 35, 67, and 83 pound capacities. The drying time is being shortened by 10 minutes on average, compared to previous generations of similar models, while at the same time cutting the energy consumption by up to 20 percent. The dryers take up 20 percent less wall space making it possible for the user to optimize the production area. Attention has also been put into the ergonomic design...

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.—Designed with architectural aesthetics and performance in mind, WAC Lighting introduces energy efficient LEDme Step Lights that offer a sleek profile and enhanced functionality ideal for safety and style on indoor and outdoor stairs, walls and other pathways in hotels, restaurants and resorts. The new LEDme Step Lights are offered in versatile, horizontal and circular scoop designs for a clean, seamless installation without any visible hardware. Easy to retrofit on to a single gang rectangular style junction box, these luminaires offer a wide beam angle for broad lighting distribution and deliver balanced, consistent lighting free of shadows and...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF.—ClearWater Tech, a manufacturer of ozone systems for water and air purification, has launched its new EcoTex Laundry System website. The new site represents ClearWater Tech’s commitment to the growing needs of their customers in the ozone laundry industry. The EcoTex site offers easy navigation and showcases the most advanced information on all aspects of the EcoTex products and applications. There are relevant news articles, case studies, technical papers, and direct access to sales and customer service. Special features include new EcoTex web videos, including “How EcoTex Works, and just released, “The EcoTex Short Video” highlighting one-on-one interviews...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, has added a Protect-A-Bed case study to its website. The case study focuses on the Mansion at Judges’ Hill in Austin, Texas and how it is benefiting from Protect-A-Bed’s mattress encasements. The 48-room property is using the encasements to meet the needs of allergy-sensitive guests, as a preventive measure against bed bugs, and to extend the life of mattresses that otherwise might be destroyed once soiled. The encasements are protecting the property’s mattresses so that they can be recycled at the end of their life.To read the case...

ANN ARBOR, MICH.—NSF International, an independent global organization that writes public health standards and certifies products for food, water and consumer goods, has qualified the first wallcoverings distributor to the American National Standard for Sustainable Wallcoverings—NSF/ANSI 342. NSF International developed the standard for Sustainable Wallcoverings to help architects, designers, retailers and consumers identify sustainable and environmentally preferable wallcoverings. NSF/ANSI 342: Sustainability Assessment for Wallcovering Products recognizes the important role distributors play in maintaining the sustainability of wallcovering products throughout their life cycle. In order to qualify and distribute certified sustainable wallcoverings, distributors must demonstrate that they follow environmentally preferable practices....

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA.—TEVA Energy and Redshift Energy announced their funding agreement. With Redshift’s financial support, TEVA Energy will further expand its reach into the large-scale commercial and industrial distributed solar water- heating markets in key geographic areas. TEVA deploys its proprietary line of solar water heating (i.e. thermal solar) technologies in combination with turn-key solutions and sale-of-heat financing (a.k.a. thermal PPA or energy lease). “2011 has been a remarkable year,” said Remo Eyal, CEO of TEVA Energy, LLC. “Our strong sales growth during a down economy proved the strength of TEVA’s unique offering and flawless execution team. Redshift’s funding...

DALTON, GA.—Universal Textile Technologies (UTT) announced a new initiative to incorporate bottles collected from Grand Teton National Park into its manufacturing process. UTT converts the plastic bottles into a non-woven fleece material used to manufacture high-performance environmentally friendly backing for carpet and synthetic turf products. Now termed the PET Park Project, UTT is working in partnership with The Grand Teton National Park, Teton County Solid Waste and Recycling, CPE, Inc., and the United Soybean Board (USB). Americans generate an enormous amount of waste material every day. In the Grand Teton park millions of annual visitors are educated on the positive...

WALTHAM, MASS.—American DG Energy Inc., a leading on site utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, has reached an agreement to supply clean energy to the Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown, located in Tarrytown, N.Y. Under the terms of the agreement, the Doubletree will soon receive a significant portion of its energy from a 100 kW combined heat and power (CHP) system, which will be owned and operated by American DG Energy. The hotel will receive a discount on the energy produced by the CHP system and reduce its emissions by 403 tons of carbon dioxide...

FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.—Sloan has launched a two-piece, tank-type gravity toilet line. The Gravity Series 9000 toilets, available in single- and dual-flush models, offer another water-saving flushing option for light commercial installations. The Gravity Series 9000 product line includes one 1.6/1.1 gallons per flush (gpf) dual-flush toilet with a flush button on top of the tank and two single-flush models: a 1.28 gpf single-flush toilet and a 1.6 gpf toilet with the option of a left or right hand trip lever. Gravity Series toilets initiate a quiet, yet powerful gravity flush with a siphon jet flushing action. The high-efficiency toilet models enable...

VISTA, CALIF.—A survey conducted in late October 2011 asked facility managers a variety of questions regarding no-water or waterless urinal systems. Forty-two managers who have waterless urinals installed in their buildings completed the survey. Most manage office buildings, while the others are responsible for universities and colleges. The majority of the respondents (57 percent) indicated they have 10 or fewer no-water urinal systems; this was followed by managers with 10 to 50 systems (29 percent), and 14 percent responded that they have more than 100 waterless systems installed in their facilities. Their key reasons for installing waterless urinal systems were the...