Colleges Unite to Research LEDs  Imagine if a building's lighting system did double-duty and along with illuminating the facility also provided a wireless communications network....

New Jersey Agrees to Offshore Wind Farm  New Jersey recently joined Delaware and Rhode Island as states on the Eastern Seaboard that have agreed to pursue offshore wind farms....

PV Panel Manufacturer Eyes Acres of Commercial Rooftops  Solyndra, Inc., Fremont, Calif., today announced new solar photovoltaic(PV) system for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra's PV system is designed to generate significantly more solar electricity on an annual basis from typical low-slope commercial rooftops with lower installation costs than conventional PV flat panel technologies....

Sylvania Solidifies Lighting Maintenance Business   Oct 6, 2008 11:14 AM, Sylvania, Danvers, Mass., is best-known in the electrical market as one of the three largest lighting manufacturers in the world, along with GE Lighting, Cleveland, and Philips Lighting, Somerset, N.J. But for the past 35 years, the company has been a growing power in the lighting maintenance business by providing lighting design, lighting audit, maintenance and installation services to retail stores, office buildings and other commercial and industrial customers. Its purchase last week of Amtech Lighting Services from ABM Industries, New York, will increase the size of this business unit substantially. Amtech Lighting Services is one of the nation’s largest leading lighting management companies, serving over 35,000 locations, with 26 branches and 64 satellite operations across the United States. ...

Schneider Electric Goes Green in Las Vegas  Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor When a company with 120,000 employees in 102 countries and $23.7 billion in sales puts its weight behind the green movement, it can make a pretty big splash in the electrical market....

The Greening of America  Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor NEMA's lighting manufacturers hope their Enlighten America crusade will finally catch the attention of the building owners, CEOs, CFOs and other senior-level executives....

Sustainable Lighting Strategies  Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Charles Israel and Nick Bleeker Thanks to the new lighting products and technologies, sustainability and energy efficiency is within reach. With the correct knowledge, these solutions...

MIT Gets $10 Million Grant for Solar Research  Jul 28, 2008 12:00 PM, Promising to transform solar power from a option into an affordable, dependable, mainstream energy solution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...