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Energy Ace Grows and Moves
Energy Ace continues to add personnel with the addition of Paul Sachs as Commissioning Agent and Lauren Gloster as Sustainability Consultant. As a result, Energy Ace will move to a larger space in its present building.
Meanwhile, Energy Ace seeks additional personnel with building commissioning experience. Send letter of interest to Wayne Robertson. |
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Energy Performance Contracting
Energy Performance Contracting is gaining more and more acceptance as a means of financing energy retrofit projects and upgrades in facilities, especially in the public sector.
Visit our website for info on the Performance Contracting.
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LEED Services
A large part of Energy Ace's work is related to LEED projects. If you would like to know more about LEED and if it is right for you, send for our LEED information. |
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Jobs with Energy Ace
Energy Ace is always on the lookout for qualified new employee candidates. If you have a background in LEED or commissioning and want to join a dynamic and fast-growing leader in building sustainability, send a resume to Careers at Energy Ace. |
Phone: 866-610-LEED
114 New Street, Suite H, Decatur, GA 30030
178 Orchid Ridge Trail, Whittier, NC 28789
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Car Talk
As Energy Ace reported last month, the bloom may be off the ethanol rose, especially ethanol from corn. Orders for new plants are being cancelled and stocks are near 52-week lows.
However, not all ethanol is from corn. In Florida it is reported that a group of investors will build an ethanol plant using citrus peels. Orange and grapefruit waste will be converted into 4 million gallons a year of ethanol. This will turn a waste disposal problem into an asset and it will smell good, too!
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Super Bowl to Reduce Carbon Footprint
The NFL is planting thousands of trees in Arizona to help offset greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Super Bowl in February. The stadium and adjacent NFL theme park will be powered from wind turbines, geothermal energy and other clean energy sources.
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Green Afterlife
Now you can have an eco-friendly funeral. Natural Burial Co in Portland Oregan sells biodegradable coffins including the Ecopod, a kayak-shaped coffin made out of recycled newspapers.
A Green Burial Council has been formed to develop certification programs for green burial products and techniques.
Now you can sleep well forever!
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 LEED Required by State and Local Governments
DeKalb County (GA) has created new legislation requiring that new county buildings costing more than $5 million be LEED Certified and buildings less than that be considered for LEED. The City of Atlanta, Asheville, NC, Miami-Dade County, Chatham County (Savannah) GA and Mecklenburg (Charlotte) NC have similar requirements.
The State of South Carolina passed a law last year requiring LEED Silver or Green Globes certification on all new projects larger than 10,000 square feet. Energy Ace is the LEED Consultant and Commissioning Agent for the first state building to be designed under this new law.
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 Sales of Compact Fluorescent Lamps Nearly Doubles
Sales of Energy Star-qualified compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) nearly doubled last year, according to the estimates of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2007, 290 million CFLs were sold, and the energy-saving bulbs now account for about 20% of the light bulb market in the United States. Energy Star-qualified CFLs use approximately 75% less energy and last up to 10 times longer than traditional incandescent bulbs.
The sale of CFLs has been on the rise since 2006, when their market share jumped from 5% to almost 11%. Energy Star retail partners such as Wal-Mart, Lowes, Home Depot, Costco, Menards, Ace Hardware, and Sam's Club have played an important role in educating consumers about the importance of saving energy and the value of these products.
An Energy Star CFL can save about $30 or more in energy costs over the length of its lifetime. If every U.S. household replaced just one light bulb in their homes with a CFL, the United States would save more than $600 million each year in energy costs and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of more than 800,000 cars. |
 Campus News
478 Colleges and Universities have now signed the Presidents Climate Commitment, pledging to reduce their global warming impact by taking actions in a variety of ways. This is up from 415 two months ago and 343 four months ago. Is your college on this list? Send for our Presidents Climate Commitment information.
Be sure to take note of the SCUP mini conference in Atlanta mentioned above. | |
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