Desigo V4 Building Automation System

Thermoactive building component systems (TABS) enable energy efficient cooling and heating of buildings whilst at the same time providing a comfortable room climate. The new version 4 of the Desigo building automation and control system from Siemens Building Technologies Division provides an innovative and unique application with separate heating and cooling curves for the control of such systems. The thermoactive building component systems are proven... 

Best Integrated Home System Award from Leading Home Automation Manufacturer Given to DSI Entertainment Systems

DSI Entertainment Systems, a leading electronic systems contractor specializing in home theater systems, media rooms, and home automation, won Crestron’s “Best Integrated Home System” Award for 2009, a prestigious award from the leading manufacturer in the home automation, systems integration, and controls industry. The winning home is a contemporary Malibu beachfront residence owned by the well-known philanthropist Wallis Annenberg. The Crestron... 

Real Goods Solar to Install Low Cost Solar Energy at Bay Area Affordable Housing Communities

Real Goods Solar has signed a large multi-site contract to design and install 790 kW DC of solar electricity across four separate affordable housing communities: three in San Francisco and one in Richmond, CA. The PV systems will be financed through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), enabling these properties to use solar-generated power without the upfront capital costs or operational expenses. Upfront installation costs have been significantly reduced... 

Acme Brick to Distribute Green Building Products from VAST Enterprises, LLC

Acme Brick and VAST Enterprises, LLC announced that Acme has agreed to distribute VAST composite masonry products as an alternative for green building. VAST composite masonry products, which are manufactured in a patented blend of post-consumer recycled automobile tires and plastic containers, include Composite Landscape Pavers, Composite Permeable Pavers for stormwater management, Composite Deck Pavers, and Composite Thin Brick. Under the agreement,... 

Circular Cold Saw Design for Efficient Cutting of Larger Materials

A high-performance, automatic circular cold saw built to meet specific customer demands for a machine flexible enough to handle volume cutting applications for larger sized materials is available from Behringer Saws, Inc. The HCS 150 Behringer Eisele Automatic Carbide Circular Cold Saw complements a field-proven line of circular cold saws designed to cut a wide range of materials and sizes. The HCS 150 Behringer Eisele Carbide Circular Cold Saw is... 

GE Hybrid Water Heater

Now that the new GE® Hybrid Water Heater has been the first water heater to be ENERGY STAR® rated and first to be listed on the U.S. Department of Energy‘s website, it has reached yet another milestone. This new energy efficient heat pump electric water heater will reduce energy expenses up to 62%, saving as much as $320 annually on energy bills.* After air heating and cooling, home water heating is the largest in residential energy consumption.... 

Echelon Accelerates Enterprise Energy Management Momentum

Echelon Corporation announced broad support for Enterprise Energy Management solutions (EEM) based on Echelon’s technology. EEM encompasses multi-site energy management solutions that deliver cost savings and operational improvements to quick-service restaurants (QSR), schools, banks, retail and convenience stores, data centers and other locations. Based on Echelon’s LonWorks® control networking technology, and featuring the new i.LON® SmartServer... 

GE Reveal CFL Bulbs Produce Clean, Beautiful Light and Use Less Energy

Now consumers can enjoy the clean, beautiful light of Reveal® bulbs with all the benefits of a GE CFL. GE’s Reveal CFL light bulbs are the latest member of the Reveal family of bulbs. Reveal CFL bulbs produce clean, beautiful light that makes colors “pop” and can transform a home from ordinary to extraordinary. Like all of the products in the Reveal family, originally introduced in 2001, the light from these bulbs not only makes blues appear... 

Mellina Taps LED Lighting Expert Greenlight Initiative for New Marco’s Pizza Locations

Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced the successful installation of a complete LED-based lighting system for the first of a number of new Marco’s Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia. Mellina LLC, the design builder for the Georgia projects reports this first installation has been well-received in terms of quality and energy-savings, and represents the first of 80 new locations... 

KYOCERA Solar Modules at San Diego’s Alvarado Water Treatment Plant

Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced that its 1.135-megawatt (MW) solar array at the Alvarado Water Treatment Facility in San Diego, Calif., has exceeded performance expectations consistently since it began operating in February 2007, as documented by power generation data. The Alvarado facility will increase its water treatment capacity by 67 percent next year, from 120 million gallons per day to 200 million. To alleviate the cost of the expansion, the...