New Ways To Save!

Here’s a neat way for a hotel to save on energy costs – a card that controls entry lighting and air conditioning. This is at a Holiday Inn Express in Las Vegas, NV on the outskirts of the Las Vegas Strip. It’s controlling a GE A/C unit as you may have seen in the previous video. Very neat system!

Through a Con Edison program, New York’s popular Magnolia Bakery got a free energy survey and incentives for equipment upgrades. Any small business in Con Edison’s service area can participate and enjoy: Free surveys show you how to spend less and save energy Free upgrades such as CFLs and water-heater thermostats Big incentives of up to 70 percent for lighting, heating, and cooling retrofits Free programmable thermostats for central air-conditioning systems (0 value) For more information, and to sign up for your free Small Business Energy Survey, visit www.conEd.com/energyefficiency or give us a call at (877) 870-6118. We’re here to help.

Dr. Energy Saver St. Louis examines the 10 Energy Vital Signs of your home to help you discover where your home is using, losing, and wasting energy and provides a customized action plan so you can stop wasting energy and start saving money now!

Using a method developed by Toyota, a GE team goes on an energy Treasure Hunt to find energy and CO2 savings at a Wisconsin manufacturing plant. Since the start of the program, GE has carried out over 200 Treasure Hunts across its own facilities, saving more than 0 million. “Extending our Treasure Hunts to external partners and helping them reduce costs and save energy is a logical next step for GE,” says Steve Fludder, vice president of GE Ecomagination. “It never ceases to amaze me how much stuff is turned on that is supposed to be turned off.” Steve Rajnay, GE Energy

www.1800lighting.com Bryan Biga of Lutron Electronics explains how lighting controls add to the Green Movement by saving energy, extending bulb life and reducing heat. GREEN is everywhere you look and dimmers are an effective solution to save energy and money. Lighting controls are an very affordable way to add energy efficiency to your home.