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EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency in the energy sector, released the findings today of a consumer survey examining customer perceptions and expectations of more energy efficient lighting options ("CFLs" and "LEDs") as compared with traditional incandescent lighting. 1,000 Americans nationwide responded to the survey conducted in late February 2011.
(Marketwire) - Enterprise Rent-A-Car now offers customers the Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV) for daily and weekly rental at its 1702 Santa Monica Blvd. rental location in Santa Monica. Enterprise also has installed a charging station at the same location through Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) manufacturer ClipperCreek.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced its fleet of alternative fuel and technology delivery vehicles has driven 200 million miles since 2000. The alternative fuel fleet (AFV) now numbers more than 1,900 and another 62 vehicles have just been ordered.
The total mileage accumulated by UPS's "green fleet" is the equivalent of nearly three round trips to Mars or circling the Earth more than 8,600 times. UPS estimates that its fleet of alternative fuel and technology delivery vehicles will drive the next 200 million miles by 2017.
PE INTERNATIONAL AG, a leading provider of sustainability management software and expert consulting services, has been confirmed as 2011 Enterprise Energy and Carbon Accounting leader. The fourth edition of the report from Groom Energy Solutions added Energy Management features as a new selection criteria for vendors due to a shift in customer demand.
(Marketwire) - Enterprise Rent-A-Car now offers Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles for daily and weekly rentals at its Mark Christopher Auto Center branch in Ontario, California. Enterprise added the Volt to its fleet in early January and is working with all auto manufacturers to make electric vehicles (EV) available to consumers for rental at its neighborhood and airport locations, and through its WeCar car-sharing program.
MetaVu, Inc., a leading sustainability and environmental performance consulting firm, announced today that it has teamed with Xcel Energy to conduct a value measurement study of the company's industry-leading SmartGridCity™ technology pilot project located in Boulder, Colorado. MetaVu will evaluate and measure the SmartGridCity™ system costs, benefits, integration and customer engagement associated with the two-year pilot.
PE INTERNATIONAL AG, a leading provider of sustainability management software and expert consulting services, announced today that it has secured EUR 8 million (10.8 million USD) in venture capital from Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), and the Cleantech team of European investment company Gimv. Through SVC, PE INTERNATIONAL will join Siemens' global innovation network.
/PRNewswire/ - In 1954, Bell Labs pioneered the development of solar power technology, creating solar panels able to support the telephone service of American farmers living off the electricity grid. Today, more than 50 years later, Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) - in conjunction with SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) and ConEdison Development (CED) - announced that a 1.2-megawatt ground-mounted solar power system will be installed at the company's Bell Labs headquarters campus in Murray Hill, N.J. The system is expected to be operational next spring.