Through its GEOSmart Financing Clearinghouse, the Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA), a national nonprofit energy efficiency and renewable energy contractor association, announced that it has exceeded $1 billion in funded loans for energy efficiency upgrades and solar projects.

Over the past two years, Larry Montgomery, owner of North Shore Sentry, is projected to have saved more than 260,000 kWh and $34,000 in energy costs by upgrading to energy-efficient refrigeration and freezer equipment through the EnergySmart Grocer program.

Ameresco Inc. has announced the completion of work with Fromberg School District #6 in southern Montana renovating Fromberg High School and Fromberg Elementary Schools’ HVAC systems.

Michigan households and businesses have saved $575 million through 2013 by taking advantage of Consumers Energy’s energy efficiency programs, lowering their natural gas and electric bills, and providing a boost to the state’s economic recovery.

In collaboration with The Doe Run Co., St. Louis-based Microgrid Solar has partnered to provide solar and energy efficiency upgrades at Herculaneum High School (HHS). In addition to solar arrays, the project includes HVAC and lighting upgrades.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) United States Court House in Wichita, Kan., is the winner of the 2013 Better Buildings Federal Award.

Honeywell announced a retrofit and revitalization project that is expected to save Connecticut’s town of Tolland nearly $600,000 a year in utility and operating expenses, funds that will be used to make energy-efficient upgrades across multiple municipal buildings and four public schools.

Noesis Energy announced that it now has $18 million of energy efficiency projects in development, attained just two months after the launch of Noesis Pro Project Services. The company said this demonstrates the need in the commercial and industrial sector for a systematic way to measure, verify, and finance efficiency projects.

The Broward County Commission unanimously voted to move forward with a new open market approach to financing for residential and commercial energy retrofits for its more than 1.8 million county residents.

Lime Energy Co. has announced the award of a two-year contract valued at approximately $22 million from National Grid for the implementation of its Small Business Direct Install Program for the Western New York Region.