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The partnership will enable Tridium to provide wireless connectivity for its JACE controllers.

The company's contribution included supporting a vegetative green roof as well as an array of equipment.

IT company concerned with energy management is the newest member of the consortium dedicated to improving the electricity/load model.

Solatube International Inc. provided 148 750 DS daylighting systems for the recently held Olympic games in Beijing. The units were installed in the 2,400 sq meter gymnasium that held the

The Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) recently posted a capabilities brochure on its website at www.dali-ag.org/. DALI is a protocol set out in the technical standard IEC 62386. AG-DALI is

Solid State Luminaries has released its Extremeline Series which features a optical projector package in a thin housing that is designed to provide LED performance through maximized thermal control.

Orion Energy Systems’ compact modular fluorescent fixture is designed to provide more light that traditional high-intensity discharge lights. The units feature plug-and-play capability and energy efficiency.

According to the EPA, in terms of air quality, Jefferson County, AL had the highest number of “unhealthy days” of any county in the state, in 2007. Residents also experi-enced the state’s highest concentrations of air pollutants associated with asthma and other lung diseases. At particular risk: older adults and children.

Staybridge Suites is a company going in the right direction. An all-suite hotel brand for ex-tended-stay guests looking for a residential-style hotel for business, relocation, or leisure, Staybridge boasts an impressive 10,655 rooms in 94 hotels. What’s more, the company has 11,226 rooms in the pipeline in the Americas, with another 230 rooms planned for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. So rapid is the company’s growth, it will reach its 100th hotel opening faster than any other brand in the upscale extended-stay market.

Rather than simply adding another residence hall to their southwest Chicago campus using traditional design and building methods, Saint Xavier University seized the op-portunity to create a performance structure using the highest standards of green tech-nology available. One of the important examples of green technology used in Saint Xa-vier’s new Arthur Rubloff Hall is the use of displacement ventilation, in which ventilation air is delivered directly to heat sinks such as people.