Month: March 2011

GE WattWise Saves Energy with Real-Time Insights

An infographic titled “GE Capital Rolls Out WattWise Energy App for Franchise Customers,” featuring four sections with icons and text explaining the app’s benefits: energy tracking, cost-saving recommendations, sustainability support, and franchise operations improvement.

GE Capital is rolling out WattWise, a new mobile application, to its franchise restaurant operator customers in the U.S. WattWise analyzes the energy consumed by the lighting currently installed in a restaurant, then estimates the savings operators can achieve if they switch to more energy-efficient alternatives. Restaurants spend up to five times more on utilities than other commercial businesses, according to the 2011 Chain Restaurant Industry Review, released this week by GE Capital, Franchise Finance. Lighting accounts for 13% of a restaurant’s total energy usage but it’s one of the expenses that can be most easily managed. Initial testing with WattWise identified at least $500 in cost-saving opportunities per store per year, and sometimes much more. FYI, USUALLY THE SAVINGS IS MUCH MORE. THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO COVER THEMSELVES..

NY DEC Education Camps

Source: Green Ossining New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Education Camps for 12- to 17-year olds… Are hands-on, aff ordable and fun Introduce outdoor skills, including optional sportsman education programs Have highly qualifi ed staff with exceptional training Foster a love for the natural world that will last a lifetime

Ossining Earth Day/Stash the Trash Event Set for April 30

Looking for a fun and educational family day out that can also help you live a more sustainable life? Come out with your family and friends to Ossining’s Earth Day/Stash the Trash event at the beautiful Louis B. Engel Waterfront Park on April 30 from 11am -5pm. Featured events of the day, which have been organized by the Town/Village Green Ossining Committee include:

San Diego Air and Space Museum chooses MSi lighting

Recently the San Diego Air and Space Museum picked MSi LED lights as replacements for the hot and inefficient tungsten halogen lighting that were being used in their exhibit spaces. This Smithsonian affiliate museum is home to many historically important and rare aircraft including a British Spitfire, a Navy F6F Hellcat and the A4 Skyhawk jet fighter. As MSi sales representative Daniel Stern explains MSI LED lighting is so good it even fooled the trained eye of the museums chief building engineer. “He had viewed my demonstration of our newest lights and immediately agreed to their purchase. As we were walking out he pointed to the gift shop and said that he wanted to replace those halogen lights next. Little did he know the independent management company that operated the gift shop had replaced the halogen lighting with MSi iPAR38’s last November. For over five months he had not noticed any difference in light output between the old halogen lights and the new MSi LED’s. Great testimony to the advancements MSi has made in LED lighting.”

Target to Offer Home Makeover as part of Earth Month Celebration

Target Corp. is joining in to kickoff its Earth Month celebration. The festivities will include a sweepstakes with hundreds of sustainable prizes – including a “Refresh Your Nest” home makeover worth up to $50,000 with Target’s style expert for home, LEED accredited designer Sabrina Soto. Guests can log on to Target.com/Eco to enter the sweepstakes. “From how we build our stores to the way we interact with our guests, environmental sustainability at Target is integrated throughout our business,” said Shawn Gensch, vice president, Marketing. “As part of Target’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, our Earth Month activities are designed to remind our guests of the many ways we can all make small changes, which together make a big difference.”

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