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The food manufacturer dedicated a 1.2 megawatt fuel cell power plant at its bakery facility in Bloomfield, CT earlier this month. Manufactured by FuelCell Energy, located in Danbury, CT, the fuel cell is now the biggest power source for the Pepperidge Farm’s 260,000 square foot manufacturing facility.

The initiative was supported in part by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), a ratepayer fund administered by Connecticut Innovations Inc., which provided a grant of $3.5 million to Pepperidge Farm (parent company Campbell Soup Company) to offset part of the cost of construction last year.

This is the second fuel cell power plant installation at the Bloomfield plant, which opened in 2003. A smaller, FuelCell Energy 250-kilowatt fuel cell was commissioned for the site in January 2006, also with assistance from CCEF.

The company stated that, on its own, the new fuel cell is supplying about 57% of the total electrical needs for the bakery. Combined with the smaller fuel cell, this installation fulfills 70% of the plant’s electricity needs. Both fuel cells operate 24/7 at the plant that operates three shifts, six days a week. Additionally, excess heat from the new fuel cell is being used to support bakery processes, which helps reduce fuel needs for plant boilers.

“Pepperidge Farm is making excellent use of all the attributes of the fuel cell,” said Lise Dondy, President of CCEF. “Not only are they deriving a significant portion of their required electricity, but they are also effectively utilizing the fuel cell’s thermal output to enjoy the added benefit of being able to operate with a decreased dependence on less efficient resources.”

“We are pleased that Pepperidge Farm relies on DFC(R) fuel cells to achieve its sustainability goals,” added Richard Shaw, Director Business Development for FuelCell Energy. “By using our ultra-clean, highly efficient DFC(R) fuel cells, Pepperidge Farm stands to significantly reduce power costs while lowering emissions and increasing power reliability.”

“We are already seeing the benefits of this investment in our bakery, and it supports the clean energy goals of both our home state of Connecticut and our parent Campbell Soup,” said Robert Furbee, Pepperidge Farm senior vice president, operations. “It signifies not only a great business initiative but also a great partnership among Connecticut entities committed to pursuing clean, alternative energy sources for the state — Pepperidge Farm, the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, and FuelCell Energy, Inc.”

On October 22, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) released a report describing R&D activities that could decrease use of natural resources and improve indoor environments while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful pollutants from the building sector. The report, “Federal R&D Agenda for Net-Zero Energy, High-Performance Green Buildings,” was produced by the NSTC’s Buildings Technology Research and Development Subcommittee under the auspices of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President.

Commercial and residential buildings consume about one-third of the world’s energy. In particular, U.S. buildings account for more than 40% of total U.S. energy consumption, including 72% of electricity generation. According to NSTC, if current trends continue, by 2025, buildings worldwide will be the largest consumer of global energy, consuming as much energy as the transportation and industry sectors combined.

Read TFM’s April 2008 coverage of this topic: “Net-Zero-Energy Buildings” by Kent Peterson, P.E., former ASHRAE president.

“A coordinated federal effort, as well as strong collaboration with the private sector, is essential to achieving breakthrough improvements in energy efficient and renewable energy technologies in the building sector which will be critical if the United States is to achieve its energy goals,” said Jerome Dion, research supervisor in the Buildings Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Energy and co-chair of the NSTC Subcommittee.

“In providing a comprehensive R&D foundation for improving the energy performance of buildings, this report furthers the Administration’s comprehensive approach to addressing overall energy and environmental challenges. It tackles one of the largest yet often overlooked components of our overall energy system—building efficiency,” said OSTP Deputy Director for Technology and NSTC Committee on Technology co-chair Richard Russell.

“The NSTC Subcommittee on Buildings Technology R&D has established an aggressive yet achievable agenda for accelerating the technologies and design practices that could dramatically improve building performance and sustainability,” said Shyam Sunder, director of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and co-chair of the NSTC Subcommittee.

The major goals outlined in the NSTC report include developing technologies, tools and practices that could significantly reduce the use of energy, water and other natural resources, promoting environmentally friendly products and practices, and reducing building material waste while meeting building performance design standards. The agenda calls for supporting these goals through the full spectrum of R&D activities, including use-inspired basic research, applied research, measurement science, development, demonstration and implementation.

The report also addresses barriers to widespread acceptance and surveys policy options to change current buildings sector practices. For example, revision or revalidation of model building code and regulatory requirements at the state and local level can accelerate the adoption of high-performance technologies and holistic design practices for buildings. These new approaches and technologies must be cost-effective, able to meet established performance and design standards, and easy to install, operate and maintain. Achieving these goals will improve both the design of new buildings and the renovation of existing buildings, contributing to the sustainability of future communities.

The report responds to provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005, Public Law No. 109-58) and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISAct 2007, Public Law No. 110-140) to enhance federal R&D that could enable more efficient and higher performance residential and commercial buildings.

The report may be downloaded as a PDF document, which can be found at this link…

About the National Science and Technology Council

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) was established by Executive Order on Nov. 23, 1993. This Cabinet-level council is the principal means for the President to coordinate science and technology across the diverse parts of the federal research and development enterprise. Chaired by the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on behalf of the President, the NSTC membership consists of the Vice President, Cabinet secretaries, agency heads with significant science and technology responsibilities, and other White House officials.

An important objective of the NSTC is the establishment of clear national goals for federal science and technology investments in areas ranging from information technologies and health research to improving transportation systems and strengthening fundamental research. The council prepares research and development strategies that are coordinated across federal agencies to form investment packages aimed at accomplishing multiple national goals.

Olympic athletes were prepared to don respirators and China was forced to seed clouds, idle factories and ban vehicles to temporarily lift a pollution fog that enveloped Beijing as recently as last month.

Very interesting (albeit ironic) for USGBC to award their “gold medal” for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design to a country recognized as one of the planet’s top polluters.  

Thus proving that the politics of “green” have circled the globe and that lucrative consulting proposals can be generated in multiple languages and paid in a variety of currencies…

Poor Richard

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Beijing Air Improves, Olympic Village Earns LEED Gold

BEIJING, China, August 13, 2008 - Beijing’s air quality has improved, with the sky clearly visible today after rains on Sunday and Monday reduced the air pollution, heat and mugginess that made Olympic athletes, visitors and residents uncomfortable for days. 

Weather officials measured an Air Pollution Index of 32 on Tuesday, far below the benchmark API 100 set by the Chinese authorities. An Air Pollution Index of 50 and below is considered excellent by the World Health Organization.

To read the rest of this article, courtesy of Environment News Service, click this link.

The Charlotte, NC-based financial institution recently announced its investment in Philadelphia-based technology and services company Field Diagnostics Services, Inc. (FDSI). Bank of America also plans to deploy the firm’s energy management system in 3,300 of its banking centers nationwide. This move is expected to result in up to 50% cost savings for Bank of America when compared with using standard building control technologies. The FDSI software platform is also forecast to reduce annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the banking centers by an estimated 14,000 CO2 tons annually.

The investment is part of Bank of America’s $20 billion, 10-year environmental commitment to promote sustainability in its operations and through its lending, investing, and new products and services, said Richard Cohen, who leads environmental investments for Bank of America’s Strategic Investments Group.

“Bank of America is actively making strategic investments that reduce greenhouse gas emissions while helping spark the new environmentally sustainable economy, and our partnership with FDSI is an excellent example of this strategy,” Cohen said. “Our collaboration with the Bank’s Corporate Workplace group to make the investment in FDSI takes this new energy-saving technology out of the laboratory and to a level that can truly impact the environment as well as our bottom line.”

FDSI offers advanced enterprise software, handheld energy efficiency diagnostic tools, and project management services that enable more rapid and accurate servicing of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, decreasing energy and operational costs. It is currently developing an upgraded enterprise software solution that uses data captured from networked heating and cooling units to automatically detect energy waste, optimizing energy costs and reducing onsite servicing.

“There are nine million commercial heating and cooling units in the U.S. that can benefit from our technology, enabling businesses to save money and meet their sustainability goals,” said Todd Rossi, president, Field Diagnostics Services, Inc. “Aided by the support from Bank of America, we are pleased to bring our clean technology solutions to the broader marketplace.”

Bank of America’s environmental initiatives emphasize business opportunities, created by green economic growth, by providing critical financing to encourage the development of environmentally sustainable products and technologies; accelerate the deployment of existing technologies; and increase energy efficiency. Results under these initiatives include investments in solar and other renewable energy efforts at schools, municipalities and businesses, and financing the preservation of redwood forests, among other efforts. At the same time, the company has policies in place against financing projects that would destroy primary moist tropical rainforests, certain endangered forests or companies involved in illegal logging.

For the second consecutive year, the Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability (HCFS) is awarding a $5,000 grant to the individual or company judged to have the best-executed foodservice or food retail sustainability project of the year. Submissions are currently being accepted, and the recipient will be announced at the 2008 Greenbuild Expo in Boston, MA.

Applicants can enter by submitting a case study of 10 or fewer pages demonstrating how their program addresses sustainability challenges such as reducing energy/water use; decreasing wastewater or solid waste; or implementing Farm-to-Fork programs or other combined programs. All submissions must be received by 5 p.m. EST August 29, 2008 and will be judged by the HCFS Fellows. The recipient will use the proceeds to invest in additional sustainability efforts. The individual and/or company honored will be selected to join the HCFS Fellows and assist in future initiatives.

Dickinson College, a liberal arts school in Carlisle, PA, was the first-ever HCFS grant recipient in 2007. Among its many sustainability programs and efforts, Dickinson established the Dickinson College Farm as a collaborative effort between the college’s dining services staff, faculty, and students and established initiatives to reduce waste and water and energy use at the college.

Many of the colleges and universities participating in this month’s March Madness competition are also busy trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Juice Energy Inc., a New York based electricity supply company, has highlighted a number of environmental initiatives occurring at participating NCAA conferences and schools. These schools have begun tackling their impact on the environment by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, investing in renewable energy and launching green initiatives. See the write up from Juice Energy below.

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1. The ACC is a perennial powerhouse in March, but is also recognized for its environmental initiatives. Duke, a number 2 seed, is the 5th largest university purchaser of green power, buying renewables equal to 31% of total consumption. Duke’s cross-town rival, UNC, has committed to making its new campus, Carolina North, carbon neutral through the use of alternative energy and LEED building guidelines. Clemson received high marks in the Sustainable Endowments Institute’s 2008 Sustainability Report Card for its green building policy that requires all new facilities over 5,000 square feet to achieve LEED Silver certification. The University of Miami is doing its part by conducting a university-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory and launching a program to use soy-based biodiesel to fuel half of its campus buses.
2. The Big East is represented by the most teams–seven–all with significant environmental commitments. Georgetown has a 300 kilowatt solar installation that represents the longest running project of its scale in the country. UConn is home to the first LEED-certified NCAA athletic facility, the football complex, and training center. Both Louisville and Marquette have reduced GHG emissions by improving energy efficiency, saving $150,000 and $350,000 per year, respectively. Notre Dame reduced GHG emissions by 69,000 tons through efficiency improvements at its power plant. Pitt is commissioning a new steam plant expected to reduce related annual emissions by 46%. West Virginia is focused on both efficiency initiatives and an educational campaign to engage students in energy conservation.
3. The Big Ten is a leader on the basketball court and the environment. According to the EPA, the Big Ten is ranked 2nd among green power purchases by conference, totaling 134,000,000 kWh per year. Michigan State joined the Chicago Climate Exchange and committed to a 6% reduction of carbon emissions by 2010, while Wisconsin’s “We Conserve” campaign is seeking to reduce per square foot energy consumption 20% by 2010. Indiana has focused on student involvement using its “Volunteers in Sustainability” program to engage students on sustainability issues. Purdue also encourages student involvement and uses student designed solar panels to heat water in one of its buildings.
4. The PAC-10, another basketball powerhouse, is also making strides in sustainability. Oregon is a campus sustainability leader for its commitment to achieve climate neutrality and use of 22% of its energy consumption from carbon neutral sources. USC is investing in renewables as well with 7% of its electricity coming from biomass, geothermal and hydro generation. UCLA has set targets to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and Stanford is working to build a “Green Dorm” that will emit no net carbon and generate more electricity than it uses. Washington State has a student-led initiative to use waste-fryer oil to produce approximately 3,800 gallons of biofuel. Arizona has focused on design and the new campus Recreation Center will be LEED-certified.
5. The SEC’s participating schools have also made notable commitments to reduce emissions. At Tennessee, student fees have facilitated the purchase of green power equal to 2.6% of the campus’s energy consumption and Kentucky’s student government similarly voted for a fee increase to fund renewable energy purchases. Vanderbilt’s “Free Ride to Work” program, which pays for faculty and staff to take public transportation, received the 2006 Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award in Pollution Prevention. Mississippi State hosts a 15-kilowatt solar array that supplies 25,000 kWh of electricity per year. Arkansas is implementing efficiency projects to reduce carbon emissions by over 3,500 tons annually and Georgia is currently investigating the use of renewable fuels in campus vehicles and the central steam plant.
6. The Big 12 is represented by five schools this year, each working to minimize their environmental impact. Baylor is helping to develop a new wind generation in Texas and Oklahoma has partnered with their utility to purchase 100% wind power. Kansas recently created a Center for Sustainability and installed a geothermal heating and cooling system in one student residence. Texas has developed its EcoReps program to help dorm residents reduce their environmental impact while its rival Texas A&M has focused efforts on improving energy efficiency and boasts a 33% reduction in energy consumption per square foot.
7. Conference USA’s sole participant—Memphis—has made impressive student-initiated efforts to purchase green power. The largest voter turn-out in school history approved a referendum to purchase green power, which, if implemented, would make Memphis the largest user of green power in the Southeast.
8. The Atlantic-10 conference is represented by Xavier, Temple, and St. Joseph’s University. Temple has recently established a Sustainability Task Force and an Office of Sustainability to apply holistic sustainability measures, and is at the forefront of green roof technology research. Xavier has taken initial steps to minimize its overall impact on the environment by replacing light fixtures and lamps with more energy efficient units. St. Joseph’s is beginning to take action by participating in the EPA sponsored recycling contest, RecycleMania, a ten-week friendly competition between colleges and universities. (To read past coverage of RecycleMania in TFM, read, “Lessons For FMs, From The Halls Of Academia”)
9. The Patriot League through its single participant, American University, has made a significant commitment to renewable energy. American purchases renewable energy credits equal to 5% of the University’s 2005 energy consumption. Building on this, students at American proposed a student fee to fund the purchase of renewable energy and establish a goal of having 50% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2012.
10. The Ivy League is also represented by a single school that has achieved a reduction in emissions. According to the EPA, the Ivy League has purchased more green power than any other division 1 athletic conference, in addition to receiving the highest grade in the College Sustainability 2008 report card. This year’s representative on the court, Cornell, is recognized as a climate change leader with a 10% reduction in energy use through the use of cold lake water to air condition campus buildings. And, 16% of Cornell’s electricity is sustainably produced and plans are in place to cut GHG emissions by 20% through energy efficiency projects.

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International building codes may soon incorporate requirements from a new load calculation standard from ASHRAE and ACCA under several recent proposals now under consideration.

ASHRAE made 15 proposals to the International Code Council (ICC), which develops model codes that may be adopted by code jurisdictions in the United States or internationally. After a public comment period of the committee recommendations of proposals, final hearings for the code change proposals will take place in September 2008. If the proposals are accepted, they would be included in the 2009 code.

Under a proposal to both the International Mechanical Code (IMC) and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), references to load calculation guidance in the ASHRAE Handbook, Fundamentals, would be replaced with requirements from a new ASHRAE standard developed with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), ANSI/ASHRAE/ACCA Standard 183-2007, Peak Cooling and Heating Load Calculations in Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. The standard establishes minimum requirements for building loads that are inclusive of as many procedural methods as possible while identifying core elements that impact heat loss and gains.

“The guidance in the ASHRAE Handbook was never intended to serve as a reference document to codes,” said Steve Ferguson, ASHRAE assistant manager of standards – codes. “Standard 183 provides an appropriate consensus reference standard that is appropriate for adoption in the ICC codes.”

Also approved were proposed changes regarding lighting stringency based on requirements in ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. These changes include:

• Adding exceptions for typical lighting requirements, which would eliminate conflicts with the code and accepted lighting design practice that are commonly applied.
• Allowing calculation of track lighting wattage, which provides an important practical application. Without this provision, users may be forced to claim more wattage than it is possible to put into the application.
• Modifying lighting power allowances, which would eliminate issues in the allowance section through appropriate and practical application of these additional allowances. While simplifying the application, it also will increase energy savings, according to Ferguson.

Also related to 90.1 was a proposal to modify chiller requirements. The proposal calls for, effective Jan. 1, 2010, an additional path of compliance for water-cooled chillers and consolidation of, and new requirements, for some of the existing categories.

In today’s diverse market, the cleaning industry is faced with the challenge of balancing two important goals: Creating effective cleaning products and processes for a wide variety of applications, while protecting public health and not adding pollutants into our environment.

While manufacturers are under pressure to create “green” products for today’s marketplace with reduced environmental impact on our natural resources, facility managers and consumers are particularly concerned about the impact of cleaning chemicals and their effect on the air within our buildings. Cleaning chemicals, in particular, have been identified as sources of volatile organic compound (VOC) and particulate emissions, which can contribute to poor indoor air quality and trigger allergy and asthma attacks.

“Manufacturers, building owners, facility managers, and commercial cleaning companies have made significant and commendable progress in recent years in their efforts to maintain healthier indoor environments through environmentally friendly cleaning products and deep cleaning processes. However, results of indoor air quality tests in today’s environments, particularly schools and homes, show that VOCs associated with cleaning chemicals are prevalent in the air,” said Tony Worthan, president of Air Quality Sciences (AQS).

A new AQS report, Cleaning Chemicals and Their Impact on Indoor Environments and Health, looks at the health impacts associated with cleaning products and systems, especially chemicals and particulate emissions that can be inhaled. It also discusses the importance of cleaning products in the green building movement and examines the various third party certification programs that are used to ensure products are safe for both the outdoor and indoor environments. Technologies for testing cleaning products for chemical emissions and evaluating potential health risks are highlighted.

In particular, the report describes a new testing methodology that gives cleaning product manufacturers a clear advantage for demonstrating that their products are safe and effective. This method uses environmental chamber technology, the most reliable and scientifically proven way to test for VOC emissions and product performance, and for testing and monitoring VOC emissions to ensure products emit low levels of VOCs. This test method also allows a product to produce VOC emissions similar to the way the product would emit in a home, office, or school. In other words, this new test method provides real world data that can then be mathematically modeled to determine exposure concentrations produced by a product application in many different indoor environments.

“Air Quality Sciences helps manufacturers understand the sources of VOCs and other contaminants emitted from their products and recommends methods for altering processes or materials to achieve acceptable emissions levels. This is important, because results of AQS studies indicate that ‘green’ does not guarantee that a product or its application process will emit low levels of VOCs. The benefits for manufacturers include more effective, safer products that appeal to growing green markets, reduced product liability, and increased ability to differentiate offerings,” Mr. Worthan said. This research report is available free of charge from the Aerias-AQS IAQ Resource Center Web site.

Accor North America Leads the Hotel Industry with Fluorescent Bulb Recycling Initiative as Federal Government Passes Law to Phase Out Incandescent Bulbs by 2014

Motel 6, the largest corporately owned and operated hotel chain in North America, announces the completion of its roll out of the first national fluorescent light bulb and battery recycling program within the hospitality industry. Motel 6, with more than 900 properties across the country, is the first U.S. hotel chain to implement this type of recycling program at its corporate properties nationwide without a federal mandate. The program, which launched in June 2007, is a continuation of Accor’s Earth Guest initiatives that demonstrate Accor North America’s dedication to preserving the environment.

“We have already embraced the national phasing out of incandescent light bulbs, recently passed into law by the federal government, and have taken it to the next level by establishing this recycling program,” said Jim Amorosia, president and chief operating officer for Motel 6. “Despite the five-year life span on these bulbs, we estimate that our properties will still recycle an approximate, combined total 60,000 fluorescent light bulbs per year.”

On December 19, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law a landmark energy bill to begin phasing out traditional incandescent bulbs starting in 2012, to be completed in 2014. Australia took a more radical approach earlier in 2007, becoming the first country to ban incandescent bulbs outright starting in 2010.

In January of 2006, Motel 6 began its extensive retrofitting of fluorescent lighting at its corporate-owned properties, which consumes 75% less energy than conventional bulbs. The brand’s retrofitting of fluorescent light bulbs and the Motel 6 Battery and Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling Program complement the efforts of Motel 6’s parent company, Accor North America, to reduce energy consumption in all its properties. In late 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency honored Accor North America as an Energy Star Leader for significantly increasing energy efficiency in its economy hotel properties.

To develop this nationwide recycling initiative, Accor North America partnered with Facility Solutions Group (FSG), who oversees the program, and Veolia Environmental Services, who manufactures and recycles the light bulbs and batteries. Motel 6 properties received boxes specifically designed to collect light bulbs, along with containers for batteries. Materials are shipped automatically to each location on an annual basis with specific instructions on how to return the used containers.

Batteries, light bulbs and electronic equipment typically contain mercury, lead and other heavy metals that are considered hazardous to the environment. By initiating this recycling program, Motel 6’s waste is guaranteed to be properly recycled in accordance with federal, state and local regulations.

Accor North America’s Earth Guest program in 2007 consisted of extensive and ongoing environmental initiatives including the planting of 20,000 trees representing each Accor employee in North America, implementation of a 65-point environmental check list at all properties and at the corporate headquarters, and donation of $375,000 to educational and charitable groups. Earth Guest program activities are led and put into action at the corporate level and in local communities by Accor North America’s four brands and over 900 properties – Sofitel, Novotel, Studio 6 and Motel 6 in the U.S. and Canada.

Building Retrofit Programme Will Be the First under the Global Carbon Reduction Initiative

Honeywell has announced that it has been selected by the Greater London Authority (GLA) for a building retrofit programme that will increase energy efficiency in city facilities and cut carbon emissions. London is the first C40 city in the world to launch a comprehensive programme under the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), which the city and Honeywell joined in May to combat global warming.

“The businesses and building owners collaborating on energy-saving building retrofits are saving money, making money, creating new jobs, and fighting climate change, all at once. I am very pleased that my foundation has been able to accelerate these projects that reduce carbon emissions and increase the use and market for energy efficient technologies around the world,” said President Bill Clinton. “Working together, we can save energy, reduce carbon emissions, strengthen the economy, and secure the future.”

“Today marks the start of the transformation of London’s buildings from the major source of carbon emissions in the city, to a beacon of modern, low-carbon efficiency,” said London Mayor Ken Livingstone.

As part of the GLA programme, Honeywell will conduct a detailed analysis of 22 Transport for London (TfL) buildings and identify areas for energy-efficient improvements. Honeywell will present the findings to the GLA and TfL, which will then select the proposals that meet their carbon emission reduction and payback requirements, and award performance contracts to Honeywell to implement energy conservation measures in the chosen facilities. Typical projects include HVAC, mechanical, lighting, and building automation systems upgrades.

The performance contracts will allow GLA to pay for the facility improvements and upgrades through the energy savings they generate. Honeywell guarantees the savings so the work will not impact operating budgets or require additional taxpayer funding.

The programme is expected to have a significant ecological impact. Honeywell anticipates that the potential carbon emission savings from work at the TfL facilities alone would be equivalent to taking more than 450 cars off the road.

“Leveraging energy-efficient technologies has an obvious environmental benefit, but it can have positive financial drivers as well,” said Joe Puishys, president of Honeywell Building Solutions. “Working with the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority Group, we will identify the green technology that will address the city’s climate commitments and provide the greatest return on investment. We’re excited to be part of this landmark programme.”