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An Easy Way to Be More “Environmentally-Friendly”

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By Anne Marie Smouse, co-owner, Urban Gardens Landscape & Nursery

Becoming more environmentally-friendly is more than a catch-phrase for Urban Gardens Landscape & Nursery. For the past 20 years, we’ve helped thousands of residents and commercial customers throughout the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area upgrade their outdoor space with professional-grade garden and landscape commodities and installations.  

At Urban Gardens, the environment doesn’t end with our customers. When it came time to consider our energy options, we decided to choose a plan that would allow us to match 50 percent of our electricity use with the purchase of…
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GM Baltimore Operations Complex with 1.23 MW Solar Array to Manufacture “Green Motors of the Future”

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Ready to pick up our shovels for the groundbreaking. To my right is Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and behind him, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu

One of the most powerful sustainability accomplishments that a business can achieve includes combining a method for its consumers to be more environmentally responsible while pursuing its own ongoing sustainability efforts at the same time. General Motors, one of the world’s largest automakers, is a leading example.

Yesterday, General Motors (GM) held the official groundbreaking event for…
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Efficiency Made Easy (EME): Our Newest Product Offers a Convenient Way for Businesses to Implement Energy Conservation Measures

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Our business customers – both large and small – have been actively interested in pursuing energy efficiency initiatives in their facilities; however, there is often a scarcity of capital dollars available to implement much needed energy efficiency projects. When faced with this obstacle what can a customer do?

Well… the easiest thing to do, of course, would be nothing. More proactive (but not necessarily better or feasible) alternatives include finding another way to internally allocate capital to implement a project, or breaking your efficiency project into small increments but…
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Here Comes the Sun: MEA’s First Project Sunburst Solar Installation Online

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The on-site solar power system located at Anne Arundel County's Combined Services Complex

By Kevin Lucas

Program Manager of Maryland Energy Administration

On March 4, Constellation Energy completed the metering on its solar installation for Anne Arundel County’s Combined Services Complex.  The installation is the first solar project to be operational under the Maryland Energy Administration’s Project Sunburst initiative, which promotes the installation of large-scale solar photovoltaic energy systems on state buildings.

The Combined Support Services Complex building houses Anne Arundel


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How an Energy Performance Contract Has Helped a Growing County Save Over $1 Million

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Are you thinking about entering an energy performance contract for your organization and want to know more? Then you’ve come to the right place.

Six years ago Cumberland County entered an energy performance contract with Constellation, which included a series of energy efficiency measures including installing energy efficient lighting and lighting controls, expanding its energy management system, replacing heat pumps with Energy Star rated units, and more. In 2008, the county expanded the project to include the implementation of an additional $2.2 million in energy efficiency measures through the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program…
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U.S. Department of State Signs Innovative Agreement That Will Spur Job Growth Through Development of Solar, Wind Facilities

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Here I am on the left during the signing of the ESA.

I’m excited to share that the U.S. Department of State will be able to help contribute to President Obama’s executive order to reduce federal-wide greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020 through a new federal contract with Constellation Energy. The Energy Savings Agreement (ESA) is the first federal contract of its kind, and will also encourage the development of two new renewable energy facilities.

Here is a quick overview of…
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