Senate Energy and Natural Resources chairman Ron Wyden D-OR and ranking member Regulatory Commission to turn over information about national gas rate proceedings over the last four years. The proceedings were initiated to investigate whether rates charged by national gas pipeline operators were fair. The lawmakers are also asking for details of an inquiry prompted by an outside complaint accusing pipeline firms of collecting unreasonable and unjust fees for transportation, storage and fuel, The Hill said.
Engineering estimates, which can vary due to factors such as weather, store operations and systems performance, indicate the store will use , kWh per year while generating , kWh per year.
Some of the earliest attempts at being net zero have stru turkey phone number ggled. The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was built to be a net zero energy building, but it still needed to pull energy from the grid for years.
Over the past year, Walgreens engineers have worked with the city of Evanston and vendors, including Trane, CREE Lighting, Acuity Lighting, Cooper Lighting, CalStar Products, GE Lighting, Geothermal International, SoCore Energy, Wing Power and Camburas and Theodore Architects.
Walgreens will attempt to have the store achieve LEED Platinum status from the US Green Building Council, and plans to enter the store into the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge. The store will be Walgreens second showcase project in the Department of Energy Better Buildings Challenge. Through the Better Buildings Challenge, Walgreens has committed to a chain-wide percent energy reduction by .
The Better Buildings Challenge is gaining momentum. Recently, Sprint became the first telecommunications company to join the program. And more than companies have joined the DOE’s Better Plants program.
As for Walgreens, its net zero project is the latest of several green initiatives for the company. Walgreens currently operates two stores that have achieved LEED Gold certification; stores utilizing solar power; a store in Oak Park, Ill., using geothermal energy; a distribution center in Waxahachie, Texas, that generates energy though the use of wind; and locations with electric vehicle charging stations. Walgreens stores use watt fluorescent lamps, LED cooler and freezer lighting and energy management systems in more than , locations. In addition, Walgreens distribution centers have achieved net zero waste, which means revenues from recycling exceed waste expense.