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Financing has been obtained for Colorado's first Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy, or C-PACE, project; the associated energy upgrades to a commercial and industrial property include a 100 kW rooftop solar array and LED lighting.

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd., generally known as Swiss Re, on Sept. 21 announced plans to build and operate its own solar power plant at the company's U.S. headquarters in Armonk, N.Y.

Electricity regulators in a small Minnesota city are taking novel approach to clean energy planning, according to the local newspaper.

Bank of America has announced a new set of environmental goals, including a commitment to powering its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2020 and reducing its energy use by 40%.

Regulators in Washington state have adopted a new rule requiring businesses with large carbon emissions to cap and gradually reduce them over time.

As part of its effort to serve the information needs of large commercial and industrial energy executives, Smart Energy Decisions on Sept. 19 announced the launch of its inaugural event: the Smart Energy Decisions Innovation Summit.

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Simon Property Group commissioned the storage system in collaboration with Southern California Edison last year for its Brea, Calif., mall to manage peak power demand.

Culling eight years of data from its Climate Corps program, the Environmental Defense Fund's new report on organizational energy management outlines key trends and recommendations for next steps, including case studies from corporate hosts including Comcast, Nestlé, Tiffany & Co. and Iron Mountain.