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Seal and Save: How Weatherization Improvements Benefit Your Business

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For commercial buildings, the building envelope (walls, roof, windows, doors, and insulation separating indoors from outdoors) is one of the most important yet overlooked opportunities to reduce energy waste and improve comfort. When the envelope leaks, a building's heating and cooling systems work overtime, driving up utility costs and creating drafty, inconsistent indoor temperatures.

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Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLCs)

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Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLCs) are advanced, networked lighting systems that integrate sensors and controls directly into each fixture. This allows for precise control over lighting in specific areas — down to individual desks or workstations — and can boost energy savings by up to 50% more than LEDs alone.

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Mid-Sized Manufacturer Gains Big Savings From Small Business Program

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The company had been a fixture in Danville for decades. But after more than half a century of service to customers in the heat exchange industry, the Tridan manufacturing plant was poised to close its doors. In a unique twist of fate, one of its own customers would give the company — and the people who work there — a new lease on life.

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