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BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Constellation Energy to supply 2,000 renewable wind energy certificates to the Baseball Hall of Fame to match the electricity used by the Hall of Fame over the course of the baseball season.

As we pointed out in a recent report, a dozen or so startups now dominate the big, untapped smart lighting controls market, with the best likely to become acquisition targets for building controls incumbents such as Honeywell or Johnson Controls. But stealthy startup Daintree Networks wants to take a slightly different tack — deliver ZigBee-based, interoperable lighting controls to market by partnering directly with the incumbents. read more »

“Green curtains” of outdoor vines can not only shade windows and keep interiors from growing too hot, but can produce food for the occupants or workers inside the buildings they grow on.

That’s exactly what “curtains” of goya and morning glory are doing for 20 manufacturing and office buildings belonging to the Kyocera Group. Launched in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, in 2007, Kyocera’s environmental project has since expanded to facilities in Thailand and Japan. read more »