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This report from the Institute of Real Estate Management and the Institute for Market Transformation outlines the results of a survey covering issues around energy efficiency and finance, including impacts to building owners' bottom line and barriers to investment.

An updated agenda and confirmed list of speakers, including energy executives from Bloomberg LP, General Motors Co. and Procter and Gamble Co., is now available for the Smart Energy Decisions Innovation Summit.

New York City-based real estate investment trust SL Green Realty Corp. on Jan. 27 announced its participation in the mayor's "Carbon Challenge for Commercial Owners and Tenants" program, which aims to support the city's broader goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The American Airlines Center near Dallas recently completed a lighting retrofit plan that is expected to reduce the arena's energy consumption by 66% percent, resulting in $1.26 million in energy savings over the project's lifetime.

In this Smart Energy Decisions exclusive, Steve Skarda, Procter & Gamble's global climate and energy leader, discusses the company's decision to align its energy management and climate goals, and how its strategy for pursuing renewable energy has evolved over time.

Chicago properties involved in the city's energy benchmarking program have saved $17.8 million on energy bills since the program's inception three years ago, according to a new report.

The U.S. DOE has launched a new, web-based financing navigator aimed at making the process of finding energy efficiency project finance solutions easier for commercial and industrial organizations.

FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania utility subsidiaries Met-Ed, Penn Power and West Penn Power have launched a new demand response program for commercial and industrial customers.

Two commercial and industrial company organizations, alongside Kroger, have agreed not to oppose a new settlement over FirstEnergy's revised energy efficiency plan for its Ohio utilities, though tensions between the company and the Ohio Manufacturers Association appear to remain.