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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%.

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.

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.

Funding supports clean energy projects at large and medium-size industrial facilities and is expected to yield more than $12 million in annual savings, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority said Sept. 12.

Microsoft recently partnered with the nation's largest power producer, NRG Energy, to announce new research on the topic of energy storage.

In existing leased retail spaces, incentives and costs often do not align to allow commercial tenants and landlords to realize energy savings through efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning or HVAC system specification, operation and maintenance.

Amid a major corporate merger and divestiture, at least one thing appears to have remained constant at Allergan, according to the company's director of global energy engineering.

A Wisconsin-based chain of grocery stores recently announced plans to build a new store that will use a new refrigerant blend that promises increased energy efficiency.

On the heels of the U.S. and China formally joining the Paris Agreement on climate change, BlackRock on Sept. 6 urged investors to factor climate change into their portfolios or face financial losses.

In its first-ever corporate sustainability report, Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. said it has reduced energy use at its restaurants by 15.2% from 2011 to 2016.