WAC Lighting (Garden City, N.Y.): James McMahan has been appointed general manager and V.P. For the past 21 years McMahan worked for Schonbek Lighting Worldwide at several executive positions, including CFO, director of sales and marketing and
director of marketing communications. McMahan has also worked for Procter & Gamble, Mead Corp., and Pitney & Bowes. He has a B.S. in marketing and a M.B.A. in finance from the University of South Carolina.
Archive for March 19th, 2010
WAC Lighting Appoints James McMahan as GM and V.P.
VP Biden Visits Cree Headquarters
Cree Inc. had special visitor yesterday at its Durham, N.C., headquarters – Vice President Joe Biden, who discussed the Obama Administration’s economic plans with Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda. Business Wire
Siemens Teams Up With Metrus Energy on Energy Retrofit for BAE Systems
The Siemens Building Technologies Division, Buffalo Grove, Ill., and Metrus Energy Inc., San Francisco, have reached a financing agreement with BAE Systems, a leader in the defense industry, to make its facility In Merrimack, N.H., energy efficient. Under the deal’s unique pay-for-performance structure, BAE Systems only pays for the actual energy savings realized from the program’s comprehensive energy efficiency improvements, while immediately experiencing the environmental, operational and bottom-line benefits.
BAE Systems expects the program to save more than $200,000 annually in utility expenses. Siemens will generate energy savings through various energy-efficient retrofits and upgrades including a new compressor, building automation system improvements, a complete lighting retrofit, new transformers and comprehensive campus energy policy. “We’re addressing a large but vastly underserved market. The majority of energy efficiency services, programs and financing options largely have been limited to the domain of the government and public sector,” said Bob Hinkle, Chief Executive Officer of Metrus. “The ESA specifically targets projects at private industrial and commercial facilities enabling these types of businesses to pay for retrofits through realized energy savings.” Details
GE to Spend More on R&D for Thin-Film PV Panels
GE, Niskayuna, N.Y., is upping its ante in thin-film solar research. According to an Associated Press report, the company plans to spend more on R&D at PrimeStar Solar Inc., Aravada, Colo., a start-up firm in which GE holds a major stake. PrimeStar produces thin-film PV panels using cadmium telluride technology.
“After having completed an exhaustive survey of the PV landscape, we determined that thin films were the optimum path for GE,” said Danielle Merfeld, GE’s solar R&D leader in a press release at www.primestarsolar.com. “Specifically, the CdTe technology from PrimeStar has great potential. Bringing together world-class materials expertise, unique materials and systems modeling and design capabilities and state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor solar testing facilities, GE researchers are innovating across our four global research centers—literally around the clock—to deliver a breakthrough product to market.”