John Rego, Director of Environmental Sustainability at Sony Pictures Entertainment, recently joined Green Energy News to discuss the company’s involvement with renewable energy generation. During the meeting, he weighs the feasibility of solar energy production for long-term payback and discusses the company’s use of more practical renewable energy sources to ultimately lead the studio to its “zero-waste”…

The Sears Tower in Chicago, measuring an astounding 1,450 feet, will be given a $350 million green retrofit to turn the 110 story structure into a sustainable, conservational place of business. The project plans require the tower to decrease energy utilization by 80 percent and water consumption by 40 percent. To achieve these goals, title-holder American Landmark Properties and associates plan on exchanging the structure’s 16,000 tinted single pane windows to form a thermal break between…

It seems that in the midst of our deteriorating economy and environment, many large corporations are making the switch to renewable energy. The reasons are plenty; tax credits for energy saved, possibility to hold onto excess power and distribute to energy companies for a profit, and not to mention, added publicity from their change to sustainable green energy. The hotel chain recently earned green lodging certification…