Several years ago Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was all the rage.
Several years ago Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) was all the rage.
Topics: ISO 50001
In last week’s Traditional Energy Audits Are So Yesterday we noted that the recently introduced ISO 50001 energy management standard may help companies establish their own energy management process. Where audits are a snapshot look at usage, ISO 50001 gives them a “Plan-Do-Check-Act” framework for energy usage in their business.
Topics: ISO 50001
As this heat bubble hovers over New England many folks are heading home on a Friday night to turn on two things – the Red Sox and their air conditioners.
Topics: heat wave, Energy Cost, residential air conditioner use
Of course the conventional view is that the smart grid market will be “huge” – and the target for smart grid today is squarely on the residential market. So it shouldn’t be missed that within days of each other both Google and Microsoft killed their initial home energy software applications.
Topics: Google PowerMeter, HAN, Sub-metering, Microsoft Hohm, Enterprise Smart Grid
Topics: enterprisesmartgrid.org launch, enterprisesmartgrid.org, Enterprise Smart Grid
Jim Rogers from Duke Energy famously promotes efficiency as the “5th Fuel” in the world-wide portfolio of energy production. He echoes the consensus that renewable energy requires massive incentives to make it financially viable, while energy efficiency does not, and hence these opportunities should be more actively addressed.
Topics: Energy Efficiency, utility rebates, Rebates, energy efficiency incentives
Whenever a utility offers our customer on-bill financing we know we’ll be installing this energy efficiency project within a few months. Our hit rate for these projects is literally 100%.
Topics: Energy Efficiency, On Bill Finance, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant pro, PACE, DOE Loan Guarantee, OBF, utility bill financing
With our $2.6 million investment announcement we described that a portion of these proceeds would fund our CESA (Corporate Energy Services Agreement), our PPA for energy efficiency we began delivering in 2009.
Topics: CESA, energy efficiency financing, Shared Savings, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA for Energy Efficiency, PACE, Corporate Energy Services Agreement, performance contract
When our engineers step onto a roof and see cooling towers with multiple cells/fans they see energy $avings.
Topics: Variable Frequency Drives, Cooling Tower, Energy Saving VFD, VFD
As Boston faces its fourth major snow storm in a month many New Englanders have sunk deep into the “dark months” blues. And each day as I stare at Groom Energy’s snow-covered solar array I can’t dismiss some level of guilt for our environmental faux pas.
Topics: Solar PV, snow covered solar, Renewable Energy, Harvard solar PV