The COVID-19 pandemic will likely be with us for months to come, and as more businesses and schools attempt to return to normal operations, creating safe buildings with healthy air is more important than ever. Using the Wells-Riley equation, we can estimate the probability of...
We are getting ready to celebrate an exciting day in our industry, National Energy Efficiency Day, also known as EE Day. EE Day is the first Wednesday of October. Energy efficiency might not be on the tip of your tongue. But in our office, we...
Targeting zero net energy (ZNE) or zero net carbon (ZNC) are great policies, each with their differences and achieving them is complicated. Though in my view, targeting ZNE or ZNC is worthwhile since it helps get folks excited about reducing energy use and making clean...
Data centers connect our world, but at a massive energy cost. The critical equipment that they house and protect can easily make energy savings sound unimportant, but this type of thinking will miss fantastic cost savings opportunities. High energy consumption, high energy density, and 24/7...
Monitoring and maintaining building ventilation rates are now more relevant than ever for occupant health and safety. In this article, I share how our team diagnosed an underperforming supply fan and underscore the importance of routine fan system maintenance. In March of this year, I conducted...
Instead of engineers gathering by the picturesque oceanside retreat of Asilomar, energy expertise will be shared purely with pixels, both of people and papers. Though our energy engineers at kW Engineering will miss the randomly assigned dining hall seating, and indecisiveness around choosing which presentations...
Applying for utility incentive programs can be a complicated process for a energy efficiency project developer. With multiple calculations and files involved, it is easy to overlook key pieces that could delay a project approval and incentive. Through my experience reviewing these projects, I noticed...
Small business owners may often find themselves left out in the cold when it comes to cost effective approaches to saving money on air conditioning (AC) expenses. With a significantly lower price point than a building automation system, smart thermostats may provide a cost-effective controls...
Many of us are happily using advanced measurement and verification (M&V) methods, a.k.a. normalized metered energy consumption (NMEC), to quantify savings in our energy efficiency projects, now that various meter-based incentive program offerings are underway. My previous posts outlined why this is a ‘happy’ place...
The importance of a healthy workplace in now a top priority as businesses seek to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinics and hospitals around the world utilize ultraviolet (UV) light to kill pathogens like tuberculosis (TB), which stills run rampant in parts of the...