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12 Oct Average at your own risk. The pitfalls and perils of average utility charges

Posted at 08:11h in Commercial Real Estate, Energy Audits, Energy Management, Energy Policy by James Donson 0 Comments

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Averages hide things, blending together the highs and the lows arriving at something in the middle. But the end result is a product that doesn’t accurately reflect the diversity of the whole which can be a BIG problem when it comes to estimating savings for...

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05 Oct Top 5 energy and consumer trends impacting your grocery store’s bottom line

Posted at 08:16h in Energy Efficiency Industry, Energy Management, Grocery, Retail, Retro-Commissioning by Jim Kelsey 0 Comments

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Last week I got to attend one of my favorite conferences – the Energy and Store Development conference hosted by the Food Marketing Institute. I love it because it’s a great crowd of people, most of them energy geeks like myself, who’re fascinated by trying...

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28 Sep Under the hood of your building: Curiosity discovers big RCx savings from inefficient chiller operation

Posted at 08:22h in Energy Management, Retro-Commissioning, Schools K-12 by Duane Kubischta 0 Comments

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As efficiency engineers it’s important to be curious, persistent and to get into our client’s shoes. How, why, and can you show me? These questions help me remember an ethos that drives me every day as I solve big energy problems. Here is one great success story...

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21 Sep New Tools Of the Trade: Data Analyst Meets Energy Engineer

Posted at 08:08h in Careers, Commercial Real Estate, Energy Efficiency Industry by David Jump 0 Comments

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In California, energy efficiency programs will soon be contracted out to third parties in hopes of increasing the impact of energy efficiency programs and lowering resource costs. In our previous post we discussed why energy savings based on normalized metered energy consumption (NMEC) has the...

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14 Sep Bills, Bills, Bills – Here’s What’s New in California Energy Politics {September 2018}

Posted at 08:03h in Commercial Real Estate, Energy Efficiency Industry, Energy Policy, M&V, Renewables by Rachel Wong 0 Comments

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I find it to be important for me to point out that this is the second blog post in which I’ve co-opted a song for a blogpost title. Hats off to Bowie for the first one (Ch-, Ch-, Ch-, Changes). This one pays tribute to...

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07 Sep Everything you need to know about hiring an energy auditor

Posted at 08:04h in Commercial Real Estate, Energy Audits by Peter Pollard 0 Comments

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When you’re hiring an energy auditor, you’ll want to make sure your time and money are well spent. So, it’s important to know the key factors that increase your chances of getting a high-quality energy audit. The thing is, everybody thinks they can do an...

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31 Aug Graduated with an engineering degree and a passion for sustainability? Consider a career as an energy engineer.

Posted at 08:40h in Careers, Energy Efficiency Industry by Kris Johnson 0 Comments

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The path to becoming an energy engineer isn’t clearly defined, nor is it well known outside our niche in the world of energy efficiency. But if you have a desire to make a positive environmental impact, are good with numbers and enjoy problem solving, pursuing...

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24 Aug Efficiency Beyond Measures: To scale energy efficiency we need to think in terms of buildings, not building blocks

Posted at 08:33h in Commercial Real Estate, Energy Efficiency Industry, Energy Policy by Jim Kelsey 0 Comments

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Our current regulatory approaches to energy efficiency only allow for marginal progress on an issue that needs addressed in the biggest way. In the parlance of Silicon Valley, we need SCALE and we need regulatory methods to achieve it now. Energy efficiency needs to be...

17 Aug How to overcome energy management barriers for commercial & industrial customers

Posted at 08:22h in Commercial Real Estate, Energy Audits, Energy Management by Meera Sharma 0 Comments

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More often than not, commercial and industrial firms' primary business objective is to drive a high volume of sales. Commercial facilities are focused on ensuring high comfort level for the occupants and the industrial facilities care about their Key Volume Indicators; so energy management is...

10 Aug What are the different types of building commissioning?

Posted at 08:08h in Commissioning, Energy Management by Kris Johnson 0 Comments

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When you get a bunch of energy engineers in a room you’ll start hearing a lot of acronyms like Cx, RCx, and MBCx to name a few. It can be overwhelming to anyone not living and breathing building energy efficiency. So, let’s break down what...

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12 Oct Average at your own risk. The pitfalls and perils of average utility charges

05 Oct Top 5 energy and consumer trends impacting your grocery store’s bottom line

28 Sep Under the hood of your building: Curiosity discovers big RCx savings from inefficient chiller operation

21 Sep New Tools Of the Trade: Data Analyst Meets Energy Engineer

14 Sep Bills, Bills, Bills – Here’s What’s New in California Energy Politics {September 2018}

07 Sep Everything you need to know about hiring an energy auditor

31 Aug Graduated with an engineering degree and a passion for sustainability? Consider a career as an energy engineer.

24 Aug Efficiency Beyond Measures: To scale energy efficiency we need to think in terms of buildings, not building blocks

17 Aug How to overcome energy management barriers for commercial & industrial customers

10 Aug What are the different types of building commissioning?

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