To achieve the optimal solution, energy efficiency projects require a broad array of expertise and services. In other words, a “total solution” is needed as opposed to simply the replacement of energy-consuming equipment and technologies. It also includes an in-depth understanding of applicable ... Read More »
Solar Energy: Good for the Environment and Your Business
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a guest blog written by Tim Smith, a former contractor who writes about home improvement and energy efficiency topics for Modernize. Want to help the Earth and lower your company's carbon footprint while saving money using tax breaks and incentives? Solar energy ... Read More »
The Advantage of LED Lighting Retrofits!
"If I were to recommend one upgrade, lighting retrofits leveraging the emergence of LED use are the simplest for most building owners to execute and provide an easily calculable ROI that will only improve as pricing falls." Gary Brennen - Syska Hennessy Group I read Gary Brennen’s quote last week at ... Read More »
Who Benefits from an Energy Renovation?
Last week the Vice President of the Energy Alliance Group, Curt Monhart, took a tour of a company operation that has a $75,000 monthly electric bill! The company’s sustainability manager wants an energy renovation so his company can improve their energy efficiency and lower the cost of utilities. ... Read More »
Company Tour Reveals a Contrast in Energy Efficiency
A tour of a factory last week revealed a common problem in growing companies – a lack of uniformity in energy efficiency as a business grows! Our tour was of a company that was established over 70 years ago. A steady growth in production meant multiple additions and expansions to the original ... Read More »
TotalGrow Honolulu trial results look promising
Do TotalGrow solid-state volumetric lights grow healthier plants faster using less energy? We’ll have answers to that question soon, thanks to a trial being conducted by Fred Lau, owner of Mari’s Gardens in Honolulu. Lau is testing three shelves of TotalGrow lights (one shelf with eight lights, ... Read More »
Redefining “Fresh” in Farm to Table Restaurants
You’re seated at your favorite restaurant and the server is placing a salad in front of you that is a delight to the senses. The various hues of the microgreens and the white of the daikon root contrast with the burgundy-red of the bull’s blood beet foliage and provide an array of colors that appeal ... Read More »
Energy Efficient Buildings in 2015
Four Factors are Creating Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Commercial and Industrial Property Owners in 2015 Executive Summary: Four factors are now perfectly aligned to create significant energy-saving opportunities for commercial and industrial property owners in 2015. They are (1) The ... Read More »
Facility Walk-through Reveals Abundant Energy Saving Opportunities
I had the opportunity to participate in a facility walk through last week and I’m always amazed at how many energy saving opportunities exist in the typical commercial setting. Unless a company has maintained a long term focus to reduce energy use, waste tends to creep in due to aging of equipment ... Read More »
The Lost Productivity Cost of Not Being Green
“Countless studies show the direct relationship between work environment and productivity. When the air is clean, the lighting good, the noise diminished, and the environment more comfortable, people perform better.” EAG Special Report Remember the 80/20 rule? That rule details how 20% of ... Read More »
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