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Lighting Reigns as Top Energy Efficiency Upgrade

June 5, 2015

best practices, buildings, commercial, cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency, lighting, weekly updates

Good article with interesting statistics on ROI for various EE upgrades in commercial buildings. To read the full article, go here: http://www.energymanagertoday.com/lighting-reigns-top-energy-efficiency-upgrade–0112565/

New Report: What’s in a Green Lease?

May 31, 2015

Sarina Soor

best practices, buildings, commercial, energy efficiency, green building, publications

A new report from the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), What’s in a Green Lease? Measuring the Potential Impact of Green Leases in the U.S. Office Sector is now (more…)

Report: Does Information Provision Shrink the Energy Efficiency Gap?

May 6, 2015

Sarina Soor

AB 802, benchmarking, best practices, buildings, commercial, energy data, energy efficiency, publications

Click here to read the new report from Resources for the Future, Does Information Provision Shrink the Energy Efficiency Gap?: A Cross-City Comparison of Commercial Building Benchmarking and Disclosure Laws.

Energy Efficiency in Food Service Businesses

April 17, 2015

Sarina Soor

best practices, commercial, energy efficiency, food service, HVAC, lighting, Title 20, weekly updates

Good article about how small changes can result in big improvements in energy efficiency in the food service industry. To read the full article, go here: http://www.energymanagertoday.com/energy-efficiency-in-food-service-businesses-0111215/

Sub-meters Installed Directly on Circuit Breaker

April 10, 2015

Sarina Soor

building controls & analytics, buildings, commercial, energy data, metering/submetering, new technologies, weekly updates

I normally do not send out links to articles that promote a specific product or company. However, this article contains information about a new technology that could really help promote energy efficiency upgrades in large commercial buildings and I think EE program implementers need to know it is available. To read the full article, go…

CHANGED DATE- AB 758 Draft Action Plan Webinar

March 27, 2015

Sarina Soor

AB 758, buildings, CEC, commercial, Existing Buildings Energy Action Plan, residential, strategic planning, webinars, weekly updates

Please CEC staff for a 1-hour webinar, regarding the AB 758 draft Existing Buildings Energy Efficiency Action Plan. The webinar will give an overview of the updated draft Plan and provide the process for engagement and comments. The webinars have been divided per sector: Wednesday 4/1 Implementers (IOUs and RENs) 10:30am-11:30am Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6021347151935441666 Webinar ID: 133-651-387 Call in…

Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative Receives Efficiency Impact Award

January 24, 2015

Sarina Soor

behavioral programs, benchmarking, best practices, buildings, commercial, community leaders, cost-effectiveness, EE community programs, energy efficiency, energy workforce, stakeholder engagement

The Retrofit Chicago Commercial Buildings Initiative has won the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s 2014 Inspiring Efficiency Impact Award. The Commercial Buildings Initiative is one of three components of Retrofit Chicago, the City of Chicago’s cross-sector effort to improve energy performance across municipal, commercial, and residential buildings throughout the city. To quote the Initiative’s website: In joining…

Solano Energy Watch Helps Businesses Save $200,000 and 2 million kiloWatt-hours

January 20, 2015

Sarina Soor

bay area, best practices, buildings, commercial, cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency, incentives, local government partnership, PG&E

The Solano Energy Watch, operated by the Solano Economic Development Corporation in partnership with PG&E, reports that through their commercial energy efficiency programs offered to Solano County businesses in 2014, 100 Solano businesses made improvements to their buildings that have saved them (and will continue to save them) a total of $200,000 per year and…

Project Overview: the Downtown Palo Alto Net Zero Energy Initiative

December 31, 2014

Sarina Soor

bay area, commercial, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Local Governments in Action, northern california, zero net energy (ZNE)

As shared by the Clean Coalition, the Downtown Palo Alto Net Zero Energy (DPANZE) Initiative aims to achieve Net Zero Energy (NZE) for at least 100 existing commercial (more…)

Voluntary Green Manual for Residential and Commercial Buildings released by CVAG/SCE Partnership

December 21, 2014

Sarina Soor

best practices, buildings, commercial, community leaders, educational programs, EE community programs, EE programs, green building, inland empire, local government partnership, Local Governments in Action, MPOs, publications, reach codes, residential, SCE, southern california, stakeholder engagement, training

Through the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), the municipalities of Blythe, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have worked together with Southern California Edison to develop climate action planning for energy efficiency policies and programs. This Green Building Manual was recently…

Absolute Zero: U.S. is Closer to Building Zero-Net Energy Communities

November 24, 2014

Sarina Soor

best practices, buildings, commercial, energy efficiency, residential, zero net energy (ZNE)

An article by Janice King from Govtech.com covers how the U.S. is moving closer to zero net energy buildings with policies, new technologies, and community action: (more…)

ACEEE Paper: Energy Efficiency in Even Small Server Rooms Provide Big Opportunities

October 22, 2014

Sarina Soor

ACEEE, best practices, buildings, commercial, EE municipal programs, energy efficiency, energy-efficient IT, publications

A paper from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) shares how low cost and no-cost energy-saving opportunities often exist in server rooms, big or small. To read the paper in full, click here. Looking for more on energy efficient IT? The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report in August covering data…

Energy Upgrade California Overview: Opportunities for Supporting Municipal and Community Programming

October 5, 2014

Sarina Soor

benchmarking, best practices, buildings, commercial, EE community programs, EE programs, energy data, energy efficiency, Energy Upgrade California, financing, funding, HVAC, lighting, residential, SEEC

New to Energy Upgrade California (EUC)? Watch the below video to see how local governments can get involved to help promote the program and connect their residents and businesses to financial and technical resources – and also for opportunities to influence and provide feedback on Energy Upgrade California.

NRDC Report: Data Center Efficiency Assessment

September 1, 2014

Sarina Soor

best practices, buildings, commercial, EE municipal programs, energy efficiency, energy-efficient IT, HVAC, publications

In a new report on the state of, and opportunities for, data center energy efficiency, the Natural Resources Defense Council finds: “If just half of the technical savings potential for data center efficiency that we identify in this report were realized (to take into account the market barriers discussed in this report), electricity consumption in…

EmPower Santa Barbara County expands to include all of the Central Coast

July 18, 2014

Sarina Soor

best practices, CEC, central coast, commercial, EE community programs, energy efficiency, incentives, local government partnership, Local Governments in Action, residential, USDOE

The residential and commercial energy efficiency and renewable energy offerings of EmPower Program, administered by Santa Barbara County and previously limited to use by County residents and businesses, is expanding to Ventura and San Luis Obispo (more…)