The Future of Electric Vehicles

by Samantha Hall | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog, Efficient Energy Management, News, Trending

The electric vehicle (EV) market has been booming in the past few years. In 2010, there were approximately 17,000 electric vehicles on the road, and now there are more than 7 million around the world. EVs were created to fill the need for fuel-efficient, low emission...

Congress Updates US Energy Policy, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021

by Samantha Hall | Mar 23, 2021 | Efficient Energy Management, News, Trending

U.S. federal energy policies have adopted extensive updates for the first time in over a decade. The Energy Act of 2020, which resides in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021, was signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020. The act includes two energy...

How Can Renewable Energy Certificates Help Businesses Meet Sustainability Goals?

by Lauren Burrell | Mar 16, 2021 | Efficient Energy Management, News, Trending

Due to the adverse effects, fossil fuel generation has on the environment, sustainability has become an essential part of business practices. But what does it mean to be sustainable? There are many ways to market your business as sustainable, but the most common and...

Boston Healthy Buildings: Retrofitting Old Buildings For Sustainability

by Samantha Hall | Mar 1, 2021 | Efficient Energy Management, Events

Our own Dailey Tipton participated in BISNOW’s “Boston Healthy Buildings, Rebuilding For The Future: Retrofitting Old Buildings For Sustainability”. The event highlighted the most cost-effective and efficient ways of retrofitting existing buildings...

Solving the “Split-Incentive” Challenge through a Green Lease

by Lauren Burrell | Feb 23, 2021 | Efficient Energy Management, News, Trending

Over 70% of all energy consumed in major cities is attributed to buildings. To combat this high consumption, city governments have implemented energy reduction plans and regulations that require building owners and operators to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse...

How to Analyze a Capital Investment in an Energy Efficiency Project

by Lauren Burrell | Feb 22, 2021 | Efficient Energy Management, News, Trending

One common metric used by energy consultants, engineers, and contractors in the energy efficiency field is “payback.”  As a CRE executive, “payback” has probably never been a metric used to analyze your real estate investments. Buildings are not bought or built based...