![Are You in Hot Water [Boilers]?](https://blog.mantisinnovation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/boiler.jpg)
A custom-engineered hot water boiler upgrade is saving one of our Cambridge, MA-based customers over $140,000 annually. Energy services – like LED lighting upgrades, data center mechanical optimization or building management system improvements –...
I sat down with Ross Fairbanks, our COO, to talk about LIGHTFAIR 2019 and what we experienced from the event as a company. We’ve both been to 10+ years of LIGHTFAIRs over time so it’s always interesting to compare them, year to year. For 2019, we...
![Chemistry Lab LED Lighting [Project Example]](https://blog.mantisinnovation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/steveQlabblog.jpg)
Higher ed facilities are an ideal candidate for LED lighting and controls projects. Campuses often have outdated facilities and institutions are committed to engaging in sustainable practices along with saving overhead costs wherever possible. A LED...
Data centers are notorious for their inefficient use of energy. At the end of 2017, Forbes reported global data center electricity use to be about 416 terawatts (4.16x 1014 watts) or 3% of the total electricity consumed. This was 40% more than all...
What’s both central to the HVAC system and a large consumer of energy costs for your facility? The Air Handling Unit (or AHU). Air Handling Units condition and circulate air in a building or facility as part of the heating, ventilating, and...
If you’re managing a facility with standard HVAC/mechanical systems, you probably have some form of a Building Management System (BMS). Like how the iPhone changed communication with its launch in 2007, BMS have fundamentally changed how you...
Replacing old fluorescent, metal halide and incandescent fixtures with modern LED lighting and controls is, without question, a good choice for a facility upgrade. LED lighting isn’t a new technology anymore. From facility manager to CFO, your team...
If your company has recently completed an energy efficiency or any type of sustainability project, there are several reasons to bring the project to your marketing department. Most facility managers consider the job done if kWh or therms are being...
No matter your industry, setting kilowatt hours (kWh) savings goals can make a big difference to the efficiency of your facilities. Part of our work as an energy engineering firm is to help identify, set and exceed kWh savings goals on behalf of our...
Three affiliated hospitals in Connecticut have recently qualified for over $3,200,000 of electric and gas utility incentives. The energy efficiency project that achieved these numbers resulted in just a 2-year payback. To get to this point however,...
![Commercial Buildings in Winter [Energy Efficiency Checklist]](https://blog.mantisinnovation.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/snow-1030928_1920.jpg)
Winter means colder temperatures, especially in locations across the U.S. like the Midwest and Northeast. And with those colder temperatures and shorter daylight hours, it can take a lot of energy to keep buildings warm, comfortable, and well lit....
Biotech and pharma energy consumption is significant. In fact, because of higher standards for environmental conditions, the overall energy usage intensity (EUI) for pharmaceutical plants is 14x higher than other types of manufacturing facilities. ...
In the U.S., higher education facilities spend an average of $1.10 per square foot on electricity costs, 31% ($0.34) of which are lighting costs. In most colleges and universities, laboratory and residential buildings are the biggest energy users....