Considering updating your hotel for efficiency? We have some suggestions on how to lower energy use in your hotel, while minimizing disruption to operations and discomfort to guests. Here are some energy saving tips for hotels considering optimizing...
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, healthcare is one of the top five energy-consuming building categories and accounts for nine percent of energy use in commercial buildings. With utility bills making up an average of 1.4 percent of a...
How can a hospital retrofit its lighting system without affecting patients at all? The strategy that Edward-Elmhurst Health chose was to skip all the lights the patients see. Edward-Elmhurst, a system in suburban Chicago with three large campuses...
Energy efficiency retrofits of existing building systems for large commercial and industrial facilities are one of the best investments companies can make to reduce their operational expenses. In higher cost of energy areas of the country, the...
Energy efficiency has become increasingly important for business owners to consider from the perspectives of both sustainability and cost of operations. Although rates vary across the 12 Midwestern states, the region as a whole boasts some of the...
As any seasoned facility manager can tell you, there are ample opportunities to reduce a company’s energy usage both inside and outside of their buildings. Production facilities, warehouses and labs often use the most power, but external areas, such...
It’s not a secret that Denver and the Rocky Mountain Region has been experiencing substantial growth in data center and other tech related business. Whether building new facilities, expanding existing ones or simply conducting business as usual,...
Ken Rackowski, Executive VP, Control’s Division, recently contributed to Commercial Property Executive’s viewpoints Section, which is their forum for guest columns and commentary. In the article titled “Retrocommissioning Reconsidered," Ken...
As we talked about in ourlast post, New York City has become a hotbed for energy efficiency opportunities in the commercial and industrial space. Local Law 88 has created a mandate for energy conservation in the lighting of non-residential space in...
The impressive reductions in operating costs and energy usage from modern LED lighting have been a catalyst for the implementation of energy efficiency initiatives across the country. New York City, one of the largest and most energy intensive...
The Efficiency Solutions division of Mantis Innovation was the Former Patriots Player Visionary Sponsor at National Grid's 2017 Customer and Partner Energy Efficiency Summit on October 19th. The summit held at Gillette Stadium connects peers for a...
Our homes, businesses, schools and governments collectively consume more than 70 percent of the natural gas and electricity generated in the country. Improving energy efficiency in these areas is one of the most constructive, cost-effective ways to...
The 1973 oil embargo and succeeding energy crisis led people to think differently about how the United States uses energy. It exposed the country to global vulnerability because of unstable energy supplies and, combined with other factors, ushered...