Many commercial and industrial organizations have been upgrading their lighting as of late. Ever notice how one night a bright parking lot seems to pop up out of nowhere? It’s happening all over the place. While exterior lighting is often an...
Property management energy efficiency means making strategic decisions for saving energy across a portfolio of managed properties. These properties could include apartment buildings, office space, parking garages or lots, or any leased spaced...
Working out of our Hingham, MA location, I develop efficiency projects for clients across the US, from East Coast to West. The New England-based jobs I work on, from New Hampshire to Connecticut, are rooted in several, core energy services that help...
The humble Variable Frequency Drive, or “VFD” is an operations team’s best friend. Fundamentally, the VFD HVAC solution allows you to control motor speed. Pumps and Systems Magazine explains that “Variable frequency drives (VFDs) convert constant...
Many of sites we visit have more than one vendor’s building automation system and, more often than not, these systems aren’t connected. This can happen as a result of public bid projects that have not been properly specified to match the existing...
The first LED lights were developed in 1962 and started being installed by the mid-2000s to the benefit of commercial and industrial businesses. One of the most cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades available to facilities, LED lighting has a...
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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 –...
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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 Campuses often have outdated facilities and institutions are committed to engaging in sustainable practices along with saving overhead costs wherever possible.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...
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...
Long before the invention of LED lighting technology, the incandescent bulb helped to launch the era of modern lighting. Many improvements were made to incandescent bulbs over time, but researchers had still only figured out how to convert about 10%...
Never to be underestimated, LED lighting and the lighting retrofit industry have huge benefits to offer business and commercial buildings through (relatively) simple upgrades. Lighting is so important to workplace environments, from enabling...
The color temperature of LED lighting is an aesthetic choice and you may have your own preference for each setting and application. When developing an energy conservation project, it's important to not only find solutions that are energy efficient...