Do you know how much energy your office building uses? What about your neighbor's? Could you be saving energy (and money) by moving to a new building? These are questions that many tenants and building owners can't answer, because building energy use is not transparent – with the exception of a few cities that have passed so-called "benchmarking and disclosure"…
On June 25th, President Obama gave a wide-ranging speech on climate change in which he urged the nation’s public and private sectors to engage in “steady, responsible action to cut carbon pollution . . . so we can leave behind a cleaner, more stable environment.” NEMA and its 400-plus members heard much that was familiar. Since 2010, we’ve been working…
One of the best ideas ever to come from the concept of government-corporate partnerships is the financing mechanism known as Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs). Quite simply, it uses the power of innovative private-sector financing to underwrite retrofits to federally owned buildings at no cost to taxpayers. What is more, ESPCs are a triple win because these contracts create local…
ESPCs are a hot topic this week! The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) convened a summit Wednesday to discuss progress on President Obama’s energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) goal of entering into $2 billion worth of ESPC projects by the end of 2013. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), and Congressmen Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) joined CEQ…
More than 850 conference attendees watched U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz deliver keynote remarks to the 2013 Energy Information Administration’s Energy Conference in Washington, DC. Even more watched him live on C-SPAN. Secretary Moniz was the opening speaker for an action-packed two-day conference full of federal officials, economists, industry experts, and energy advocates. Secretary Moniz was followed by Thomas Fanning,…
Don Hendler Leviton Manufacturing Remarks at the NEMA Rebuild Smart Capitol Hill Event June 13, 2013 (Thank you and greetings) As Evan mentioned, Leviton’s offices were directory in the path of the storm. We are located in Melville, NY, somewhat central on Long Island right at the Nassau-Suffolk county border. Our area saw mainly heavy wind and tree damage from…
Despite the appearance of our own strong spring storms on June 13th, NEMA happily hosted a large crowd for its Hurricane Sandy: Rebuild Smart event featuring Representative Peter King. We were truly pleased to see so many individuals interested in how we can improve the reliability and resiliency of our power grid, and help prevent the widespread damage and discomfort…