We were honored recently with the 2015 Green Newton Environmental Leadership Award to a business. Green Newton is a much-honored organization with 25 years of climate stewardship and education under its belt. Recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with its 2015 Merit Award for outstanding efforts in protecting New England’s environment, Green Newton “is dedicated to creating an […]
Powerhouse Dynamics CEO Martin Flusberg has written a post exclusively for Convenience Store News about energy savings at convenience stores and other 24/7 operations. Here’s an excerpt: There are opportunities to save despite running a 24/7 operation. On many occasions, I have heard from people responsible for 24/7 operations — typically, convenience stores and restaurants — that […]
With the drought in California persisting for over four years now, clean, fresh water is at a premium. In order to conserve what little water is left, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an Executive Order on April 1, 2015, implementing mandatory water restrictions of 25 percent across the state. The order also set up a Water Energy […]
On April 30, President Obama signed into law a new bipartisan energy efficiency bill consisting of pieces of a larger bill that had been bogged down in Congress over the Keystone XL pipeline fight. The modest but symbolic Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 535) sets up a new energy efficiency recognition program for commercial buildings—similar […]
Cross-posted from the Ecova Insider blog. Too many companies negotiate partnerships without ever establishing the basis for working together, or fully aligning their mutual interests with the structure of the relationship. More often than not these relationships fail. Partnerships that are most likely to be successful and to yield positive results for both partners occur […]
Powerhouse Dynamics CEO Martin Flusberg tackles the perceived cost of proactive equipment maintenance, and why it may actually cost much less than the more common “run to fail” approach. Read the full column in Energy Manager Today or on the Noesis blog.
I have often been struck by the wide range in claims about the effectiveness of an Energy Management System (EMS) in reducing energy usage. I have seen claims of anywhere from 10{9e9e99e0aa33304967f3b3f95b41a9c8b857afbbbf6b3eae28bf86859e197ae9} to 35{9e9e99e0aa33304967f3b3f95b41a9c8b857afbbbf6b3eae28bf86859e197ae9} in expected savings. While this wide range may be attributable to the range in functionality of different systems, I have actually […]
If you tried to reach anyone in our Boston office yesterday, you probably noticed an unusual amount of background noise on the call. That’s because our whole Boston-based team was sorting food donations at the Greater Boston Food Bank for the afternoon. And we can neither confirm nor deny that there were a couple of customer […]
Practicing energy efficiency is a bit like exercise; you know it’s good for you, but you don’t really have the time to deal with it. If this is true for the average homeowner, it is even truer for an operator of multiple small commercial facilities, such as restaurants or retail locations. But, since this is early […]
I used to work in retail a decade or two ago, and the holiday season (which began roughly in September) was our most important – the time when we made all of the cash. We’d look at the daily numbers and watch our top line increase, but at the store level, what we never saw […]
This morning, a local Boston radio station broadcast a story about the projected 30-50% rise in electric prices this winter across New England. Because the price hike is due to structural issues including a lack of natural gas transmission capability (over 50% of electricity is generated by natural gas in New England), it is unlikely to be temporary, and […]
This morning, a local Boston radio station broadcast a story about the projected 30-50{9e9e99e0aa33304967f3b3f95b41a9c8b857afbbbf6b3eae28bf86859e197ae9} rise in electric prices this winter across New England. Because the price hike is due to structural issues including a lack of natural gas transmission capability (over 50{9e9e99e0aa33304967f3b3f95b41a9c8b857afbbbf6b3eae28bf86859e197ae9} of electricity is generated by natural gas in New England), it is unlikely to be temporary, and […]
