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The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Potential Impacts on Grid Reliability and Electricity Prices
May 14, 2012
Are we really headed for a "train wreck" with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)? This report will help energy managers and other energy-industry analysts assess their organizations' exposure to the issues related to MATS.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EMN-RB-5 | Author: Jonathan Nelson
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Outage Communications for Business Customers
Doing It Right Can Drive Satisfaction Higher
May 2, 2012
Engaging in proactive outage communications is one of the key ways to keep business customers satisfied. This report looks at the primary methods that utilities are using to communicate successfully with large, key account customers and small-to-midsize business customers.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: BMS-RB-3 | Author: Kim Burke
Managing the Uncertainty of Modeling in New Construction Programs
April 20, 2012
Because utility new construction programs rely on building models to forecast future energy use for incentive payments, program managers must learn to mitigate the uncertainty around future building energy performance.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-23 | Author: Douglas Baston, Rachel Reiss Buckley
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Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Hospitals
May 18, 2009 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Hospitals can participate in demand-response programs without adversely affecting their critical loads, which include medical equipment.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-9 | Author: John Sustar
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Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Schools
September 1, 2008 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Schools can be good candidates for participating in demand-response (DR) programs. Incentive payments provide additional funds, participation can improve a school’s image, and educational opportunities can be created by enlisting students’ help in enacting a DR strategy.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-2 | Author: Christie Rewey
Waste Not, Pay Not: Energy Recovery Ventilation
March 21, 2012
Proper ventilation is essential for maintaining good indoor air quality, yet it places an additional burden on heating and cooling equipment, which must condition air that will soon be exhausted from the building. Fortunately, energy recovery ventilation systems can help ameliorate this problem.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-41 | Author: Essie Snell
Hybrid Ground-Source Heat Pumps
March 20, 2012
Ground-source heat pumps are often prohibitively expensive because they're sized to meet the peak heating or cooling loads for commercial buildings. This video Tech Brief explains how hybrid models downsize the ground heat exchanger and use small supplemental cooling towers or boilers to meet peak load ...
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: EMN-TB-1 | Author: Mary Horsey
The Pros and Cons of Induction Lighting
March 15, 2012
What is induction lighting, how does it compare to other light sources, and what are the best applications for it?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: CEMC-AskES-16 | Author: Ira Krepchin
The Trouble with Calculating VFD Savings
March 8, 2012
Variable-frequency drives are widely used in centrifugal applications (such as pumps and fan systems), but the approaches used to calculate their energy savings are often flawed, resulting in estimates that are less accurate than they easily could be.
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: TAS-TB-1 | Author: Essie Snell
Put RTU Maintenance on Your Spring Cleaning To-Do List
Business Brief
March 5, 2012
Business Customer Outreach Service members can copy all or any part of this content for use in communications with business customers. For example, put it on your website, drop it into your newsletters, or use it in handouts for customer events.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BCO-NC-1-12-ESCD | Author: Bryan Jungers
What Can ISO 50001 Do for You?
February 28, 2012
The release of a new international energy management standard—ISO 50001—has ramifications for commercial and industrial businesses across North America.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: CEMC-RB-4 | Author: Essie Snell
Efficiency Beyond Widgets: C&I Behavioral Program Options
February 7, 2012
This review of behavioral program options for the commercial sector helps demand-side management program managers view the lay of the land for programs that focus on changing how people think about and use energy, rather than on installing efficient devices.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-22x | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Improve Lighting with Wireless Controls
Business Brief
December 1, 2011
Business Customer Outreach Service members can copy all or any part of this content for use in communications with business customers. For example, put it on your website, drop it into your newsletters, or use it in handouts for customer events.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BCO-NC-12-11-ESCD | Author: Essie Snell
Will the Rare-Earth Metals Crunch Hurt Fluorescent Lighting Programs?
November 18, 2011
What's going on with the prices for fluorescent lamps? How can we keep rising prices from bankrupting our fluorescent lighting programs?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-53 | Author: Lee Hamilton
Behavior Counts: Claiming Behavior-Based Savings from Subsidized Energy Manager Programs
October 3, 2011
How are some utilities getting credit for the behavioral impacts of their energy manager programs?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: EDRP-AskES-43 | Author: Kate Drexler
Head in the Cloud
August 25, 2011
Is it more energy efficient to use the cloud or a local IT infrastructure for computing?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-52 | Author: Essie Snell
Low-Temperature Heat Recovery Is Viable at Last
July 19, 2011
Ready to start recovering energy from your low-quality industrial waste streams? The Gas Technology Institute will soon begin commercialization of its transport membrane condenser, which offers a modular, cost-effective solution for numerous industrial applications.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-51 | Author: Mary Horsey
Other DG Technologies (Buying Equipment)
June 28, 2011
BEA members can use this blurb in their customer-facing materials to draw small and midsize business customers to the Business Energy Advisor on the utility web site.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BEA-PA-44-NC-ESCD | Author: Lee Hamilton
Electric-Powered Tank Water Heaters (Buying Equipment)
June 28, 2011
BEA members can use this blurb in their customer-facing materials to draw small and midsize business customers to the Business Energy Advisor on the utility web site.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BEA-PA-23-NC-ESCD | Author: Essie Snell
Compressed Air Systems (Maintaining Equipment)
June 28, 2011
BEA members can use this blurb in their customer-facing materials to draw small and midsize business customers to the Business Energy Advisor on the utility web site.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BEA-OMA-16-NC-ESCD | Author: Lee Hamilton
Manufacturing (Facility Efficiency Advice)
June 28, 2011
BEA members can use this blurb in their customer-facing materials to draw small and midsize business customers to the Business Energy Advisor on the utility web site.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BEA-CEA-16-NC-ESCD | Author: Lee Hamilton
Moisture Control in Building Envelopes
May 24, 2011
Many different strategies have been employed to mitigate excessive moisture in the building envelope, with applicability and effectiveness varying by region, season, building characteristics, and type of construction.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-32 | Author: Bryan Jungers
E Source Technology Roundup
EMR 2011 Presentation
April 28, 2011
Energy-efficiency technologies change fast. Brilliant new solutions and ineffective “black boxes” are released constantly; it can be difficult to keep track of which is which. That’s why the E Source technology team will present this rapid-fire roundup of energy-efficiency techniques and technologies. ...
Content type: Energy Managers' Roundtable, Slides | Author: Essie Snell
Emerging Corporate GHG and Sustainability Trends
April 21, 2011
Join us to learn the latest on U.S. state, regional, and national GHG policy; corporate trends in carbon tracking, management, and reporting; and how companies are messaging their sustainability efforts.
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Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: EEM-WC-4-11-GHGTrends | Author: Kevin Vranes
Emerging Corporate GHG and Sustainability Trends
Slides
April 21, 2011
These are the web conference slides.
Content type: Slides | Document ID: EEM-WC-4-11-GHGTrends-SL | Author: Kevin Vranes
Emerging Corporate GHG and Sustainability Trends
Recording
April 21, 2011
This is the web conference recording.
Content type: Recording | Document ID: EEM-WC-4-11-GHGTrends-R | Author: Kevin Vranes
Finding Chiller Ratings
April 13, 2011
How can I get certified performance data for a specific chiller?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-AskES-41 | Author: Peter Criscione
Gas Furnaces (Buying Equipment)
March 31, 2011
BEA members can use this blurb in their customer-facing materials to draw small and midsize business customers to the Business Energy Advisor on the utility web site.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BEA-PA-21-NC-ESCD | Author: Mary Horsey
Managing Energy Costs in Laboratories
March 31, 2011
This Facility Energy Advice topic provides end users with information on managing energy costs in laboratories.
Content type: Commercial Energy Advisor | Document ID: CEA-15 | Author: Essie Snell
Demand-Controlled Ventilation (Buying Equipment)
March 31, 2011
BEA members can use this blurb in their customer-facing materials to draw small and midsize business customers to the Business Energy Advisor on the utility web site.
Content type: ESCD News Content | Document ID: BEA-PA-53-NC-ESCD | Author: Mary Horsey
