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Balancing Perspectives: A Roundtable Discussion with Xcel Energy and Energy Managers
April 26, 2013
Here at E Source, I often think of ourselves as being at the forest’s edge. We serve multiple business types in the large-scale energy services space. Even though we get deep amid the trees with our customers, we always try to balance those forest and trees perspectives.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-26-13-EMR-Xcel | Author: Kevin Vranes - Director of E Source Energy Management Services
Day Two of the 2013 Energy Managers’ Roundtable
April 26, 2013
With great weather (despite the snow still on the ground), a room full of some of the top energy managers in the country, and sessions packed full of fascinating content, it was another fantastic day at the 2013 E Source Energy Managers’ Roundtable.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-26-13-EMR-Day2 | Author: Essie Snell - Senior Research Associate
It’s Performance Review Time. How Many KWhs Did You Save?
Impressions from Day One of the 2013 Energy Managers' Roundtable
April 25, 2013
I go to work every day with high aspirations of changing the world via energy efficiency, cultivating meaningful relationships with our members, checking off everything on my overzealous do-to list, and getting my inbox emptied out.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-26-13-EMR-Performance-Goals | Author: Andrea Salazar - Senior Research Associate
Yeah, I’m Smarter Than a Computer
Insights from the "Turn Data into Dollars" Session at the 2012 Energy Managers' Roundtable
May 11, 2012
Just to be clear, I don't think I'm personally smarter than a computer (and I definitely don't want Skynet to think I said that), but the person who did was trying to make a point. I'm talking about the "Turn Data into Dollars" session from our recent E Source Energy Managers' Roundtable.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-5-11-12-Computer | Author: Lee Hamilton - Research Associate
What’s Happening with Demand Response?
FERC Order No. 745—One Year Later
February 28, 2012
It's been almost a year since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC issued Order No. 745. This landmark ruling was intended to effectively level the playing field for demand-response resources in energy markets across the United States.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-2-28-12-DR | Author: Jonathan Nelson - Research Associate
Push the Green Button to See Your Energy Use
January 25, 2012
An exciting thing happened last week: The three major utilities in California, Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Edison all unveiled “Green Buttons” on their websites.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-1-25-12-GreenButton | Author: Lee Hamilton - Research Associate
Top 10 (or So) Energy Podcasts
January 18, 2012
At E Source, we recently received a question from a member about energy and environmental podcasts, and it made me rethink my on-demand radio-listening habits. Maybe I could listen to something entertaining and actually learn something useful at the same time.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-1-18-12-Podcasts | Author: Stephanie Spalding - Research Manager
Green Refrigerants?
Part 3 of a 3-Part Series
December 19, 2011
Have you been waiting with bated breath for Part 3 in this three-part series on the role of refrigerants in corporate greenhouse gas accounting? I know you have; don't deny it! In Part 3, I promised to discuss "green" refrigerants. Green refrigerants? Is there really such a thing? Well, sort of.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-12-19-11-Refrigerants3 | Author: Kevin Vranes - Director of Energy Sustainability Products
Tackling Refrigerants in Corporate GHG Inventories: The Policy Politics of Counting HFCs and Not CFCs
Part 2 of a 3-Part Series
August 18, 2011
In my previous post, I raised the issue of counting certain types of refrigerants without counting others. This is a major loophole, because CFCs have every bit of global warming potential that HFCs have.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-8-18-11-Refrigerants2 | Author: Kevin Vranes - Director of Energy Sustainability Products
Tackling Refrigerants in Corporate GHG Inventories
Part 1 of a 3-Part Series
July 14, 2011
Although our commercial clients have hundreds to thousands of facilities, electricity and natural gas are fairly easy and straightforward to deal with. Unfortunately, this is often not the case with other components of the GHG inventory, especially refrigerants.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-7-14-11-Refrigerants | Author: Kevin Vranes - Director of Energy Sustainability Products
The Dominant Smart Grid UI Will Be Mobile
May 24, 2011
For most people, the user interface for smart grid over the next 10 years will not be a glowing Energy Orb or a smart thermostat. It won't even be a typical laptop computer screen. I think it will be a smartphone.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-5-24-11-UI | Author: Ian Bowman - Associate Director of Technical Products
Control My Energy Usage? There's an App for That
April 22, 2011
Because it's Earth Day and resource conservation messaging abounds, I' reminded of Tenrehte (pronounced Ten-rate), an organization that's oping to positively influence the way the world manages its energy use.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-22-11-App | Author: Melanie Wemple - Research Analyst
