Tag: energy efficiency
H2O Degree’s new catalog features utility management, leak detection, submetering, thermostat control and reporting...
H2O Degree, the leading supplier of utility management products for multifamily facilities for over a decade, announces a new 60-page catalog, “Utility Management Solutions...
Energy update
Given the drag higher energy costs can have on net operating income, more multifamily owners and managers are zeroing in on reducing energy use...
Why is Apple getting into the energy business?
Your company may not be going as fully or directly into the business as Apple, but you may soon want to join the ranks...
Making sense of the new refrigerant and energy guidelines
In 1987, the Montreal Protocol was introduced after finding that man-made chemicals, specifically chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were creating a hole in the ozone layer. This...
Getting inside multifamily’s utility management operation
“In many states we’re seeing an increase in the trend to mandate submetering for any residential and commercial new building construction. Around eight states...
Lightening the load
Speed Queen, Whirlpool and Maytag all offer laundry systems that also have less impact on the environment than previous models, while making life easier...
Walking on sunshine
The recently released MIT study, “The Future of Solar Energy,” takes an in-depth look at the solar power industry, and provides up-to-date information on...
California offers energy efficiency financing for multifamily
In January, the state of California and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced an initiative that would allow PACE financing to...
Here comes the sun
The program allows energy consumers to buy electricity from community solar installations, built by private companies in or near their communities. Each installation would...
Back to the future: loss of power
At a time when the nation was facing a severe energy crisis, this 323,000 sq. ft. structure was a beacon of light illuminating the...
We don’t have to ditch capitalism to fight climate change
It is of course possible that the 95 percent-plus of scientists who have explored the topic and the National Scientific Academies of every major...
Powering down
The decline is due in large part to a significant decrease in electricity used by televisions and computers, according to a new report, which...
Leading beyond LEED
When the innovative foam-and-stucco structure at 803 Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn couldn't hold up to the blower door test that's a standard trial of...
Time is on my side
Multifamily buildings are the last big game on the horizon. Single-family homes, offices, and factories have been tracked and surveyed for their energy use...
Old school transformed into net-zero apartments
Finally realizing their dream, he and his wife, Barbara, stood inside one of those apartments in March watching that crew work on some of...
