AUDIO AND VIDEO
Project: The Aventine
Energy Efficiency: Role of HVAC Systems and Benchmarking with Jay Russell
The Role of Building Occupants in Saving Energy
Sustainability Improvements Require Organizational Buy-In
How to Partner with Vendors for Energy Savings
Energy Costs: Retrofit to Save Money
The Role of Existing Buildings in Energy Use, Emissions
Recommissioning Benefits: Improved IAQ, Equipment Performance
Energy-Efficiency Tip: How to Reset Chilled-Water Temperatures
Chillers: How to Lower Condenser-Water Temperatures
What's Included in Retrocommissioning and Recommissioning Studies?
Facilities Management: How to Create a Energy Department
Energy Management: Get Support From Financial Personnel
Energy Benchmarking When You Can't Use Energy Star Benchmarks
Energy Audit Yields Big Savings
Energy-Conservation Program: HVAC, Lighting, Roofing with Sean Arnold
Benchmarking Energy Use with Mike Zanghi
Building-Automation Systems and Energy Efficiency with Skip Milton
EPAct Tax Benefits for Green Buildings
Many Ways Educational Facilities Can Tap Into Stimulus Money
Energy Efficiency As a Risk Management Tool
Energy Star Shows That Not All New Buildings Are Energy Efficient
Energy Efficiency in HVAC Systems with Philip Stephens
Energy Efficiency Articles
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Lighting Upgrade Shines Light on Reaching Sustainability Goals
Expanding The Scope of Lighting Upgrades
Lighting Sensors Offer Additional Savings
A Realistic Look at Renewable Energy Technology
Renewable Energy Post Installation Issues
Product Advances Offer Managers Better Roof Protection Options
Roof Coatings: Installation and Maintenance
Energy Audits Can Reveal Opportunities for Energy Savings
Retrocommissioning Can Reveal Opportunities for Energy Savings
Retrocommissioning Can Overcome Operational Challenges
Retrocommissioning Boon to Bottom Line
Facility Managers Can Boost BAS/EMS Performance With New Tools, Capabilities
Real-time Information is Big Advantage of Modern BAS/EMS Systems
Advanced BAS/EMS Operations Still Need Staff Oversight
Careful Planning Brings Benefits from Performance Contracting
Performance Contracting Requires Understanding Facility Needs
Selecting an ESCO: Questions To Ask
Utility Incentive Programs Can Help Facility Managers Save Dollars
Demand Response Plays Big Role in Utility Energy Incentive Programs
Facilities Can Take Greater Advantage of BAS Features
Focus on Ventilation and Scheduling Pays Energy Dividends
Energy Efficiency Can Flow from Attention to Pumps, Fans
Technology: Everything Old — And Improved — Is New Again
Energy Star Offers New Ratings, Easier Benchmarking for Buildings
New Energy Star for Hospitals, Federal Involvement Among New Plans
Case Study: Technology Center Rents 'Plug and Play' HVAC Technology
Demand-Response Programs: Understand Risks and Benefits
Demand Response: How to Coordinate Peak-Load Reductions
Demand Response: How to Meet Load-Reduction Targets
Demand-Response Programs Affect Operations and Occupants
Upgrading Or Replacing EMS System A Big Decision
Different Levels of Energy Audit
Retrocommissioning vs. Energy Audit
Definitions of Net Zero Energy
Top 10 Energy-Saving Opportunities
Realistic Expectations Needed to get Most out of Energy Modeling
Smart Grid: Managers Have Incentives for Reducing Demand
Obama Administration Promotes Energy Efficiency in Facilities
Power Meters Designed to Interface with the Smart Grid
Smart Grid Improves Power Quality, Reliability
High-Performance Buildings Need High-Performing Operators
Retrocommissioning Is First Step in Energy Upgrades
Renewable-Energy Systems: Meet with Local Utility
Renewable-Energy Systems: Important Maintenance Practices
Product Focus: Energy Management
Federal Government Taking Steps toward Sustainable Operations
Simplicity is Key in Pursuing Energy Efficiency
Research Shows the Benefits of Cool Roofs for Building Energy Savings
Solid Information and Close Collaboration Lead to Energy Efficient Design
Improving Building Energy Performance After Construction
Research Shows Cool Roofs Have Benefits at City and Global Levels
Successful Demand-Response Program Requires Culture Shift
Demand Response: Engineers Focus on HVAC, BAS
Demand Response: Communication is Critical
Understanding Electricity Bills Helps Avoid Unpleasant Surprises
New Technologies Mean New Rates
Load Profiling: Use Sub-Meters, Data-Collection Systems
Proposed Incentives for Building Efficiency
Ways to Promote Energy Efficiency Without New Legislation
School District Strives for Energy Star Ratings
Energy-Efficiency Projects Save School District Money, Improve IEQ
Sub-Meter Maintenance Includes Commissioning, Preventive Tasks
Tests and Mockups Ensure Proper New Window Selection
Who Might Benefit From a Dashboard?
New Energy Efficiency Programs and Financing Mechanisms Available
New Energy Star Rating System An Accessible Benchmark for Industry
First to Earn Data Center Energy Star Share Their Strategies
Increase Energy Efficiency with Lighting Retrofits
Aim for Goals for Lighting Retrofits, Including Higher Productivity
Lighting Product Phaseouts and Exemptions
Lamp and Ballast Phaseout Dates
Tax Credits and Financial Incentives for Upgrading Lighting Systems
Solar Panel Efficiency Going Up as Costs are Falling
PPAs and Other Ways to Pay for PV Systems
Smart Grid's Rapid Deployment Brings Perks
Smart Meters Bring Time-of-use Electric Rates
Sustainability Focus Transforms NYC Schools
Coordination Across City Organizations Drives Sustainability Success
Finding the Funding for Energy Education and Efficiency
The Different Levels of Energy Audits
Energy Audits: Analyze Energy Use, Review Utility Rate Structure
Energy Audits: Performing an Economic Analysis
Common Sense Strategies for Energy Efficiency
Commissioning Systems, Evaluating Loads for Energy Savings
Energy Utilization Index: Meters, Software Improve Facilities Monitoring
Demand Meters Help Facilities Qualify for Utility Programs
Cooling a Trading Floor's Data Center
Quality and Quantity Key to Outdoor Lighting
Light Pollution, Efficiency are Concerns with Outdoor Lighting
Tips for Facility Managers to Smooth the LEED-EBOM Certification Process
Financing, Utility Programs Expanding Access to Capital for Property Owners
Windows and the New ASHRAE Standard 189.1
Managers Discuss Strategies for Determining an Energy Baseline
FMs Say Formal EBOM Certification Not Expensive, Difficult
Dan Hounsell: Building Star Program Targets Energy Efficiency
HVAC, Lighting Efficiency Can Help Acquire Financing for New Projects
ESCOs Offer Design, Contracting, Financing Services for Complex Projects
EBOM Certification Offers Independent Verification, Justification
EBOM Requires Three-Month Measurement, Certification Period
More Vendors Becoming Acquainted With EBOM Submission Process
LEED for Commercial Interiors Can Result In Productivity Gains, Energy Savings
LEED-CI Should Be Planned Early In Building Selection And Leasing
Sub-Meters Minimize Energy Waste, Boost Bottom Line
Sub-Meters: Monitor Chillers, Pumps, Air Handlers
How to Earn LEED Points with Sub-Metering
Utility Bills, Submeters and BAS Offer Options for Monitoring Energy Consumption
NYC's Greener, Greater Buildings Plan
A Mixed Bag of Bills Addresses Environment, Cap and Trade
NYC Requires Energy Star Portfolio Manager in Benchmarking Legislation
From Local to Global, Climate Change Legislation is Gaining Ground
National Significance of NYC Benchmarking Legislation
Net-zero Energy Buildings Becoming More Common
FMs Can Take the Lead in Energy Efficiency Projects
Getting the C-suite and the Public to Buy into Net-zero Buildings
Stimulus Funds Earmarked to Green Government Facilities
Recovery Act Funds Energy Efficiency Grants For State, Local Projects
Controversy, Confusion Over Buy-American Clause
HVAC Fixes Involve Operations and Maintenance and Tweaking Human Behavior
Examine Use Requirements and Design Before Choosing Lighting Fixtures
Establish Energy Use Benchmarks in Health Care
Texas Children's Hospital Takes on $1.5 Billion Expansion
How Cap and Trade Regulations Work and Who May Be Affected
Smart Grid Addresses Energy Efficiency, Power Quality and Reliability Issues
Real-Time Pricing and Demand Response
How Smart Grid Impacts Facility Management
Preparing for Cap and Trade and its Impact on Energy Costs
Tap Teamwork to Find Energy Savings
Alternative Energy Strategy for Health Care: Cogeneration
Consider Energy and Maintenance Costs in Lighting Life-cycle Assessments
The Benefits of VFDs In HVAC Systems
Variable Frequency Questions? The Best Applications For VFDs
Building-Automation System Upgrade Meets Energy-Efficiency Demands
Ten Tips For Facility Managers To Cut Energy Costs
LEED Energy and Atmosphere Tips
Demand-Response Program Leads to Potential Savings
Managers Need to Identify Common Air-Leak Paths
Energy Audit Can Determine Pump-System Performance
Allstate Aims for Improved Reliability and Flexibility with New Data Center
CCI Partners With ESCOs To Shrink Carbon Footprints
California AB 1103 Requires Energy Benchmarking Data Released During Sales
Commissioning: Best Way to Ensure Data Center Reliability
Tips For Successful Performance Contracting
Wet Insulation Decreases a Building's R-Value, Thermal Efficiency
Infrared Cameras Can Detect Thermal Bridging, Air Leaks, Wet Insulation
Building Envelope: A Maintenance Checklist
Washington D. C.'s Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008 Explained
Energy Star Portfolio Manager: How It is Used for Benchmarking
States and Cities that Require Benchmarking
Hospital Benchmarks Energy Performance
Rep. Henry Waxman's Bill to Cap Carbon Dioxide Faces Long Odds
Climate Change And The Economy: Why Warnings of Economic Doom Are Overblown
LEED-EB Requires Energy Efficiency Measures
Benchmarking is First Step Toward Energy Efficiency
A Plan to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
LEED, ENERGY STAR, And Existing Buildings
Stimulus Bill Funds New Energy Grant Programs
Stimulus Gives Billions to GSA for Greening
The Role of Lighting and HVAC Sytems in Green Campuses
Educational Facilities And ENERGY STAR
Retail Facilities and ENERGY STAR
Lighting, HVAC, Plumbing Systems Generate Savings
Managers Need to Address Building-Wide Energy Use
Energy Efficiency: Commission for Savings
Conduct Energy Audits to Identity Inefficient Systems
Retrocommissioning and Energy Audits Produce Quick Payback
How Buildings Can Prepare For Cap And Trade
Who's Obama's Environmental Team?
Ten Tips To Make A Legacy Data Center More Energy Efficient
Focus On Operations To Improve Data Center Efficiency
To Trim Data Center Energy Costs, Disconnect Unused Servers
An Efficient Data Center Depends on Efficient Server Power Supplies
Virtualization Of Servers Can Slash Energy Use
Efficiency and Building Envelope
ASHRAE 90.1 Add Building Envelope
ASHRAE Offers New Operations Certification
Guidelines on Measurement and Verification Published
Energy Retrofit Program Cuts Energy Costs
University Hires Consultants for Energy Audits
HVAC Retrofits Generate Significant Energy Savings
Computer Science Building Poses Energy-Efficiency Challenges
HVAC Recommissioning Targets Stanford's Largest Buildings
Check The Payback: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Getting Bids and Energy Incentives
Energy Audits Also Call For Measurement And Verification
Performance Metrics For Lighting Systems
Balancing Lighting Quality With Energy Efficiency
Window Components And Efficiency
Operable Windows Can Save Energy
How to Develop a Facilities Master Plan
Reducing Energy Consumption, Complying with Laws
Energy Audits Eliminate Wasteful Operations
Historic vs. Modern Buildings: Which are More Efficient?
Preliminary and Third-Party Audits Reveal Energy Waste
General Energy Audits Collect Long-Range Data
Investment-Grade Audits Determine ROI
How Can Managers Avoid Energy-Audit Failure?
Some Companies Taking Action to Cut Greenhouse Emissions
Motor Comparison: Standard vs. Energy Efficient
Energy-Efficient Motors: Are They Worth the Cost?
Surveying Motors for Energy-Efficiency Improvements
Motor Efficiency: Evaluate Power Quality, Perform Maintenance
New Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR Program Promises Energy Savings
Project Profile: EPA Region 8 Headquarters Aims for ENERGY STAR
Energy Efficiency: Tips to Improve Energy Performance
Tactics to Boost Efficiency, Not Data Center Downtime
Ground-Source Heat Pump Improves School's Energy Efficiency
Reflective Roofs and Insulation Fuel Energy Efficiency
Building Envelope: How to Avoid Energy Loss
Building Envelope: Sealing Leaks and Stopping Thermal Bridging
Air Barriers Improve Energy Efficiency in Building Envelopes
Retrocommissioning: Calibrating HVAC Controls Saves Energy
Avoiding Stack Losses and Excess Air
Variable-Speed Drives: An Energy-Efficient Solution
Regional Carbon Trading Programs, Explained
Benchmark the Way to an Energy Efficient Facility
Go Green: Avoid Competing System Interactions
Use Incentives to Slash the Cost to Go Green
Does Your Facility Hit its Energy Target?
Web Links to Energy Efficiency
HVAC: Technology Advances Equal Efficiency
Make Lighting Upgrades Match the Paybacks
Preventing HVAC Upgrade Problems
Energy Management: A Strategy for HVAC Savings
Energy Efficiency Prescriptions for Health Care Facilities
Energy Efficiency: The Envelope Please
Cool Roofs Can Generate Healthy Energy Savings
Daylighting Strategies Lead to Savings
Dimming Ballasts, Occupancy Sensors Can Reduce Costs
Lighting Controls: Reducing Cost, Saving Energy
The Air Filtration-Energy Connection
Plumbing challenge: Slowing the flow
Taking Action on Climate Change:
Crafting A Thoughtful Emissions Reduction Plan
Energy Focus: Strategies for Savings
Group Activity: Relamping Facilities
Getting a Handle on Server Energy
Boilers: Saving Energy, Contributing to 'Green'
Navigating the Electricity Market
Lighting Upgrades: Make the Switch
Energy Efficiency Makes the Difference
Electrical Systems: Safety Pays
Lighting Controls: Energy-Efficiency Edge
Don’t Want to Save the Planet?
To Cut Energy Costs Bring in Outside Air Only When Needed
Simple, Reliable and Efficient: Geothermal Heat Pump Systems
Very Efficient HVAC Systems May Qualify for Tax Deductions
Serving Up Efficiency in Data Centers
Efficiency Starts at the Envelope
Green-faced: Watch What You Promise
REIT Makes Efficiency Its Business
Putting Together A Data Center Team
Creating Energy Efficient Buildings
Window Film: A Window of Opportunity
Small Steps, Big Energy Savings
HVAC: The Energy-Maintenance Connection
Putting Motor Technology to Work
NEMA Report Discusses EPact Certification
Energy Efficiency Measures for Warehouses
Tightfisted Ways to Cut HVAC Costs
Energy Brings Real Returns to REIT
Energy Savings: Launching a Long-Term Program
Technology, Energy Codes Lead to More Efficient Lighting Systems
Energy Efficiency: Boiler Hot Buttons
Retrocommissioning: Going Back to Get Ahead
Using Daylighting to Save on Energy Costs
Building a Greener Data Center
Chiller Challenge: Energy Efficiency
Building Envelope Ripe For Energy Efficiency Gains
Making Energy Data Pay for Itself
With Windows, The Right Choices Can Trim Peak Load
Diagnostic Advances that Support Commissioning
Insulation: Sealing In Energy Savings
Retrocommissioning: Essential Questions
Energy Efficiency: As goes California, ...
Lamp Technology Answers User Demands
Data Centers: Achieving Both Energy Efficiency and Reliability
Building Automation: Choosing the Right Technologies Reaps Energy Efficiency Rewards
Energy Policy Act of 2005 Offers Two year Window for Efficiency Incentives
Earth Friendly, Energy Efficient
Updated ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Code May Help Maximize the Benefits of Energy Efficient Technologies
Building Controls: Types of Energy Management Systems
Preventive Health Care for Buildings
Performance Contracting: Making the Grade
New LEDs for Today’s Facilities
Boilers and Water Heaters: Demands Change, and Technology Advances
HVAC: Creating Energy Efficiency
Air Conditioning: Hot Strategies for Cooling Efficiency
Troubleshooting Electrical Systems
Boilers & Water Heaters: Gameplan for Energy Efficiency, Safety
Is Your EMS on Target For Energy Savings?
When it comes to energy, sometimes it’s best to go it alone
Wireless Lighting Controls: Bright Way to Cut Energy Use
Energy Cost Control: Beyond the ‘Demand’ Side of the Equation
Slow Pace Of HVAC Change Means Missed Gains
Infrared Imaging: An Inside Look
Taking time, doing research essential to finding the right ESCO
Health Care: New Paths to Energy Savings
‘Is It Nice, Or Is It Necessary?’
Throwing Energy Worries Out the Window
Fresh Strategies to Boost Stale Power and Energy Performance
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