Articles Tagged with ''energy efficiency''

Carrier announced it will provide Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) with its ComfortChoice® thermostat for the utility’s energy demand management program. The thermostats will be used by OG&E for its SmartHours® program, which is looking to reduce peak demand for electricity.

McKinstry, a national design, build, operate, and maintain (DBOM) firm, has announced the sale of its Enterprise Energy Management (EEM) software to Energy Hippo Inc. McKinstry will license EEM from Energy Hippo and continue to use it as part of its energy management offerings.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, sponsored by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire. The two senators have been attempting to get an energy efficiency bill passed since 2011. This is a no-cost, no-mandate bill, previously passed by the Senate on March 27, 2015.

An additional 38 cities and three counties across California have launched the Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. The program enables homeowners and commercial property owners to pay off energy- and water-efficiency improvements through their property tax bill.

NexRev Inc., a manufacturer of performance-improving energy efficiency upgrades for HVAC equipment, announced that its flagship product, DrivePak™ HVAC Efficiency Upgrade, received a Top Product of the Year Award in the Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards.

MathWorks announced that BuildingIQ is using the data analytics capabilities in its MATLAB tool to speed the development and deployment of predictive algorithms for HVAC energy optimization. BuildingIQ's Predictive Energy Optimization™ is a cloud-based software platform that reduces HVAC energy consumption in large-scale buildings.

Incenergy LLC, an energy efficiency software and equipment manufacturer, and Joule Assets Inc., a provider of microcapital solutions for energy efficiency and demand response, have announced a new project finance partnership. Under the terms of the deal, Joule Assets will enable Incenergy to offer in-house financing to its clients.

Ecova, an energy and sustainability management company, announced it has been selected by Chuck E. Cheese’s to provide utility expense and data management services. Ecova will assist the family dining and entertainment company in monitoring, understanding, and reducing energy use at approximately 525 locations nationwide.

According to many HVAC contractors, more than 50 percent of all air conditioner failures are the result of improper cleaning (or failure to clean at all). The following HVAC maintenance checkpoints are necessary to check in the spring so all air conditioning systems are a go once the weather warms up.

Increasing energy bills have spurred homeowners and businesses to search for cost effective ways to improve the efficiency of their existing HVAC systems. With the new GreenFan® device, offered by Super Cool Energy Solutions, homeowners and businesses can save up to 15 percent on their electric bill with minimal investment, said the company.