Americans continue to save money and improve their environmental footprint by using natural gas, according to the 2015 American Gas Association Playbook.
Optimum Energy, a provider of data-driven heating and cooling optimization solutions for enterprise facilities, announced that it has appointed Bert Valdman as president and chief executive officer. Valdman joins the company Energy from Edison International, where he was senior vice president and chief strategy officer.
A research group led by Jim Rawlings, the Paul A. Elfers professor, and W. Harmon Ray, professor of chemical and biological engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has partnered with Johnson Controls to develop better HVAC control systems for large commercial buildings.
Support for the appeal of a DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision that vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486) has been filed by a number of parties, including several Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) members.
Jerry Yudelson, president, GBI, presented the rating system certificate to ASHRAE president Tom Phoenix during ASHRAE’s 2015 Winter Conference, held in Chicago.
EcoFactor Inc., a supplier of cloud-based home energy management services, announced that NV Energy’s mPowered Home Energy Management Program received Powergrid International’s 2015 Demand Response/Energy Efficiency Project of the Year award.
Enphase Energy Inc. announced that it is expanding its Enphase Energy Services (EES) business. The company said it is conducting efforts to streamline solar photovoltaic (PV) asset management and operations and maintenance (O&M), and prepare for the broader-based requirements of future energy management systems.
Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, has entered into a formal, multi-year agreement to become the first “founding partner” of the new Las Vegas Arena currently under construction and owned by Las Vegas Arena Company partners AEG and MGM Resorts International.