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Facilities management updates, insights, strategies & best practices

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Virginia School District Makes Significant Solar Commitment


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How Universities are Benefiting from Partnering with Utilities

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40 Percent of Utilities Have Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Building Operating Management
Smart Grid: How to Integrate Buildings for Maximum Benefit

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COVID-19 Increases Use of Microgrids in Healthcare Sector

Building Operating Management
To Improve Energy Efficiency, Understand Your Electricity Bill

Building Operating Management
Net-Metering Provides Huge Financial Benefit for Solar

Building Operating Management
How To Do a Major HVAC Upgrade on Campus

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California’s Solar Supply Exceeds Demand

Building Operating Management
Teaming Up for Long-Term Energy Efficiency

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What Happens If PG&E Files for Bankruptcy?

Building Operating Management
Can Using Utility Meters Save Facilities Money?

Building Operating Management
Choose Your Own Demand Response: 3 Categories

Building Operating Management
Demand Response 101: How To Get Paid To Cut Power Use

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Upgrades and the Role of Utility Incentives

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ACEEE: The Most Energy-Efficient Utility Companies in The U.S.

Building Operating Management
More Water Shortages Mean FMs Must Focus on Water Efficiency

Building Operating Management
Energy Innovation Driven By Buildings Industry

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Beyond Smart Grid: New Terminology, Focus on Interoperability and Data

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Rebates and Beyond: An Array of Utility Programs Can Help FMs Save Money

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Demand Response, Commisssioning, and Training: Utility Partnerships

Building Operating Management
How To Cut Risk In Getting Utility Rebates

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Biggest Change in Energy Markets Is Natural Gas Pricing

Building Operating Management
Understanding PUC Regulation as a Factor in Utility Rates

Building Operating Management
Understanding the Big Shifts in Power Pricing

Building Operating Management
Location, Consultant, Modeling Can Help Customers Prepare for Utility Price Impacts

Building Operating Management
Temporary Generators, PPAs, Bring Electric Bill Complications After Hurricane

Building Operating Management
Utility Incentive, Rebate Programs Can Help Support Green Projects

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Retail, Investment Properties Often Miss Out On Available Utility Incentives

Building Operating Management
Facility Managers Need To Understand Changing Market To Maximize Utility Incentives and Rebates

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Trend In Utility Incentive Programs Is Toward More Monitoring, Proof Of Performance

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Utility Incentive Programs Will Require Stricter Monitoring, Offer Greater Benefits

Building Operating Management
Utility Rebate Programs Can Help Get Energy Efficiency Projects Off The Ground

Building Operating Management
Changes To Utility Rebate And Incentive Programs Show Importance Of Good Relationship With Utility

Building Operating Management
How Utilities, Customers Can Both Continue To Benefit From Incentive Programs

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Involve Utility As Part Of Demand-Response Decisions

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Utility Incentives and Rebates: Smart Planning, Big Savings

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Utility Incentives: Starting the Conversation

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Beyond the Basics of Utility Rebates

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Understanding Prescriptive Utility Incentives

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Demand Response Is Inexpensive Way To Save

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Demand Response Has Number of Variables

Building Operating Management
The What, When and How of Demand Response

Building Operating Management
Most Demand Response Programs are Low- or No-Cost

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Demand Response Programs Include Emergency, Voluntary Options

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Earning Energy Efficiency Rebates: Tips for Facility Managers

Building Operating Management
With Utility Rebates, Complex Rules Can Trip Up Facility Managers

Building Operating Management
Automated Demand Response a Better Way to Shave Peak Load

Building Operating Management
How Automated Demand Response Performs

Building Operating Management
OpenADR as a National Standard for Automated Demand Response

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Utility Incentive Programs Can Help Facility Managers Save Dollars

Building Operating Management
Demand Response Plays Big Role in Utility Energy Incentive Programs

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Energy Efficiency: Role of HVAC Systems and Benchmarking with Jay Russell

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Smart Grid: Managers Have Incentives for Reducing Demand

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Hospital Operates on 100 Percent Renewables, Sells Power

Facility Focus
What is the EPA's National Building Competition?

Facility Focus
Facilities Management: How to Create a Energy Department

5 Minutes With
Personnel Management and Cost-Saving Strategies with Bruce Canter

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Direct-Digital Controls: Energy Management Lowers Utility Costs

Building Operating Management
Utilities Offer a Range of Incentives for Improving Energy Performance

Building Operating Management
How to Get Going on Energy Efficiency Programs

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Successful Demand-Response Program Requires Culture Shift

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Power Management: Demand Response & The Grid

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Demand Response: How to Operate Off the Grid

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Combined Heat and Power: Cogeneration Saves University Money

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Geothermal Systems: Pay Attention to Control Sequence

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Power Meters: Report to Building-Control System

Facility Maintenance Decisions
CHP System: Turbine Reduces Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

Facility Maintenance Decisions
CHP System Lowers Utility Bills, Generates Reliable Power

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Cogeneration Installation: Lessons Learned

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Managers Discuss Strategies for Participating in Demand-Response Programs

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Energy Audits: Performing an Economic Analysis

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Photovoltaic Roofs: What is the ROI?

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Energy Utilization Index: Meters, Software Improve Facilities Monitoring

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Demand Meters Help Facilities Qualify for Utility Programs

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Lighting Retrofits: Save Money, Reduce Maintenance with Betsy Pooley

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Project Planning: Grounds, Utilities, and Facility Managers Work Together

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Building-Automation System: Retrofit Starts with Metering

Facility Maintenance Decisions
BAS Upgrade Lowers University's Energy Bills 20 Percent

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Managers Analyze the Performance of Existing Equipment

5 Minutes With
HVAC Management Strategies with Mike Holzkamper

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Boiler Retrofit: Space Constraints Pose Installation Challenges

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Multiple-Boiler Installation Creates Energy, Cost Savings

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Maintenance Department Spearheads Plumbing Retrofits

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Hospital Shuts Down Floors to Perform Plumbing Retrofit

Facility Maintenance Decisions
Demand-Response Program Leads to Potential Savings

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Reliability, Environmental Concerns Top Utility Survey

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Aging Workforce, Environmental Regulation Concern Participants in Electric Reliability Survey

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Utilities Seek to Increase Energy Efficiency

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Demand Response Programs Growing Nationwide, FERC Says

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Arizona Will Boost Requirement for Renewables