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There’s a new alliance in town: The Energy Storage Solutions Consortium. With founding members including Meta, REsurety, Broad Reach Power, the consortium has a vision: provide the tools needed to assess and maximize emission reductions from energy storage. Energy storage has a starring role in our new, decarbonized future. It’s often called the “linchpin technology”…

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more and more popular, and for good reason. If you’re thinking about investing in EV infrastructure for your commercial facility, there are several ways it can benefit you. Not only are EVs better for the environment, but they can also save you a lot of money in the long run….

  A growing portion of rebate programs now recognize networked lighting control systems. Here’s how to take advantage. “Money on the table.” That’s how utility rebates are often described. This enduring and widely available form of utility demand-side management policy offers cash incentives to install equipment that reduces ongoing energy costs. By encouraging its customers…

  Janitors are often the behind-the-scenes heroes of facility maintenance, keeping everything clean, stocked, and sanitized. They support health and safety and hygiene and they’re often responsible for visitors’ first impression of your building. In a study conducted between 2021 and 2022, 49 per cent of facility managers confirmed that their janitorial team is in-house,…

There has been a recent rise in companies beginning to look at their wider emissions footprint, fueled by increased scrutiny of emission disclosures. Previously, focus has been limited to emissions with easily accessible data – Scope 1 and 2 (typically natural gas, electricity, fleet vehicles, diesel and refrigerant gases). However, with recently published figures from…

  Drinks giant Diageo has announced plans to invest $525,000 in innovations that can monitor and lessen the impact of the climate and water crises on smallholder farms in Africa. The company announced last week it had launched three “challenges,” which would see hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on innovations designed to improve farmers’…