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Water Conservation Guide for Business: 20 Tips To Reduce Water Usage

Green Business Bureau

Water Conservation Guide for Business: 20 Tips to Reduce Water Usage. Employee Waste – Employees, whether they are working in person, at home, or are traveling, can generate a significant amount of a company’s water waste in areas such as bathrooms, water fountains, and kitchens.

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Utilities must educate customers about their power to curb climate change

Renewable Energy World

The renewable energy industry and utilities have a unique opportunity to educate consumers about how that buying power can turn into climate action. Read more: The automated vessel designed to transport electricity from offshore wind farms to shore.

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Green Realtor® Guide: Marketing Eco-Friendly Homes and Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

Realtors® and Home Buyers Going Green. With continued advances in energy efficiency, green technology and design, houses built today operate more sustainably than they did several decades ago. There is also a growing number of homebuyers desiring green homes. Energy efficiency.

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Home Energy Reporting’s Evolution to True Home Energy Management

Bidgely

Hear more from Bill Hughes about the future of Home Energy Management , and learn more about the design philosophy behind Bidgely’s industry-leading HEM solutions. . I spend 15% of my electricity on cooking, is that high? Case in Point: Electric Vehicle Adoption.

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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid.

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Top 2022 Trends in Solar Energy Systems

Mosaic

Consumer interest in solar energy continues to rise. Whether it’s a commitment to reduce carbon emissions or a desire for greater energy resilience, homeowners are seeking to learn how to incorporate solar energy systems into their homes.

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Electric Ireland and Bidgely Maximise the Value of Customer Data

Bidgely

Electric Ireland is in the midst of a multi-year initiative to roll out 2.4 million next generation smart meters. Electric Ireland calls its Bidgely-enriched plans Home Electric+.

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Minneapolis battery pilot will test vision for sharing solar power with neighbors

Renewable Energy World

Contributed by Frank Jossi, Energy News Network. Four batteries are being installed at a North Minneapolis green jobs training center in one of the country’s first “virtual power plant” pilot projects. Each battery will simulate a household buying and selling power with neighbors.

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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

GreenTechMedia

Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. It is more complex — that’s going to take some education," Culley said.

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Energy Providers Take the Wheel: Driving the Electric Vehicle Buyer’s Journey

Bidgely

Hear from the Austin Energy team about how they are driving the electric vehicle buyer’s journey in the on-demand recording of their 2021 Engage session Electric>Gas: How Austin Energy Is Building EV Champions. It’s time for energy providers to get in the mix.

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Enphase Energy is hiring

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Various positions | Enphase Energy | Various locations in the USA and Europe USA: Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer – Austin, TX As a Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer, you will join a team focused on developing the software that powers our market leading energy products. Simulating new algorithms for autonomous microgrid power flow management. As an Account Representative, you will be working from the office or home office.

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These Are the Benefits of Going Solar at Home

The Environmental Blog

This includes reducing your monthly energy costs. Keep reading to discover insight into the reason you should make the shift to solar panels for your home so that you can save money while helping to save the planet. Reduce Energy Costs. Improve the Value of Your Home.

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Highlights from the J.D. Power Utility Client Conference: Bringing A Focused Approach to Our Clean Energy Future

Bidgely

Watch Bidgely CEO Abhay Gupta’s presentation from the JD Power Utility Conference to learn more about how Bidgely is able to help utilities partner with customers on our collective clean energy journey. Electric Vehicle Adoption is Opening Up New Customer Engagement Opportunities.

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3 Ways to Boost Customers’ Energy Efficiency

Mosaic

It’s no surprise that with the continual rise of electricity rates, energy savings have been top of mind for homeowners. Energy Awareness Month is the perfect time to talk to your customers about how energy efficiency can lower their utility bills and save them money.

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The unexpected arboretum: CSUSM benefits from sustainable approach to water and environmental management

Green Technology

Only sites meeting stringent specified standards — including those involved with education, tree science and conservation — can become officially accredited arboretums. Reducing water usage is a key component of the plan’s goals in Natural and Landscape Management Practices.

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Montana’s renewable energy city coalition grows

Renewable Energy World

For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast , host John Farrell talks with Helena Sustainability Coordinator Patrick Judge and Citizens Conservation Commission Member Mark Juedeman. Warily Partnering with Northwestern Energy.

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Top 2022 High Efficiency Trends in HVAC

Mosaic

Labor shortages, supply chain challenges, chip shortages and inflation are impacting the home improvement industry across the board. Where they were investing in home improvements in 2020 and 2021, they may now be looking outside of the home for their spending as travel continues to open up.

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DISTRIBUTECH International announces Host Utility, partnerships to support navigation of the energy transition

Renewable Energy World

DISTRIBUTECH will be co-located for the first time with POWERGEN International, the world’s largest power generation event. SECC will also host a co-located event around Smart Energy and Consumers. CESA is the definitive voice of energy storage in California.

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Guidehouse Insights HEM Leaderboard: Bidgely Recognized as Leading Home Energy Management Provider

Bidgely

Bidgely was recognized as a leader in the latest Q1 2021 Home Energy Management Providers Leaderboard published by Guidehouse Insights. Explore the next generation of Home Energy Management at bidgely.com.

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Energy for All (HB 1490)

Front And Centered

Front and Centered and Puget Sound Sage have put forward the Energy For All law (House Bill 1490), under the sponsorship of Representative Kirsten Harris-Talley, to make it easier for low income people and persons with disabilities to power their homes.

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Upgrade your CX Platform Without Upending Your Organization

Bidgely

Behind-the-meter energy intelligence derived from load disaggregation and non-intrusive load monitoring has the capacity to augment existing tech stacks to maximize performance.

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Leveraging AMI Data for Successful Time-Based Rate Implementation, Load Shaping, and CX

Bidgely

This urgent need to shift load is one of the major factors driving the transition from flat, volumetric rates to time-based residential rate structures that incentivize consumers to align their energy use with times of greatest supply and lowest cost generation.

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Top 5 Takeaways: Customer Perspectives on EVs, Smart Homes, and Beneficial Electrification

Bidgely

The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) serves as a trusted industry resource, shining a light on the voice of energy consumers across major themes, including grid modernization, power delivery and usage, and energy literacy.

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Energy crisis: Labour unveils £6bn home insulation plan, as pressure mounts on government for action

Business Green

Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Downing Street face mounting pressure to ramp up support for energy efficiency and billpayers as autumn draws nearer. Take renewable energy," Starmer wrote. Wind, solar, hydrogen power - we need to scale them all up for climate change and cheaper bills.

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Greentech Media’s Must-Read Energy Storage Stories of 2020

GreenTechMedia

The coronavirus pandemic brought the broader economy to a halt, but the energy storage industry didn't get the memo. More capacity is going into homes than ever before, helping families make better use of rooftop solar investments and keeping the lights on during outages.

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How to advance equity in energy solutions in the COVID-19 era

GreenBiz

How to advance equity in energy solutions in the COVID-19 era. During the day I work in the energy sector supporting government and utilities design programs to perform outreach to and educate low-income and diverse communities. How do you release your power to support a cause?

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A New Era in Energy Use Disaggregation: TOU Granularity

Bidgely

Learn how AI-powered TOU disaggregation science provides utilities with more precise customer energy usage insights than any other analytics approach before, delivering value and operational efficiencies across the enterprise.

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A New Era in Energy Use Disaggregation: TOU Granularity

Bidgely

Learn how AI-powered TOU disaggregation science provides utilities with more precise customer energy usage insights than any other analytics approach before, delivering value and operational efficiencies across the enterprise.

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European Utility Week 2019: The Energy Transition Is Happening in Customers’ Homes – Are Utilities in Control?

Bidgely

With Europe becoming the pioneer of energy transition, the European Utility Week (EUW) has evolved from a classic industry trade fair to a hotbed of energy innovation and thought leadership. Let’s define energy transition as the process of decarbonising energy production while electrifying energy consumption (space heating, transportation, industrial loads, etc.). In fact, 45% of annual battery capacity additions are already behind the meter today.

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Generac further expands into grid business with ecobee acquisition

Renewable Energy World

capabilities and yesterday, the company said it is adding smart home technology company ecobee to its family. ecobee’s smart thermostats optimize heating and cooling systems to deliver energy savings for homeowners, said the company. Energy Efficiency News Ecobee Enbaia Generac

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Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption

Business Green

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever. The big cloud computing providers, of course, have expended much energy on plans to consume less electricity.

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Removing Barriers to Geothermal Heat Pump Deployment in New York

Energy and Cleantech Council

A great deal of progress has been made in decarbonizing the power sector through deployment of clean electricity generation technologies such as wind and solar. On the federal front, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) has set a goal of powering at least 40 million U.S. homes with renewable geothermal by 2050. New York’s “500-foot Rules” One 500-foot geothermal borehole can provide the heating capacity for many smaller single-family homes in New York State.

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How AMI Data and Analytics Elevate DSM Program Marketing

Bidgely

Their discussion centered upon how energy providers are changing the utility-consumer dynamic to increasingly rely on their customers as partners in ensuring a resilient and decarbonized grid. “It Tapping the Power of AMI Data.

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Engaging Students in Energy Conservation

Green Technology

Improving energy efficiency isn’t just a matter of replacing equipment. As a step toward this transformation, Stockton Unified School District has engaged students as energy monitors. The impact on the district’s ROI from its energy upgrades has been significant.

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Solar100’s Jon Powers: The Chief Sustainability Officer of Solar

GreenTechMedia

You might not know that he’s also an army veteran, former Federal Chief Sustainability Officer under the Obama Administration, and a multi-hyphenate who’s dedicated his career to public service, renewable energy, and sustainability. Starting in renewable energy.

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Cooperation Between the Utility and its Customers in a Complex Energy Landscape

AutoGrid

Cooperation Between the Utility and its Customers in a Complex Energy Landscape. The future energy landscape is a multi-leveled, interconnected topography of many diverse entities. According to the IEA , renewable electricity?generation renewable electricity?in?2021,

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Personalize, Align and Motivate: Using Data to Drive Heat Pump Adoption and Beneficial Electrification

Bidgely

When it comes to decarbonization and beneficial electrification, the surging electric vehicle wave has received most of the attention. In fact, energy use by homes and buildings contributes approximately 27 percent of global CO2 emissions – much of which stems from heating and cooling.

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Why the government needs to home in on energy efficiency

Business Green

Energy UK's Louise Shooter sets out how the government could unlock an innovative, market-led approach to green home upgrades. In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt focussed on the role of energy efficiency as a long-term policy response to rising international gas prices.

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‘We Too Must Improve’: Clean Energy Industry Holds Up Mirror on Racial Inequity

GreenTechMedia

clean energy organizations joined nationwide expressions of grief and anger this week following the recent killings of black Americans including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. A 'radical transformation' that goes beyond energy.

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Sustainable Facilities Forum – Our Sponsors

Green Technology

MAIN PAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM SPONSOR PROFILES WHY SPONSOR ADVISORY BOARD REGISTER Resources Forum Agenda Education Program Leadership Awards Sponsor Profiles Why Sponsor? the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product. That’s Energy Savings Made Simple.

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Utility Leaders Forecast Five Future-Ready Trends

Bidgely

This year’s experts explored what it means for a utility to be future-ready as we establish ambitious decarbonization goals and prepare for never-before-seen loads from electric vehicles and the complexity of distributed energy resources. We give you controls to monitor usage.

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Opens Positions at Peninsula Clean Energy

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Various Positions | Peninsula Clean Energy | California. Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) is a Community Choice Energy agency that purchases clean energy at lower rates for its customers. It offers a discount on electricity bills and additional savings opportunities for its member residents, businesses and other electricity customers. Peninsula Clean Energy is a joint powers authority (a type of public agency) formed by the County of San Mateo and 21 cities.

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Energy and Sustainability Community Program Manager

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Energy and Sustainability Community Program Manager | Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA. Bring your energy and sustainability knowledge and program leadership experience to the County of Sonoma and become the next Energy and Sustainability Community Program Manager! This position will have key responsibilities for effective and meaningful outreach and education to a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders in areas related to climate, energy, resiliency, and financing.