PACE Financing hasn’t made plans to expand to Columbia yet, but is headed to St. Louis, Jefferson City, Joplin, and Kansas City to name a few places in Missouri. It allows businesses to finance their energy efficient projects with the energy savings and it is paid for your property taxes. PACE also allows you to […]
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Often un-heard-of, retro-commissioning is the application of the commissioning process to existing buildings. It is a process that seeks to improve how building equipment and systems function together. Depending on the age of the building, retro-commissioning can often resolve problems that occurred during design or construction, or address problems that have developed throughout the building’s
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With the current stock market being as uncertain as it is, only one thing is actually for certain when it comes to investments and your money…. That would be that investing in solar for your property offers you guaranteed returns on your investment for 25+ years. As the stock market continues to be stagnant and
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Advanced Demand Management Systems (ADMS) is the culmination of on-site generation and creative control of HVAC, lighting, and other building systems to manipulate a given utility rate structure while saving energy and reducing a customer’s impact on the electric grid. EnergyLink’s process begins with a utility rate structure analysis to determine how a customer’s utility provider
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Installing smart solar on your rooftop is an important decision for both you and your property. As the industry advances and we see more incentives/resources for customers to install solar, it becomes crucial to know everything that is available to you. While many prospective solar users begin to worry about the investment required, the installation
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Research indicates that typical light levels in offices and schools are not consistent or powerful enough, and are not tuned to the correct color of light for cicardian stimulation or task optimization. Selection of office LED lighting should utilize consistent blue-enriched white light at appropriate light levels to stimulate the brain, improve alertness, and increase
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The solar/utility conflict is far from intractable. Utilities deride net metering as a subsidy from customers who can’t install solar to those who can, while the Solar Energy Industries Association publishes principles stating that customers should always have net metering as an option. Value-of-solar Tariff A solution already exists. This is the value-of-solar tariff, where
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A common myth about the challenges of integrating renewable power into the grid is that because solar and wind are intermittent, grid operators need to maintain full generation capacity from “baseload” plants powered by coal and nuclear. Recent data and research shows that not only is this not true, but that baseload capacity is fundamentally
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For quite some time, it was thought that net metering was proving to be quite useful for the grid and its sustainability. However, the example of a reusable bag at a grocery store, seems to actually be what net metering is doing for the industry. Overview Net metering is a simple, intuitive way to
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As many could predict, recent reports confirm that the future of the United States’ energy could be from rooftop solar. With all of the advances within the industry, this should surprise very few people and cause many to shift focus on adapting for the future. Overview The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found that nearly
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