Energy Benchmarking In The Seat Of Power Revealed Red Flags By: Daniel Stouffer | - Recently, the District of Columbia became one of the first government organizations in history to publicly promote its system-wide efficiency. The District started to invest in measures to better understand its use of energy throughout its almost 200 public buildings. By energy benchmarking, it hopes to cut back on its use of electricity, natural gas, and other fuels and consequently reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Restructure Your Approach To Energy Supply Management At Your Earliest Opportunity By: Daniel Stouffer | - Utility companies are very good at coming up with ways to charge the consumer for energy. They're very aware that the old systems that they have used for decades now to come up with tariffs that are based on monthly billing cycles are not effective anymore.
The playing field is different today and companies are looking for ways to reduce their energy costs. The best way to cut energy costs is to analyze operational energy consumption data, determine areas for improvement, and act up ... Tags:energy efficiency, energy management, sustainability, management, business
Massive Growth In Energy Efficiency Software Market By: Daniel Stouffer | - As the cost of energy continues to increase, it's no surprise that the market for energy efficiency software continues to grow with it. In fact, the market is expected to undergo rapid growth from 2011 and 2012. Verdantix, a respected research organization based in the UK, evaluated a broad cross-section of companies that provide energy management solutions to large, dispersed entities. The research presented leaders in the market and the capabilities that are important to organizations now and ... Tags:energy efficiency, energy management, asset management, sustainability, business
Switching On The Corporate Lights By Employing Fixed Asset Tracking Software By: Daniel Stouffer | - As competition increases and opportunities become scarcer there is more pressure to find that extra "edge." The production or delivery process might be fine tuned, to the point that there are seemingly no options for further improvement. All available opportunities have been investigated and the sales force is fully engaged in carving out the company's position in the marketplace. In these ultracompetitive times, it is important to go back to basics and analyze all internal procedures carefully, ... Tags:Fixed asset tracking software, asset tracking, asset management, sustainability, energy management
When Will Global Energy Management Ever Be Achieved? By: Daniel Stouffer | - It's an interesting exercise to look at consumption of energy around the world and to compare figures now to previous decades. We can see in an alarming increase in our thirst, which makes it even more troubling when we realize that there really is no such thing as an overall approach to global energy management as such. While the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development does help to monitor economic progress among the developed nations and to foster world trade, there is still no c ... Tags:Global energy management, energy management, energy, sustainability, business
The Push Toward Electrical Energy Conservation By: Daniel Stouffer | - Electrical energy conservation techniques can be proactive or reactive, systemic or project-based. Often, especially in the retail environment, electricity represents a large portion of total energy spend. Conservation is nothing new, as companies can trace significant electricity use reduction initiatives back to the energy crises of the 1970s. However, with sustainability and smart energy management at the top of the list for business executives today, companies need to use modern technologies ... Tags:Electrical energy conservation, energy conservation, energy management, sustainability
Global Energy Management Might Just Be A Pipe Dream? By: Daniel Stouffer. | - It is revealing to look at energy consumption around the world and to see how it has grown alarmingly in previous decades. We seem to be thirstier than ever, but have no apparent interest in a consolidated approach to global energy management. Certain organizations do exist to monitor trade and to foster cooperation, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. No formal consensus exists though, when it comes to global energy management.
Energy And Asset Management: The Most Crucial For Business Success By: Daniel Stouffer | - In terms of distinguishing business assets from liabilities, it used to be very vivid. An element on one hand was seen as a positive contributor, while that on the other was seen as a negative straw to resource use. One asset represented a resource that contributes to an organization's growth on one hand and as a liability that entails expenses on another.
Water Efficient Strategy: A Way Towards Corporate Sustainability By: Daniel Stouffer | - Society demands corporate attention to sustainability. While you could argue that any time an external entity places a "demand" upon an organization, it represents a threat that must be addressed. You could also argue that the drive to sustainability makes good fiscal sense as well. The first step is to gather accurate and quantifiable information to create a baseline. This should be applied to all scarce resources, including energy and water, with both a carbon and a water footprint revealed. Tags:water efficient strategy, sustainability, brand management, verisae inc, daniel stouffer, sustainability resource planning
Organizations That Mind Sustainable Water Management Are Smarter By: Daniel Stouffer | - Organizations from all over the world are preoccupied with executing organizational reforms with the ultimate goal of achieving sustainability. Public information is so much accessible and free within the past few years and consumers are in the position of being more informed than ever before. On top of that, legislation also stipulate some conditions and terms that compel organizations to mind their environmental responsibility, including their strategies for sustainable water management.
Overproduction Waste Is One Of The Seven Deadly Sins By: Daniel Stouffer | - Distinctive areas of waste inefficiencies that could be a threat to any company's profitability, and therefore to sustainability, has been identified by Toyota, one of the leading auto manufacturers in the world. Essentially, these areas could kill a company's sustainability due to excesses that could pull down profit, including: poor quality control, movement (or motion), transport, waiting time, overproduction, process and inventory.
Waste Reduction Grants Focus On Stewardship By: Daniel Stouffer | - The state of California is leading the country when it comes to initiatives for climate protection. California requires all local governments to take a step in ensuring that waste is reduced by up to 50% from the levels in 1990. All businesses in the state of California are eligible to waste reduction grants as long as they will have concerted efforts in the reduction of waste that they are sending to the landfills.
Taking A Closer Look At Waste Planning By: Daniel Stouffer | - Waste planning should be a comprehensive part of any company's look at sustainability. A company should be able to look past the poster child of carbon emissions.
Expectations From Carbon Emissions Baseline By: Daniel Stouffer | - Calculating your organization's carbon baseline is one important first step in your goals for sustainability. With many organizations having had the burden of financial pressures due to recession, the goal of achieving optimum return of investment is high, notwithstanding the environmental costs.
Uk Carbon Legislation And Cap And Trade Scheme By: Daniel Stouffer | - A lot of people think that the Congress of the United States has not been paying much attention on climate-related issues way back 2009, as the key issue tackled by the legislators of that year was health care. Many believe that as energy related concerns are gaining significant media attention, it is most probable that carbon legislation must already being cooked up and is on its way.
Uk Emphasis On Low Carbon Inititiatives Accelerates By: Daniel Stouffer | - Among the developed countries, the UK's government is more advanced in its climate change advocacy and initiatives to make a statement in attacking issues on global warming. Carbon trading scheme has already been launched for most big establishments and more emphasis is pressed on low carbon emissions.
The Importance Of Enterprise Energy Management Systems By: Daniel Stouffer | - Enterprise carbon and energy management (ECEM) systems will become any organization's most powerful and important tool in the new carbon economy as it stands as a combination of essential software services to aid efficient carbon and energy use reduction.
Improving Energy Efficiency With Smart Grid Projects By: Daniel Stouffer | - Smart grid project will help improve energy efficiency within an energy grid and could help a lot in realizing savings on electricity and saving the environment.
The retail sector, as well as other business enterprises and entities, are implementing smart grid projects in an effort to save on energy costs, move towards energy independence and become a positive influence on the environment by reducing harmful greenhouse gases that lead to global warming.
Energy Efficiency Can Be Helped With Enterprise Energy Management Systems By: Daniel Stouffer | - Although efficiency has always been relatively defined by every kinds of enterprise. For instance, there would be companies which qualify productivity as a measure for asset efficiency. Although there have been plenty of reviews on asset and appliance energy consumption, there had been little on energy efficiency per se.
Efficient Smart Grid Architecture Reduces The Cost Of Energy By: Daniel Stouffer | - Several countries are now working on the development of an ultra efficient electricity delivery network, which allows electricity to be delivered between supplier and consumer through the use of smart grid architecture. Such a network will help to promote energy independence and will go a long way in the battle against global warming.
Retail Energy Management Helps Reduce Youe Energy Bills By: Daniel Stouffer | - Many companies are focusing efforts on energy management to optimize energy efficiency as the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is set to pass Congress. The new bill requires reduction of carbon emissions, proposes implementation of a cap and trade scheme for some types of enterprises, and the use of renewable sources of energy for 25% of total energy used all aimed to be achieved by the year 2020. This legislation also sets standard practices for energy efficiency standards for m ... Tags:retail energy management, energy demand response, enterprise energy management, energy efficiency, sustainability, verisae
Who Needs Enterprise Carbon And Energy Management Systems? By: Daniel Stouffer | - Within five years, carbon and energy management software will be the backbone of corporations worldwide. Forrester Research says that 83% of IT professionals worldwide has no plans yet of initiating carbon management systems in their corporations.
The scope of this problem is already well defined at the present and specifications on scopes pf responsibilities has already been set. The new US administration is already bound to address environmental issues more effectively.
Companies may now find many ways to reduce energy consumption. Many energy conservation techniques nowadays are applicable to many areas like energy generation, energy distribution, energy consumption, and energy transmission.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), first passed in 2006 with additional early actions taking effect in 2010, is a broad and comprehensive directive with the goal of reducing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) by approximately 25% by the year 2020. This objective of the early action stems from increases in carbon equivalent e ... Tags:fugitive emissions, CARB, AB 32, refrigerant management, sustainability resource planning, verisae
Tips And Information Regarding R-22 Refrigerant Regulations By: Daniel Stouffer | - The U.S. Clean Air Act is a congressional law that explains the EPA's task in protecting air quality and the ozone layer. This Act is maintained by the House of Representatives. Major amendments were passed in 1990 and several other changes were made after that with still more pending related to mandatory reporting of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
Reporting Of Greenhouse Gases (ghgs) To Be Mandated For Top 13,000 Facilities By: Daniel Stouffer | - The newly formed Obama administration has listed greenhouse gas (GHG) tracking and reporting as a major goal, with the objective of protecting the future of the environment by reducing today's carbon footprint. If no action were taken, the makeup of the earth would significantly altered. Future actions will establish a market drive carbon cap and trade program to drive GHG emissions reductions.
What The Us Clearn Air Act Means To Your Organization By: Daniel Stouffer | - The U.S. Clean Air Act is aimed at reducing air pollution to improve the country's air quality with specific requirements for the management of refrigerant gases. In addition, the law targets harmful substances that weaken the stratospheric ozone layer. As such, companies, in particular manufacturers, utility providers and facilities with HVAC-R equipment that use chemical substances and refrigerants, are required to follow the federal law.
R22 Refrigerant Gas Will Become Drastically More Expensive In 2010 By: Daniel Stouffer | - R22 refrigerant gas is one of the guilty parties when it comes to harming the environment even though it is vital to our economy, society, and safety of our ice cream. That's why the United States and many other countries around the world have joined together in an effort to convert usage of R22 refrigerant in commercial facilities to more environmentally friendly alternatives.
Epa To Mandate Carbon (co2) Emissions Tracking And Reporting By: Daniel Stouffer | - Mandatory carbon (CO2) emissions reporting is more important than ever as the United States works with facilities to reduce substances known to adversely affect air quality, the climate, and lead to global warming. Most of the known matter that is destroying the earth's ozone layer and contributing to global warming is derived from manmade compounds and chemicals with high global warming potential (GWP) and commonly known as greenhouse gases (GHGs).
How To Track Fugitive Emissions (i.e. Refrigerant Gases) By: Daniel Stouffer | - The United States and a host of other foreign countries are focusing on fugitive emission tracking for certain industries. The goal is to identify the amount of substances that are emitted into the atmosphere when a refrigerant gas leak occurs. This will give government officials at the EPA a better understanding of the amount of greenhouse gases harming the environment each year and contributing to global warming due to the ineffective management of refrigerant gases.
How The Climate Registry Will Impact Your Organization By: Daniel Stouffer | - The Climate Registry Protocol was written in preparation of mandatory monitoring and tracking or mobile (vehicle emissions), stationary (electricity production), and fugitive emissions (refrigerant gases). These possible sources of emissions are defined below as noted in The Climate Registry, the ISO standards, the EPA protocols, and the World Resource Institute requirements.
Ozone Destruction, Refrigerant Gases, And Carbon Emissions: What They All Have In Common By: Daniel Stouffer | - Since the causes of ozone layer depletion were identified, solutions were put into place to reduce or eliminate their usage. The U.S. Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocols address the problem internationally. The goal of these treaties is to stop the damage to the ozone layer by phasing out known contributors.
California Air Resources Board (carb) Places Higher Restrictions On Air Pollution By: Daniel Stouffer | - The California Air Resource Board has many goals, including the control of air pollution. As it strives to lower the greenhouse gas levels and reduce dangerous chemical levels in everyday goods, CARB is trying to make sure that consumers enjoy better air quality. New measures are also in place to crack down on refrigerant gas management.
What The Montreal Protocol Means To Your Hvac-r Systems By: Daniel Stouffer | - Since the inception of the Montreal protocol, the importance of placing greater focus on protecting the ozone layer has already shown decreases in ozone depleting substances. One can only reinforce the importance of accurate record keeping and refrigerant data management as new laws specifically targeting the reduction in refrigerant gas emissions as well as the growing, global mandatory carbon emission protocols.
Refrigerant Leaks Cost A Business Money, Damage The Environment, And Have Carbon Consequences By: Daniel Stouffer | - In the 1970s, scientists discovered that certain refrigerants such as Freon and many others in the HCFC category could cause spontaneous, chemical reactions and destroy the delicate ozone layer protecting Earth´s atmosphere. Developments in mandatory refrigerant usage and new regulations were passed to restrict the methods of manufacturing and the ways that refrigerants could be used in common AC or HVAC systems. Refrigerant gases could no longer be deliberately released to escape or vented ... Tags:refrigerant leak, refrigerant gases, HCFC, CFC, GHG, ODS, refrigerant reporting, refrigerant tracking, verisae, daniel stouffer
Strategies For Staying Knowledgable About R-22 Hcfc Refrigerant Gas Regulations By: Daniel Stouffer | - In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set strict standards for regulating and monitoring a refrigerant leak. The Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocols were both created to establish similar environmental standards internationally. These regulations include protocols for repairing refrigerant leaks or disposing of systems within a certain timeframe.
Refrigerant Gas Management Must Make A Consideration Of The Resultant Carbon Emission By: Daniel Stouffer | - In many countries, carbon emissions are required by law to be reported across an organization's entire footprint; hence the coined term "Carbon Footprint. Carbon data and detailed records of energy, fuel, and refrigerant gas consumption fall under regulatory compliance rules and must be reported in paper, and increasingly, electronic format - Globally.
R-22 is the most widely used refrigerant in the world. Since the 1940's R-22 has been the refrigerant gas that we use in central air-conditioning (AC) systems at home and work. It is efficient, non-toxic and easy to use. It's difficult to grasp how important R-22 is to our society.
What Are Refrigerant Gases, Leak Detection, And Reporting? By: Daniel Stouffer | - Refrigerants are used in commercial facilities such as office buildings, hospitals and warehouses to maintain the climate and air quality. Refrigerant management includes maintaining the air conditioning (AC) or heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) units often used to maintain the environment in these buildings.
