Energy Certification Articles
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Utility Companies: Energy Services and Goals 2024
Utilities are a key player with which almost all individuals or companies must interact. Organizations require energy to carry out their business activities, and therefore seek out the utilities that provide the best service. In last week's article, we delved into the context of Energy Service Companies, examining their challenges, priorities, and trends. Today, we shift the focus to utilities. ...
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The Growing Role of Energy Efficiency in Public Administration
Historically, the role of the Public Administration has been to drive, promote, support and create a framework in which companies contribute their knowledge and experience in the different sectors, enabling citizens to improve their well-being every day and to be able to count on a multitude of services that perfectly cover their needs. Nowadays, there is a clear change of priorities in society ...
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EV charging metering-AC meters and DC meters
As the commercialization of charging piles accelerates, how to accurately measure has become a headache for many charging pile manufacturers. One of them is the accuracy of the electricity meter instrument, which is a very important link. The article discussed about these three issues from energy meter environment, energy meter certification, and energy meter calibration. 1. energy meter ...
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How to Get an EPC 'C' Efficiency Rating?
As the globe begins to witness and feel the consequences of climate change, we are under increasing pressure to minimise our carbon footprint, both collectively and individually. Making our houses more energy-efficient is one of many tiny things we can do as individuals that, when done collectively, may have a big impact. By making our homes more energy efficient, we are not only conserving ...
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Understanding the options for renewable energy for data centers
The drive is on to improve the sustainability performance of data centers with tools such as IIoT platforms, energy monitoring and management, and innovative cooling technologies. However efficient a data center becomes, the carbon footprint of the electricity itself will be the main factor in its environmental performance. The exact amount of electricity consumed in data centers around the ...
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The role of Energy Management in Sustainable Building Certifications
For years, the real estate sector has been using a range of sustainability, quality and energy efficiency certifications to catalogue the building stock and highlight the best-rated buildings. The ability to categorise portfolios of buildings according to their ‘green’ credentials is very useful in positioning them better in the sales and rental market, as well as in attracting ...
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Vast Solar in talks with Australian mining groups for first CSP plant
Modular CSP developer Vast Solar sees Australia's mining sector as the greatest deployment opportunity before wind and PV growth creates wholesale market openings, Craig Wood, CEO of Vast Solar, told New Energy Update. Vast Solar's quest to build Australia's first large-scale CSP plant could soon be boosted by new offtake contracts with the mining sector. The developer is currently in talks ...
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Chile CSP pioneer signs PPA with Copec; Silicon storage to replace Aurora CSP project
Cerro Dominador signs PPA with Copec energy group Cerro Dominador, Latin America's first CSP plant, has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Chilean fuel distributor Copec, Cerro Dominador, a subsidiary of EIG Global Energy Partners, said December 11. Located on a 146-hectare site in the Atacama desert, the 110 MW Cerro Dominador plant will enter commercial operations this ...
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Quick guide to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) is published
Inprova Energy has published a free guide to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations, which could make energy-wasting commercial buildings unlettable. The MEES regulations come into force on 1 April 2018 and will make it illegal to grant a new tenancy to new or existing tenants for privately rented commercial properties that don't meet minimum energy standards. Landlords who ...
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Solar Glossary of Terms
If you are new to the solar world, there are a few phrases you need to master in order to expertly navigate your way to the best solar installation for home. Here is a brief explanation of all the terms you may encounter during your solar journey. Energy Audit This is an audit conducted by a professional that measures electricity usage in the home. The results allow homeowners to take steps to ...
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Renewable, local power options expand
It makes no economic sense to run more than one set of wires from electric power generators to homes and businesses. That’s why consumers haven’t had a choice about the source of their electric power – whether it be an investor-owned utility (IOU), municipal utility or electric cooperative. Enabling consumers to choose between competing energy providers is a paradigm shift, and ...
By Triplepundit
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How Green Tariffs Can Benefit Utilities and Consumers
The challenges facing the electricity sector in the U.S. have been widely discussed in the last year—issues ranging from evolving pollution controls to slow growth in demand. In particular, many utilities see the rise of small-scale, distributed solar power as a threat to their businesses. Anxious about losing customers, utilities are moving to reform self-generation rules so that ...
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Generating Cost Savings Through Effective Energy Management
A discussion about the Challenges and Opportunities associated with Energy Savings Improvements. The purpose of this document is to provide an introduction to the ISO 50001:2011 Energy Management System (EnMS) certification requirements. This document is not intended to be a full explanation of the certification standards and related requirements or of its implementation. Rather, it aims to ...
By SGS
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One In Three Councils Not Complying With Legal Duties On Monitoring Their Buildings’ Energy Use
Nearly a third of councils are not complying with their legal duties on monitoring their buildings’ energy use under laws designed to encourage councils to improve their estates. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive from the EU requires public authorities to have up-to-date Display Energy Certificates (DEC) in all their buildings over 1,000m2. The government has allocated ...
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Bolivar wastewater treatment plant cogeneration facility to be Installed by Clarke Energy - Case Study
The Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is the largest wastewater treatment plant in the Adelaide region, processing almost 70% of Adelaide’s metropolitan wastewater. The South Australian Government has approved a $25.8 million project for SA Water to optimise the energy utilisation on the site. This project will provide a major upgrade to the WWTP power supply by the installation of ...
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Figuring out how to go green without going crazy
Utilities worry about a lot of things, such as keeping the lights on, earning a return for investors, and making regulators and customers happy with their service. Now there is a new worry: How can they protect customers from what one utility refers to as “mental fatigue?” In this particular case, the utility raises the issue as it prepares to invite homeowners and small ...
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Implementing the new national Regulation for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (KENAK): Role and responsibility of the Energy Auditors
The new Regulation for Buildings Energy Performance (KENAK) has been recently adopted within national legislation and expected to comprise an integral part of all future developments in the building sector in Greece. The regulation will undoubtedly significantly affect the construction of new buildings through the introduction of energy performance standards. Furthermore, the real estate market ...
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How many negawatts do I need before I retire?
A candy shop owner on Cape Cod offers a new approach to build a retirement portfolio: put solar panels on your roof. “We looked at the stock market last year and it didn’t look too good so we decided to invest in electricity,” said Ray Hebert, owner of Stage Stop Candy in Dennisport, in an article on wickedlocal.com by Nicole Muller. Thanks to today’s generous state and federal subsidies, Hebert ...
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It’s the environment, stupid
If Harry Truman were running for president today, he’d probably ‘Give ‘em Green,’ rather than ‘Give ‘em Hell.’ Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan would be, ‘It’s the environment, stupid.’ And Herbert Hoover might be promising a solar panel on every roof, rather than a chicken in every pot – and the pot would sit on a smart-metered stove, powered by a plug-in hybrid, eligible for renewable energy ...
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Energy efficiency markets chooses its favorites of 2008
We appreciate the entries submitted for Energy Efficiency Markets’ first annual ‘best of’ contest. It is difficult to select winners in an industry that is burgeoning with innovation. We hope you find our selections as intriguing as we did. Please continue to email us about interesting projects – we’d like to highlight them periodically in our weekly newsletter:1. Best appliance: Energy ...
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