Articles Tagged with ''energy management''

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed into law SB14-001, a $2 million appropriation to help fund the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory that involves four state institutions and a number of industry partners.

The installed base this year will surge 63 percent to 9.1 million.

For service technicians and contractors, the key is to be aware of next-generation equipment coming down the road, any differing servicing techniques that might be required, and the fact that like-for-like equipment may not be easily changed out, even if a customer requests it. 

This is the first in a two-part series of articles summarizing the State of HVAC survey Emerson conducted and is sharing exclusively with The NEWS. 

ESCOs continue to evolve, offering new services to meet the needs of building owners and operators.

This article will look at five award-winning projects in the educational, commercial, and industrial fields.

Testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB) contractors diagnose performance shortfalls and make sure a building works as it is designed to, whether it’s newly constructed or an existing edifice.

One year after launching Nest energy services, Nest Labs Inc., maker of the Nest Learning Thermostat, has announced the results of its Rush Hour Rewards™ program, noting that in summer 2013 it delivered an average of 55 percent energy reduction in residential air conditioning loads during peak times.

Cloud-based home management systems that allow users to remotely control household features like HVAC and lighting are set for rapid growth in the coming years, with the worldwide installed base set to rise by a factor of eight from 2013 to 2018, according to IHS Technology.

The bill would strengthen energy-saving model building codes and promote energy efficiency in residential, federal, and industrial buildings.