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News  -  September 6, 2024

Webinar Replay - The New Math: Balancing Decarb with Your Business & Mission Imperatives

September 6, 2024

Sooner or later, every organization that sets out on the path to decarbonization asks the same big question: how can we meet our decarbonization targets while keeping our business goals intact? In The New Math: Balancing Decarbonization with Business & Mission Imperatives, presented by Trane, you’ll learn what other organizations are doing to balance these critical needs. You’ll also learn to develop a holistic planning approach to decarbonization that balances energy efficiency with other critical factors including shareholder value, employee retention, and brand perception....read more

News  -  September 5, 2024

Fifth Third Reduces Energy Use 40% by Adopting Solar

September 5, 2024

Fifth Third’s use of solar power, combined with internal efforts to reduce energy use, helped the bank lower enterprise-wide grid-based energy use by more than 40%, which is one of the company’s six operational sustainability targets adopted in 2022. ...read more

News  -  September 5, 2024

Pendleton Wastewater Facility Adds Solar

September 5, 2024

The Pendleton Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Facility (WWTRRF) broke ground on a 240-kW solar photovoltaic (PV) canopy system, a step toward achieving the Oregon city's ambitious goal of bringing the facility closer to net-zero....read more

Research  -  September 4, 2024

Better Climate Challenge: Onsite Renewable Energy and Storage Working Group Report Out

Type: White Paper
Date Published: 8/9/2024
Author: By Better Buildings, U.S. Department of Energy
Primary Topic: Energy Storage

September 4, 2024 - By Better Buildings, U.S. Department of Energy

The Better Climate Challenge's Onsite Renewable Energy and Storage Working Group Report Out looks at technologies deployed, barriers hindering implementation, biggest needs, and primary motivations — and includes contributions from W.L Gore & Associates, Ford Motor Company, Colgate-Palmolive and others on lessons learned....read more

Columns  -  August 26, 2024 - By Natasha Headland, NREL

Soft Cost Analysis of EV Charging Infrastructure Informs Transition to an Electric Fleet

August 26, 2024 - By Natasha Headland, NREL

Private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) are essential to the transformation of the transportation sector, yet associated expenses outside of the actual hardware, software, and construction called “soft costs” are not well understood. A new multilaboratory initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) aims to find pathways to reduce soft costs for EVSE installation....read more

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