Energy Management Articles
Weekend Reads: SBTi Staff Revolt; Is Climate Change Rewiring Fish Brains?
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:
Piscataway Township to Implement Renewable Upgrades
Piscataway Township in New Jersey has made several upgrades, including implementing solar energy to power two-thirds of the township’s electricity needs, modernizing HVAC and lighting systems, and installing 28 EV charging stations for public use.
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Adds Solar Microgrid
A new microgrid project funded by the state of California will support energy sovereignty for the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians.
EU Council Adopts Rules to Improve Energy Performance
The European Council formally adopted a revised directive on the energy performance of buildings to help lower GHG emissions and energy poverty in the EU.
Pace University: Coordinated Energy Management Strategy
To stay on track with their energy commitments, Pace University created a Coordinated Energy Management program that is focused on eliminating wasteful energy behaviors. In this column from Better Buildings, learn how the university brought on two full-time energy specialists to improve building management systems by matching HVAC equipment to occupancy, providing continuous audits of building space, enforcing a set point policy, and alerting facilities staff of equipment that may be wasting energy.
CBRE to Roll Out Nationwide EV Charging
CBRE Group, Inc., a commercial real estate services and investment company, announced it plans to roll out electric vehicle (EV) charging stations nationwide.
TE Connectivity Lowers Emissions by 39%
TE Connectivity, a Swiss company that manufactures connectors and sensors, made significant strides over the past year in meeting its sustainability goals; in fiscal year 2023, the company lowered its absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 39%.
SBTi Approves Use of Environmental Certificates to Lower Scope 3 Emissions
SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) announced they will extend the use of environmental attribute certificates for the purpose of abatement of Scope 3-related emissions beyond the current limits,
Renewable Capacity Statistics 2024
Highlighting the continued progress achieved in the global energy transition, this latest edition of IRENA’s Renewable Capacity Statistics illustrates the growth of renewables in new installed power generation capacity in 2023.
EQB Maintains Carbon Neutrality
EQB Inc. announced the financial services company has been carbon neutral in its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions since 2020.
Yamaha Adds Solar at Georgia Facility
Yamaha Motor Corporation will install solar arrays at the company’s southeastern headquarters in Kennesaw, Ga. and Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America (YMMC) in Newnan, Ga. this summer.
Stoneridge Lowers Emissions by 18.6%
Stoneridge, Inc. announced an 18.6% reduction of Absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG Emissions against a 2019 baseline, exceeding initial targeted reduction by 3.6%.
Del Monte Foods Lowers Emissions
Del Monte Foods, Inc. announced that the company saw a 6% reduction in Scope 1, 2 and 3 total emissions since 2021 and set a net-zero target, committing to carbon reduction targets in line with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) Net Zero Standard.
Sacramento Sewer District Adds Biogas Cogen Facility
Sacramento Area Sewer District signed an agreement for the construction of an advanced technology biogas cogeneration facility located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility near Elk Grove, California.
Berry Global Lowers Emissions by 26%, Adds Renewable Energy
Berry Global Group, Inc., a global packaging company, reached its short-term Scope 1 and 2 science-based GHG emissions reduction target two years ahead of schedule by lowering Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 26% since 2019 to meet its goal of 25% by 26% versus 2019 to meet its goal of 25% by 2025.
LyondellBasell Reaches Nearly 90% of 2030 Renewable Target
LyondellBasell achieved almost 90% of the company's 2030 target to secure at least half of its global electricity from renewable sources, amounting to an annual energy savings of nearly 4 million gigajoules.
SouthState’s Green Bonds Increase to $136 Million
SouthState Bank, a financial services company headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida, continues to make investments in technology, which resulted in 48% of accounts receiving eStatements, saving 1.02 million pounds of CO2 emissions.
Sustainable by Design: Advancing the Sustainability of AI
During the past year, the pace of AI adoption has accelerated significantly, ushering in groundbreaking advances, discoveries and solutions with the potential to help address humanity’s biggest problems. In this column, Melanie Nakagawa, Microsoft's Chief Sustainability Officer, explains how the company's commitment to responsible AI will focus on optimizing data center energy and water efficiency, advancing low-carbon materials, and improving the energy efficiency of AI and cloud services.
ESAB Expands Scope 1 and 2 Reduction Goals
Industrial compounder ESAB Corporation announced an expanded commitment to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2035 from a 2022 baseline. The company previously announced a 30% goal by 2030.
Colorado Announces $21 Million in Grants to Expand EV Charging Network
Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Energy Office announced $21 million in grants through the Direct-Current Fast-Charging (DCFC) Plazas program.
Texas Solar Exceeds Coal Output for the First Time
Texas' solar power generation topped the state's coal output for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) to the grid, versus 2.96 million supplied by coal.
Weekend Reads: Taylor Swift's Carbon Footprint, Cracking Geothermal Energy
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.
North America’s Three Largest Banks to Disclose Energy Supply Ratios
JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and the Royal Bank of Canada have agreed to publicly disclose their financing ratio of clean energy supply financing to fossil fuel extraction financing (Energy Supply Ratio) and their underlying methodology.
Nikola Sells 40 Class 8 Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs
Nikola Corporation, a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, produced 43 and wholesaled 40 Class 8 Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in Q1 2024.
Michigan Signs MOU with Argonne National Laboratory
Michigan and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the state's clean energy transition.
Grosvenor Announces Pathway to Net Zero Initiative
International property owner and developer Grosvenor has launched Pathway to Net Zero, a reductions-first approach to help the company decrease its carbon emissions by 42% compared to a 2021 baseline year, by 2030. Additionally, Grosvenor plans to reach Net Zero by 2050.
Smart Energy Voices Podcast: Episode 99 - Seizing the Day - Decarbonization as an Organizational Opportunity
In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, Debra Chanil welcomes back Becky Wacker, the Director of Energy Services Sales at Trane Commercial. In Episode 88, they dug into the challenges and opportunities that commercial building operators face today in light of their decarbonization efforts. In this new episode, Becky discusses how to seize decarbonization as an organizational opportunity and provides a framework for navigating complexity and prioritizing where to turn decarbonization into a competitive advantage.
Starbucks Certifies Over 6,000 Greener Stores
Starbucks has certified 6,091 Greener Stores, nearly doubling its portfolio over the past 12 months.
Northeastern University Turns On Rooftop Solar
Northeastern University’s Boston campus has completed the installation of an on-grid rooftop solar system providing 157.78 kWp DC of power for the University’s Snell Library building.
AdventHealth to Install 3 MW of Solar
Health care organization AdventHealth is installing on-site solar at its corporate headquarters in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
