Energy Management Articles | Page 445

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.

How do you quantify the value of a microgrid, which is essentially an insurance policy? You're ensuring that your facility doesn't go down or have an outage. How much is an outage really worth and how do you value that? In this age of Covid-19, the pressure to fulfill commitments still remains high. Investor pressure remains high. Project goals remain in place. But the financing is no longer available. What should customers be looking at and exploring in the interest of managing this dilemma? Listen to this episode of Smart Energy Voices to hear how Matthew Walters, Head of Distributed Energy Systems, Americas at SIEMENS tackles it from a holistic approach.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced Nov. 4 that it is committed to halfing CO2 emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality in all global operations by 2021.

Material Bank announced Nov. 3 that all its sample orders are officially shipping 100% carbon neutral.

Richland County School District in South Carolina announced Oct. 30 that it will be using an energy savings performance contract (ESPC) for efficiency upgrades that will save the district more than $28 million in energy costs over 20 years.

Organizations are viewing energy reliability in a new light as power outages impact business and new innovations come to market. This white paper from Ameresco explores ways to leverage energy infrastructure in order to improve energy resilience and minimize the adverse impacts of major events.

Small- and medium-sized commercial and industrial facilities in Alberta, Canada, will soon have the opportunity to take advantage of a $55 million fund from the government for energy efficiency upgrades.

Range Resources Corporation recently announced that it is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2025.

Aramark announced Oct. 30 that its headquarters office space in Philadelphia received LEED Silver certification for its sustainable design and construction.

A task force developed in a collaboration between the Fairfax County Government and Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia is advocating for the county’s adoption of a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in its government and school operations by 2040.