Aaron Michels, ERG’s operations director, will be giving a talk for the USGBC next Tuesday night, July 12th on solving the Split Incentive problem. You can register at this link: https://bit.ly/climateaction12 PROGRAM DETAILS In rental properties, there is a common obstacle to investment in energy efficiency. If the owner invests in efficient HVAC equipment, the […]
Did you know that energy efficiency not only pays for itself, but it can also fund future Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs)? When ERG performs energy audits or retro-commissioning, we always find several EEMs that have quick paybacks – less than one or two years. Later, building managers fold those savings back into the general fund […]
In May of 2020, the City of St. Louis Board of Alderman and Mayor Krewson unanimously passed the City’s first Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS). This standard will require many large buildings in the City to hit specified energy-efficiency targets. The standard is based on information gathered from the City’s Benchmarking Ordinance that went into […]
One of the recommendations we frequently make to our clients is to move from air-cooled to water-cooled compressors. Air-cooled is the most common type of cooling equipment out there, serving spaces from individual residences, apartment buildings, and large commercial buildings. In the buildings we work on, we see it most commonly in the form of […]
For many businesses, the pandemic induced recession has taken its toll on revenue. Now that winter months are approaching, there is even greater uncertainty for what is in store. While we hope for the best, wisdom tells us to prepare for the worst. So how do businesses who have been ravaged by the pandemic survive […]
So often it seems that energy efficiency is a part of the capital expenditures (CapEx) plan and typically not deemed worth-while if the annual payback is greater than 5 years. Furthermore, limited CapEx budgets may mean that other “more pressing” projects often take priority over energy efficiency projects. What if instead of thinking of energy […]
