Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 22:13:22 GMT -6
It’s no secret that utility incentives play a role in underwriting many energy efficiency projects in North America. With ever-increasing energy requirements, efficiency incentives are frequently used by utilities to help customers implement measures that reduce overall demand. While it may seem counter-intuitive that the entities that are selling power are helping customers use less of it, the reason is simple. It is far less costly to reduce energy consumption than to build additional generation capacity – coal, nuclear, wind, or otherwise.
A not-so-well-known element of those programs was recently identified in a market forecast from analyst group IDC. In IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: North American Utilities, research analyst Casey Talon says that, “in 2013, utility incentives will drive $160M in smart building technologies, ensuring energy efficiency is here to stay.”
For utilities, “smart building” technology deployment B2B Email List isn’t the goal of the programs; load reduction is. The happy accident is that these smart building technologies are being dragged along by the efficiency programs, delivering both near- and long-term benefits. In the near-term, customers and utilities benefit from reduced energy use. In the long-term, these steps toward a smart building infrastructure enable ongoing efficiencies and improved operations.
Our customers’ experiences underscore IDC’s predictions as our end-users are not necessarily looking for smart building technology, either. They want energy-efficient lights that reduce electricity bills, lower peak-load charges, offer rapid project payback, and deliver an attractive return on investment (ROI). They get their money’s worth, with excellent light and compelling savings, with smart building technology included. That smart system enables higher levels of energy savings and a host of new capabilities that provide additional dividends in the installations for years to come.
While $160M is a drop in the utility incentive bucket valued at hundreds of billions of dollars, it is an early indicator of things to come. And, we – along with the rest of the smart building industry – appreciate that these dollars are delivering significant savings to our customers in addition to long-term benefits.
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A not-so-well-known element of those programs was recently identified in a market forecast from analyst group IDC. In IDC Energy Insights Predictions 2013: North American Utilities, research analyst Casey Talon says that, “in 2013, utility incentives will drive $160M in smart building technologies, ensuring energy efficiency is here to stay.”
For utilities, “smart building” technology deployment B2B Email List isn’t the goal of the programs; load reduction is. The happy accident is that these smart building technologies are being dragged along by the efficiency programs, delivering both near- and long-term benefits. In the near-term, customers and utilities benefit from reduced energy use. In the long-term, these steps toward a smart building infrastructure enable ongoing efficiencies and improved operations.
Our customers’ experiences underscore IDC’s predictions as our end-users are not necessarily looking for smart building technology, either. They want energy-efficient lights that reduce electricity bills, lower peak-load charges, offer rapid project payback, and deliver an attractive return on investment (ROI). They get their money’s worth, with excellent light and compelling savings, with smart building technology included. That smart system enables higher levels of energy savings and a host of new capabilities that provide additional dividends in the installations for years to come.
While $160M is a drop in the utility incentive bucket valued at hundreds of billions of dollars, it is an early indicator of things to come. And, we – along with the rest of the smart building industry – appreciate that these dollars are delivering significant savings to our customers in addition to long-term benefits.
Arkansas attorney general Dustin McDaniel plans to investigate the cause of the leak, CBS reported. He said the company may be liable for the consequences of the spill, under Arkansas’s Water and Air Pollution Act and other laws.
Southern California Edison has submitted a draft request to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to fire up one unit at the San Onofre nuclear plant this spring. Edison plans to run the unit at 70 percent power for five months, then power it down and inspect it, the Los Angeles Times reports. The plant closed over a year ago because of excessive wear on tubes that carry radioactive water.
Emissions from factories and power plants subject to the EU Emissions Trading System fell for a second consecutive year in 2012, with a 1.4 percent drop, Reuters reported. The preliminary data shows the EU on track for its 2020 emissions reduction goal.
Collis Inc, a manufacturer of metal racks and shelving brackets for refrigerators, has agreed to pay a $31,379 administrative civil penalty to settle several Resource Conservation and Recovery Act violations in Clinton, Iowa, the EPA said. The company will also spend at least $91,809 to replace high-mercury fluorescent fixtures with low-mercury fixtures and bulbs, and complete a project to reduce the generation of hazardous solvent waste.