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Home→Categories Energy Efficiency Metrics

Category Archives: Energy Efficiency Metrics

Where Batteries are Replacing Power Plants

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 22, 2019 by stlaneJuly 24, 2019

A curious thing recently happened in Southern California. One of the largest utilities in the country scrapped a proposal to build a new peaker plant, opting instead to build a battery system that could store excess electricity from solar and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Companies with cleaner, smarter energy use outperform their peers

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 27, 2018 by stlaneSeptember 27, 2018

Companies committed to 100% renewable electricity are more profitable than their peers – a new report by the RE100 draws on financial data from 3,500 businesses underlining the business case for putting sustainability at the heart of corporate growth strategies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

Through 2030 District, Downtown Businesses Work to Cut Energy Usage

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 7, 2017 by stlaneOctober 7, 2017

Members of a local energy-efficiency initiative collectively reduced their carbon impact by more than 10,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2016, according to an annual report from San Antonio 2030 District, which is leading the effort. The initiative, led … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Security, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Almost every country in the world can power itself with renewable energy

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 10, 2017 by stlaneSeptember 13, 2017

The country’s energy mix is under scrutiny. A report commissioned by Energy Secretary Rick Perry acknowledges that low natural gas prices—not renewables—are behind the recent closure of coal energy plants, and that the grid has managed to withstand the increasing … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Leave a reply

eLab Accelerator Projects Sustain Hope for Clean Energy Innovation

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 21, 2017 by stlaneApril 21, 2017

Starting yesterday, the 2017 eLab Accelerator teams has convened at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah to accelerate their initiatives with the support of nationally renowned expert faculty and eLab’s specially trained facilitators. At Accelerator and beyond, projects from across … Continue reading →

Posted in Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Leave a reply

Why Efficiency Is Now King in Rooftop Solar Energy

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 15, 2016 by stlaneOctober 15, 2016

More and more companies are realizing that efficiency is key in rooftop solar. What makes the residential solar market unique, and sets it apart from very large-scale solar projects in particular, is that it's more sensitive to differences in solar-panel … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Commercial Building, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Solar, Solar Energy, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply
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