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Energy Management

The latest news on energy management best practices including the role of energy managers in procurement, energy efficiency and energy-use reporting in commercial and industrial operations to meet business energy requirements and environmental and economic objectives.

Colorado Democrats Plan Renewable Energy Bills

Colorado, with Democrats in control of the governor’s office as well as the state Senate and House, has a good chance of signing a dozen or so renewable energy bills – three times the number introduced last year – into law, Rocky Mountain News reports. According to the article, the following ... Read more »

PG&E to Launch Carbon Offset Program for Customers

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is launching a carbon offset program for residential and business customers. ClimateSmart, which PG&E is calling a first-of-its-kind program, is scheduled to launch in spring 2007. PG&E customers can sign up voluntarily and pay extra on their monthly utility bill based on energy usage, which ... Read more »

GM Reports, Again, that Energy Use is Down

General Motors is once again pointing out that it has cut its energy use by 25 percent and added solar and landfill gas as energy sources at its North American facilities over the past five years, Associated Press reports (via the Houston Chronicle). According to our story, and a press release, ... Read more »

BP, OCR Offer Solar Roofing Package

Northern California’s largest roofing company, Old Country Roofing, and BP Solar have signed an agreement to offer more than 100 homebuilding companies and homeowners turn-key solar roofing. Eighty-seven percent of all new solar powered homes in the US are built in California. Beginning next month, OCR will offer a complete solar roofing package that ... Read more »

First Commercial Biomass Unit in U.S. in Final Stage

Siskiyou Opportunity Center in Mount Shasta, California is in the final stage of beginning to produce its own biomass electricity from wood chips, the Mount Shasta Herald reports. The biomass machine, designed and built by Colorado-based Community Power Corporation, will be the first commercial biomass machine of its kind in the ... Read more »

Branson: Airlines Can Cut CO2 Emissions 25% in 2 Years

Even though high fuel prices have cost the Virgin Group and Virgin Atlantic about a billion dollars a year in increased costs because of its trains and planes, Richard Branson prays that fuel prices remain high in order to stir people to take action to address global warming, Grist reports (via MSNBC). ... Read more »

Honeywell Energy Plan Saves School District $129,000

A five-year energy savings plan at York School Department buildings in Maine cut $128,903 in energy costs its first year, the Portsmouth Herald reports. In 2004, the School Department, working with Honeywell, designed a $776,000 plan that would pay for itself in five years. Now, with the higher cost of ... Read more »

Boeing Facility Receives ISO 14001 Certification

Boeing’s airplane manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington has received ISO 14001 certification, confirming that the facility has a certified system in place to monitor, manage, and improve its environmental management system. Boeing’s Everett facility sits on more than 1,000 acres and is surrounded by 16 wetlands that drain to fish-bearing streams. According to ... Read more »

Multi-Site Manager Monitors Remote Solar Sites

Fat Spaniel Technologies has launched TriStar Multi-Site Manager, a product designed to allow operators of multiple remote solar power systems the ability to evaluate the health of all off-grid sites. Sites needing attention are highlighted, and users can drill down into the webview to evaluate the fault or error conditions ... Read more »

Energy Security Leadership Council Meets with Lawmakers, WH Officials

Executives of shippers, chemical companies and other big users of petroleum products want the new Congress to tighten fuel-efficiency standards and open new offshore areas for oil and gas drilling, The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription needed). The group, the Energy Security Leadership Council, is co-chaired by Frederick Smith, chairman and ... Read more »

Nissan Unveils Environmental Action Plan

Nissan has unveiled a new environmental action plan dubbed Nissan Green Program 2010. The program includes: Incorporating CO2 reduction as one of the key management performance indicators. Launching a three-liter car with a target of 2010; a gasoline-fueled car that runs 100km on three liters of fuel. Expand availability of ... Read more »

Motorola Powers BSTs with Wind, Solar

According to tests by Motorola, a combination of solar cells and wind turbines can generate 1,200 watts in a continual cycle to drive a mid-sized remote GSM Base Station (BTS) and support a microwave backhaul installation. Motorola says that powering BTS sites in both developed and emerging markets is a challenge ... Read more »


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