Engie Insight Readies for Real-Time IoT Data Wave
Mathias Lelievre, CEO of Engie Insight, discusses how data informs resource-saving projects and what the IoT means for facilities management.
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Resource Management Strategies Are Achieving Cost Savings
Smart business owners are using resource and energy management to achieve cost savings, meet corporate responsibility goals and gain valuable insight into the performance of capital investments.
What to Consider When Evaluating Renewables for Your Energy Procurement Strategy
By: Ian Bowman, Director of Product Management, Ecova Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)—energy supplies that aren’t produced by traditional large centralized fossil fuel plants—continue to be a hot topic among organizations seeking to reduce their environmental impact and increase cost-efficiency. While incorporating DERs like solar, wind & battery can offer significant ... Read more »
Ecova Environmental Management Saves Clients $2.1 Billion
Energy and environmental management company Ecova says it has identified $2.1 billion in savings related to energy, water, waste and telecommunications for its commercial and industrial clients since 2013 through its resource management programs. Ecova works with more than 900 commercial and industrial multi-site companies to find savings and improve ... Read more »
Why Water Management Will Take Smart Buildings to the Next Level
Water is increasingly affecting companies’ bottom lines, making water management no longer a choice for environmental managers. An Ecova survey of more than 700 energy, facility, finance and sustainability professionals across North America found water conservation is a business imperative. Nearly 60 percent of survey respondents reported that they have ... Read more »
Ecova Expands Operations to Europe
Sustainability and energy management company Ecova is expanding its operations to Europe — the company’s first expansion outside North America — by taking over management of Power Efficiency Limited. Power Efficiency is a European energy procurement and carbon reduction consultancy. Like Ecova, Power Efficiency provides energy procurement services, invoice validation, portfolio ... Read more »
Water Conservation a Businesses Imperative, Ecova Survey Says
Now that most of the low-hanging fruit has been captured, businesses are looking for alternatives to drive energy and sustainability management decisions, according to Ecova’s 2016 Energy and Sustainability Predictions: Findings from Leading Professionals. More than 700 energy, facility, finance and sustainability professionals from numerous industries across North America participated ... Read more »
Berry Plastics to Use Ecova Platform to Cut Waste, Energy Expenditures
Berry Plastics, a provider of plastic packaging and engineered materials, will use the Ecova Energy and Sustainability Management Platform to help it reduce consumption of electricity, natural gas, water and waste generation. The goal is to gain insight into waste generation and utility consumption at the company’s more than 70 ... Read more »
To Improve Savings, Optimize the Resource Management Lifecycle
This article is sponsored by Ecova. Energy managers and facility managers face a myriad of challenges — from properly forecasting energy, to procurement of energy, to optimizing a particular asset, to managing and processing bills in a timely manner, to preempting equipment failures or fixing faults when they happen — ... Read more »
Caesars Selects Ecova Waste Management Tools to Halve Waste by 2020
Caesars Entertainment has selected Ecova to help it reach its goal of reducing waste generation by 50 percent by 2020, against a 2012 baseline, using Ecova Energy and Sustainability Management Platform. According to findings from Ecova’s 2015 Energy and Sustainability Predictions survey, waste management ranks as the third biggest area ... Read more »
Ecova Survey Lists Top Energy Management Providers
According to an Ecova survey of nearly 200 multi-site companies across multiple industries, 82 percent have energy management systems (EMS) installed at some or all of their facilities, while 68 percent have systems installed at over half of their facilities, which is a substantial increase from 45 percent in 2013. ... Read more »
13 Companies Each Earn ENERGY STAR for 150 Buildings
The US Environmental Protection Agency recognized 13 companies that each earned ENERGY STAR certification for at least 150 facilities last year. Collectively, these 13 ENERGY STAR Top Certifiers saved $562 million on their utility bills. The ENERGY STAR Top Certifiers with number of buildings certified in 2014 are: Cenergistic, 490 ... Read more »