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If you’ve ever found yourself in need of any skilled professional service, you know how difficult it can be to find the right company to work with. Evaluating companies whose area of expertise is different from your own can be time consuming and frustrating. Finding the right retro-commissioning company is…

Gary Short Jul 15, 2014

Recently, the Empire State Building used an existing building commissioning to give the building a makeover. The commissioning helped reduce energy costs by $4.4 million a year and created 252 jobs. Their electricity consumption was guaranteed to go down 38%, and this means that within 5 years the utility savings…

Gary Short Jun 17, 2014

For some, especially owners of older buildings, commissioning can seem like an expensive and time-consuming process. Sure, conventional wisdom holds that building commissioning has the potential to be very cost-effective, but without concrete research to back conventional wisdom up, many building owners are reluctant to “gamble” on commissioning. A National…

Gary Short Jun 10, 2014

energy.gov recently released an article announcing the launch of the Hospital Energy Alliance (HEA). Designed to be a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and leaders in the national healthcare sector, the HEA will promote the integration and implementation of energy efficiency and renewable technologies in all aspects…

Gary Short Jun 03, 2014

For many, the barriers to energy improvement seem too high to overcome. Even though energy improvements often pay for themselves over time, high upfront costs can be a burden. Commercial buildings also tend to change hands fairly often, which presents a significant discouragement to the kinds of long-term investments that…

Gary Short May 28, 2014

We recently shared with you a new financing program that helps property owners adopt clean energy with no up-front costs and amortized repayment over 20 years. The PACE program is an excellent financing solution for commercial property owners, and also extends to residential and municipal properties in some areas. (more…)

Gary Short Apr 25, 2014

If you’re a property owner who is interested in adopting clean energy, but are concerned that up-front costs would make your project unattainable, then the PACE renewable energy financing program could be just what you’re looking for. With no up-front costs, PACE financing allows property owners to fund energy efficiency,…

Gary Short Apr 25, 2014

It’s still unclear, from a facilities standpoint as well as many other points of view, how exactly the Affordable Care Act will affect the operations of hospitals across the nation. We just witnessed the fourth Georgia hospital in two years close its doors due to severe financial difficulties imposed by…

Gary Short Mar 06, 2014