Smart grid impact deepens
The promise of a more efficient electric power grid is coming closer and closer to reality. Many of the overarching concepts have been defined and now considerable activity is underway to define the...
View ArticleMining for Savings
When looking for gemstones or precious ore, you’ll do well to prospect the land for the resource you seek before you begin mining. Likewise, when looking energy savings, it’s best to prospect the...
View ArticleUSGBC and challenges to its LEED point High Performance Buildings Rating System
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been recently challenged by a third-party to a LEED certification. It involves an appeal of the Gold building certificate awarded to Northland Pines High...
View ArticleIGCC may need to consider the facts of life
IGCC is heading towards the final public hearings in November. One article in particular Article 505.1.1 Service Life, raised a lot of objections during the second IGCC public review since it asks...
View ArticleGovernment Funding for Energy Efficiency Programs Goes Unspent
An Energy Department audit found that nearly $900M for efficiency grants to states, cities has gone unspent. This money was authorized in the 2009 economic stimulus law to help states, territories,...
View ArticleTechnical Experts Needed to Write Systems Standards!
Systems standards. Much of the technology world seems to be talking about systems standards these days. You’d think we didn’t have any standards that allow products to operate effectively with other...
View ArticleNEMA Lays Out the Case for Energy Savings Performance Contracts at EIA Energy...
More than 850 conference attendees watched U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz deliver keynote remarks to the 2013 Energy Information Administration’s Energy Conference in Washington, DC. Even more...
View ArticleHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Moves Efficiency Bill
NEMA is pleased to announce that today the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a vote aimed at setting model conditions for energy efficiency in buildings, reports Erica Martinson of POLITICO....
View ArticleNEMA Strategic Initiative: Promoting Smart Cities
The NEMA Strategic Initiatives Program was established to seize emerging market opportunities, solve impending challenges, and address issues involving multiple NEMA product sections and divisions. The...
View ArticleCoStar Group to Publicize Building Energy Use
This piece was originally published in the July 2016 issue of electroindustry. Patrick Hughes, Senior Director, Government Relations and Strategic Initiatives, NEMA A new Better Buildings Initiative...
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