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Atlanta’s Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships

 

Atlanta’s Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships

In November 2011 the City of Atlanta, Georgia, used a public-private partnership to launch the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge (ABBC), an initiative to engage downtown businesses in reducing energy and water consumption in more than 40 million square feet of buildings by at least 20…

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North Carolina State University Creates Electricity at Renovated Utility Plant

When North Carolina State University (NC State) faced the challenge of deferred maintenance on equipment in its central utility plants with no available capital funding, university leadership used a $61 million energy performance contract to finance the addition of modern CHP technology. The new CHP…

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Washington State Drives Energy Efficiency through Benchmarking Public Buildings

In 2014, the State Energy Office was directed by Executive Order 14-04 – the Washington Carbon Pollution Reduction and Clean Energy Action – to increase public building efficiency. This order brought together a broad group of agencies that agreed achieving 100 percent benchmarking compliance was…

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Opower Partners with the Nation’s Utilities to Drive Energy Savings through High Quality Customer Engagement and Applied Behavioral Science

By combining data management, analytics, and behavioral science, Opower’s customer engagement platform positions utilities as energy advisors to the customers they serve. Opower’s technology platform analyzes more than 300 billion meter reads to deliver its services, and created enough energy savings to power all the…

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Gulf Power’s “Energy Select” Program Places Energy Efficiency in Consumers’ Hands

As early as 1989, Gulf Power began to develop, with the help of the Florida Public Service Commission, an effective demand-side management program that encourages customer participation without sacrificing load control and verification of the grid. After years of development, Gulf Power officially launched Energy…

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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority – Encouraging Consumer Acceptance of Energy Efficiency through Electric Vehicles

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) recognizes the importance of energy efficiency, while ensuring that its transit and transportation network continues to be resilient in changing times.

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Big Ass Solutions Innovates to Cut Energy Costs

Big Ass Solutions® offers innovative fans, lights and controls that cut industrial, commercial and residential customers’ energy costs while accelerating productivity. Our products help companies advance their triple bottom line—improving workplace conditions, reducing energy consumption and decreasing operating expenses.

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Lockheed Martin Unites with Customers on Journey to Energy Efficiency

As one of the largest implementers of energy efficiency services in the United States, Lockheed Martin has partnered with utility, federal and commercial customers to develop services and solutions that deliver impactful energy savings. Lockheed Martin provides energy management, smart grid engineering, and cybersecurity solutions…

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Lime Energy Redefines Energy Efficiency for Small Businesses

Lime Energy has unlocked the secret of successfully implementing energy efficiency programs for utilities and mass-market engagement to their small business customers. In order to drive high penetration in the small business segment, it is necessary to understand why business owners make decisions and how…

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Legrand Energy Marathon

Legrand, North America‘s workforce engaged in a facility-based competition to save energy called the “Energy Marathon.” As a result of persistent communication and entertaining internal marketing incentivizing behavior change, Legrand saved 588,540 kWh of electricity (worth $46,732) in just 26.2 days.

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