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Aggregating & coordinating electricity assets at scale
Aggregating & coordinating electricity assets at scale

Ram Rajagopal–Associate Professor at Stanford University and Principal Investigator of Powernet–discusses this ARPA-E program to develop an end-to-end, open-source system that will enable real-time coordination of utilities’ centralized assets with millions of distributed energy resources.

When bankruptcy is a nuclear negotiation
When bankruptcy is a nuclear negotiation

What to expect from a PG&E bankruptcy and what this means for energy efficiency paybacks in our built environment.

Predictions for building operations in 2019
Predictions for building operations in 2019

From utility liabilities to AI-driven maintenance scheduling & sustainability, 2019 will be a year of complexity & progress for our built environment. We hope these predictions help you chart the way.

Naval Academy’s deferred maintenance backlog
Naval Academy’s deferred maintenance backlog

Over a 20 day audit period in the winter, interior temperatures peaked over 80°F on 15 days and peaked over 85°F on 6 of those days.

Distribution shapes the future of energy economics
Distribution shapes the future of energy economics

How a one-line formula for rate making, zero-sum economics, and a utility's efforts to adapt to the duck curve reveal the true impact of distribution costs.

Load balancing preventive maintenance tasks
Load balancing preventive maintenance tasks

Programming monthly, quarterly, and annual PM tasks by hand is a nightmare: our smart scheduling feature can open related tasks on the right day, evenly across the calendar.

Breathe in for a boost of 101%
Breathe in for a boost of 101%

How my experience in an empty WeWork building during a "Very Unhealthy" air quality crisis highlights the connection between IAQ and productive building environments.

The beginning of the end of CCAs
The beginning of the end of CCAs

On a 5-0 vote, the CPUC Commissioners decided on the Alternate Proposed Decision for allocating exit fees (PCIA) to customers using an alternate energy supplier such as a CCA or energy retailer.

The end of Energy Star grade inflation?
The end of Energy Star grade inflation?

50% of existing certified buildings are at risk of losing their ENERGY STAR qualified scores from the long-overdue update to Portfolio Manager's benchmarking data.

Pairing creativity with profits and sustainability
Pairing creativity with profits and sustainability

Kara Bartelt–Director of Operations, The Hoxton Los Angeles–discusses urban design, architecture, and engineering in dynamic built environments.

Hotel California Community Choice
Hotel California Community Choice

As goes California, so goes the nation. Recent regulatory developments provide some rate stability for a reformed California energy market.