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Worldwide spending on industrial energy management systems and services, including software components, will grow from $11.3 billion in 2013 to $22.4 billion in
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Large original equipment manufacturers have long been the leaders in this market, but the market is changing rapidly: Major IT companies like SAP and IBM with expertise in handling large data sets and sophisticated real-time business analytics applications are making inroads. 
Karen Fletcher's comment,
April 27, 7:08 AM
Absolutely - I've heard two IBM speakers at conferences on energy efficiency speaking about the importance of managing big data to get the most out of analytics. It's an important trend for the building controls sector to watch.
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May 1, 5:25 PM
Smaller niche companies are participating in the energy management systems market with unique product and service offerings, but these companies generally require partnering relationships with the larger, more established vendors in order to access the market. Although technology is advancing at a brisk pace, end-use clients may not be adapting as quickly. Many of the potential buyers of energy management systems are at a stage where they understand the benefits of implementing these systems, but prefer to utilize more basic technology and applications. This is due to resource constraints as well as the early stage of progress of understanding energy consumption and energy efficiency in which these companies find themselves. More sophisticated energy management systems adopters are finding that the line between production and the corporate environment is blurring. Energy is now considered just another data source that can be combined with a host of other business intelligence to provide a more holistic and complete picture of overall business performance. Read more at: http://www.energymanagertoday.com/energy-management-market-to-almost-double-by-2020-091048/ Delete the scoop?
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A new white paper by CCCL examines the myriad ways that the CAA can be used to promote energy efficiency. One of the chief components of the CAA is the setting of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”) for non-hazardous pollutants, which are set by EPA but generally implemented by the adoption of implementation plans by each state. These state implementation plans (“SIPs”) can include energy efficiency programs so long as they provide quantifiable, additional, enforceable, and permanent reductions of emissions of the pollutant being regulated. Via Hans De Keulenaer Delete the scoop?
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Standard EN 50160 should be understood as representing a compromise between the three parties which exert an influence on the power quality, i.e. network operator, network user, and manufacturer of equipment. Each of these three parties has an interest in playing their part. It is essential that electricity suppliers provide, as a minimum, a nominally adequate quality of supply. If the customer has higher requirements, mitigation measures should be provided by the user, or a separate agreement for a higher supply quality must be negotiated with the supplier. However, the important advantages of this standard are: Definition of the voltage parameters important for power qualityQuantitative determination of reference values that can be used in the evaluation of the power quality It is the task of the electricity regulator to set a level of quality that requires best practice from the supplier, while not setting the level so high that the price of electricity increases for everybody. Delete the scoop?
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The United States has made much progress in energy efficiency in recent decades. U.S. energy use is approximately half of what it would have been if we had not improved our efficiency over the past 40 years. Still, there are large, cost-effective opportunities to increase energy efficiency much further, thereby helping us to cut energy bills, reduce pollution, and encourage economic growth. However, a variety of market failures and market barriers contribute to keeping us from fully realizing our energy efficiency potential. Delete the scoop?
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Regulations keep coming, and facility managers and building owners can sometimes struggle to keep up. ACEEE has a new tool seeking to assist with some of the calculations that go into meeting regulation requirements. Via ecoInsight 
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"Over the next decade, a host of federal air regulations will impose restrictions on the emissions of multiple pollutants from stationary sources such as power plants and industrial facilities. These air regulations create a demand for low-cost and rapidly deployable emissions reduction measures and energy efficiency proves to be the least-cost resource when compared with new generation." Delete the scoop?
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Companies like J&J, UPS and DuPont are working to align financial practices with plans to reduce environmental impacts. Delete the scoop?
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The startup’s universal energy metric helps companies determine which initiatives will save it the most money.
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Energy Points's reports application works like a currency converter, providing one universal metric for natural resource consumption. The application is designed to let executives make energy management decisions based on what will best improve the bottom line. The application also generates reports that more accurately show how the company is affecting the environment in a way everyone — even shareholders — can understand, and at what cost. Delete the scoop?
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Energy Efficiency Cut 107TWh Of US Electricity Demand In 2011 CleanTechnica Energy efficiency is widely considered one of the most significant growth areas for America's clean energy transition – one recent outlook estimated $327 billion in annual... Via Joan Tarruell 
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These massive savings were driven by massive investments. $5.7 billion was spent on energy efficiency efforts in 2011 – with an 18% increase of $879 million over 2010 expenditure levels.
Ten states represented 71% of total energy efficiency spending, led by California’s $1.3 billion – nearly three times second-place New York State’s $554 million. Three states doubled their expenditures from 2010, and nine states increased their energy efficiency spending by over 50%.
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A new database populated with revolving loans for higher education campuses shows energy efficiency improvements totaling more than $118 million at 80 institutions. Via Hans De Keulenaer
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The Campus Sustainability Revolving Loan Funds database also reveals that: The number of campus revolving loan funds has grown three-fold since 2009The top 10 largest funds have more than $76 million invested for on-campus efficiency improvementsA diverse array of colleges and universities are creating revolving loan funds, operating in 31 US states and two Canadian provinces, and on campuses with student populations ranging from 700 students to more than 60,000Delete the scoop?
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When I began working in the energy management/financing industry, “lack of capital” was the prevailing excuse why a good project (less than a 3 year
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Why your energy projects should never got postponed anymore because of 'lack of capital'. 7 “quick thoughts” you should keep in mind when preparing your project presentation to your management. Delete the scoop?
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The analysis found that the investment in efficiency technologies, and the resulting energy bill savings, supported a net gain of about 300,000 more jobs for the American economy. Delete the scoop?
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Sustainability is an emerging field with highly educated individuals entering into it from a wide range of backgrounds, which has created demand for specialized training, according to key findings from a survey released by Sustainable Plant.
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Study findings bode well for educators, consultants and training facilities concentrating on sustainability professional development. Delete the scoop?
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A reliable feasibility analysis for your clean energy project is crucial. But you have to do this in the shortest possible timeframe and using established methodologies. This Webinar introduces you to the new Clean Energy courses in Leonardo Academy, Leonardo ENERGY’s campus for e-learning education. These new courses provide high quality training material on performing feasibility analysis for renewable energy projects (wind, photovoltaic, small hydro, CHP) and energy efficiency. The courses are based on the proven RETScreen software. In just 20 hours, you could be an expert using the RETScreen software for assessing the feasibility of clean energy projects.
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The potential for new energy efficiency remains enormous. While a large portion of our past efficiency gains came from improvements in individual products, appliances, and equipment, and these device-level technology improvements will continue to play an important role, looking ahead we must take a systems-based approach to dramatically scale up energy efficiency to meet our future energy challenges.
Intelligent efficiency is a systems-based approach to efficiency that can help to meet this need. Enabled by information and communication technology (ICT) and user access to real-time information, intelligent efficiency differs from component energy efficiency in that it is adaptive, anticipatory, and networked. Opportunities exist along a continuum of technology and human behavior, and we classify the resource into three broad categories across this continuum: (1) people-centered efficiency; (2) technology-centered efficiency; and (3) service-oriented efficiency.
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Comprehensive framework. Like their view on the opportunities from a shit towards system-based efficiency in industry. Delete the scoop?
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Gaps in reported energy and sustainability data are a common challenge.These gaps are the result of leased locations where utility bills are paid indirectly, or Delete the scoop?
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27 country reports assessing national energy efficiency policies in every EU Member State have now been published within the Energy-Efficiency-Watch project, of which eceee is a partner.
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The Member States´ profiles of this kind are a valuable source of information for every policy maker, especially with a view to the new Energy Efficiency Directive which is to be transposed by 5 June 2014. Delete the scoop?
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The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) reports a significant year of progress on the sustainable energy agenda where 4,000 jobs were maintained in the construction and energy service industries and €35 million worth of energy savings achieved. In a year where SEAI disbursed over €70 million through capital support programmes, the Authority reports that every euro spent by the Government through its energy grant programmes leverages €2.50 in matched funding.
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“Sustainable energy is vital to Ireland’s economic recovery and job creation. Actions such as home energy upgrades and business energy cost savings are already proving how costs can be lowered and jobs created. At the same time, Ireland is exploiting its great natural resource – renewable energy – and thus dramatically reducing its imports of fossil fuels. Delete the scoop?
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The Department of Energy’s three-year-old Better Plants program has helped more than 100 companies discover energy savings hiding within their facilities.
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In 2012, partner companies achieved an average energy-intensity improvement of 3.15 percent, putting them ahead of the annual improvement needed to just meet the 25 percent goal, which is 2.5 percent per year. Delete the scoop?
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The Institute for Industrial Productivity (IIP) has launched two new databases that provide access to information on industrial energy efficiency and financing programs. In addition, IIP has recently added more than 200 U.S.
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March 15, 7:05 AM
"IIP’s new Industrial Efficiency Programs Database (IEPrD) provides information on programs that promote the adoption of energy management systems in China, the United States, Europe and Australia. This database also showcases state and province-level utility energy efficiency resource acquisition programs that have successfully increased the energy efficiency of industrial companies in North America—through utilities or third parties." Delete the scoop?
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A new analysis concludes that economic productivity is more closely tied to energy efficiency than energy production.
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The chart shows that energy efficiency met nearly three quarters of the demand for services, while energy supply met only one quarter.
"One immediate conclusion from this assessment is that the productivity of our economy may be more directly tied to greater levels of energy efficiency rather than a continued mining and drilling for new energy resources," wrote Laitner. Delete the scoop?
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The five biggest energy intensive industrial branches in Europe have the potential of saving more than 5 billion tons of CO2 by 2050. They can do this by switching from fossil energy for heat production to 100% electricity. The technology needed for this switch is available through electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM). The significant CO2 savings can be reached because of the increasing contribution of renewable sources to the electricity generation in Europe. Delete the scoop?
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More than 230 consultants have joined Noesis Energy’s new Energy Advisor Program (EAP) and are using the Noesis energy management platform to boost client Delete the scoop?
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The 27 EU Commissioners are meeting in Brussels today (20 February) to
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Apparently, politicians are still doubting the value of energy efficiency as one of the most cost effective ways for greenhouse gas reduction and job creation. Delete the scoop?
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The Union of Concerned Scientists has issued reports showing that energy efficiency and renewables are the best alternatives for replacing Duke’s coal and nuclear plants in Florida. Delete the scoop?
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Many companies are beginning to develop internal departments and strategies to manage the risk of impending climate regulation. Via Stephane Bilodeau
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"Looking at emissions reductions solely from a risk-management perspective, however, can cost companies the opportunity to realize additional business value from their investments." Delete the scoop?
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