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LightFair 2012 – Has LED lighting supplanted everything else?

on May 10, 2012

Lightfair 2009 was the coming out party for LED lighting. Lightfair 2010 turned into LEDfair, and by Lightfair 2011 LEDs had gone mainstream. As Bob, [...]

5/17 - Energy Efficiency Gaining Grounds in inefficient states - EL - http://t.co/DDbrrr5h
5/17 - startup Honest Buildings aims to use competition to improve efficiency in NYC commercial buildings - GreenBiz - http://t.co/LOE3PC4w
5/15 - Corporate Responsibility Education for Senior Executives – How Important Is It? Environmental Leader http://t.co/kltc72xf
5/15 - Cool buildings, parched cities? EDF and AT&T target water savings - GreenBiz http://t.co/kJ3jMZmU

Post our Enterprise Smart Grid Research release: What did we learn?

on May 7, 2012

Like study-period before final exams, the days preceding the release of a new Groom Energy report can be wearying, filled with Dropbox editing, graphi[...]

Learn How Genzyme Saved 13% on its $29M Energy Spend in 2011

on April 25, 2012

A longtime leader in energy and sustainability, Genzyme, reduced its energy spending and emissions considerably in 2011. This is a major accomplishmen[...]

Walmart Expands its Supplier Scorecards to 100 Categories; Will Have Big Impact in Industry

on April 23, 2012

Walmart is poised to transform the sustainability and retailing world — again — with a significant expansion of its highly influential sup[...]

Procter & Gamble Shares Its Supplier Scorecard Tool for Free. Realizes Impressive Results

on April 18, 2012

P&G recently announced the free availability of its supplier scorecard tool. P&G has saved over $1B in operational savings in its own operatio[...]

No More Spreadsheets: Microsoft Picks CarbonSystems to Manage Footprint

on April 17, 2012

After an undoubtedly extensive evaluation, Microsoft this week selected CarbonSystems software to meet its sustainability and environmental reporting [...]

Enterprise Smart Grid Research Published

on March 13, 2012

Today we released our Enterprise Smart Grid research report. Since starting this research effort 18 months ago it’s stunning to look back at how[...]

Wow! Some Firms Are Tracking Scope 3 Carbon Emissions

on March 5, 2012

Wow, the nonprofit Environmental Investment Organization (EIO) lists 38 large companies that publicly report at least four of the Scope 3 categories. [...]

4 Innovative Startups that Lower Costs of Commercial Energy Audits

on February 16, 2012

While very useful, energy audits and building assessments are labor intensive, as the experienced energy professional needs to physically walk through[...]

On-Bill Repayment (OBR) for Energy Efficiency Upgrades – Will California Lead the Way?

on February 14, 2012

I spent last Wednesday at the California PUC in San Francisco participating in a workshop debating the merits of California’s newly proposed po[...]

12 Acquisitions Transformed the Energy Management Software Market in 2011

on January 25, 2012

The market for energy management software (EMS) and services to help companies reduce energy use and carbon emissions continues to mature. Vendors are[...]

5 Ways to Make Sense of the Energy Management Software Market

on January 10, 2012

More companies are purchasing Energy Management Software (EMS) to support energy and GHG reporting to top customers and investors and to reduce energy[...]

2012 – From Smart Meters to Submeters?

on December 29, 2011

While 2011 held the promise and controversy of continued utility smart meter rollouts, 2012 may end up becoming the year of submeter. Coming on stron[...]

The Power of No-Cost Behavior Changes to Save Energy

on December 2, 2011

Operational changes that save energy but require no capital investment and do not affect operations or office productivity are everywhere in organizat[...]

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