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NOVEMBER 2014 Honeywell EEO Digest |
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| When looking at the benefits of improving energy efficiency we need to take a systematic approach as benefits arise at different system levels. Read More »
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| The core message you have to sell energy efficiency projects won’t change much from project to project, but each customer will have their own criteria for judging value. Read More »
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| Usually when developers bundle efficiency projects together and show the combined cost and savings, I view this as a marketing ploy and a way to hide measures with poor returns Read More »
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| Seems almost every article, blog post, or report on energy efficiency starts with the statement and premise that you “can’t manage or improve what you don’t measure”. Read More »
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| While there are lots of low hanging fruit (low/no cost and O&M activities) out there, the most significant opportunities to reduce energy usage require retrofits and upgrades in order to capture the benefit. Read More »
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| I recently read an older article on Forbes addresing why 8 out of 10 companies fail...reason number 2 on their list was not having a clear understanding of a competitive edge or not having one at all. I am summarizing... Read More »
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| It should have been an easy decision. Instead, the project request was as good as dead in the water. We were 45 minutes into the presentation and the decision maker was on the verge of falling asleep. Read More »
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| When proposing efficiency projects, energy pros often tend to focus on the engineering and technology of the project rather than sell the project as an investment opportunity. Read More »
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| The way energy is carefully conserved, saved and optimised at home varies greatly from how it is wasted – often without thought - in the workplace. Read More »
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| This energy efficiency equipment industry is filled with professionals that have a natural strength with electrical or mechanical systems or engineering, in general. Read More »
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| I recently had a conversation with the CEO of a fairly large energy efficiency/energy services company; let’s call him Paul. Read More »
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| The efficiency-project Thunderdome has lots of new players entering the arena every month, but for every Mad Max there’s a slew of less-than-worthy opponents for the Master Blaster of this industry – Risk and Cash-Flow. Read More »
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| Do you spend hours developing and pitching efficiency projects to building owners and CFOs and find that many viable projects are turned away due to lack of funding? Read More »
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| The barriers to improved energy efficiency have been written about for at least sixty years. Oliver Lyle in his classic 1947 text ‘The efficient use of steam’, discussed technical and management barriers to achieving greater levels of efficiency. Read More »
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| 90% of all energy efficiency projects do not have financing as an option and in turn they don’t move forward because the is a lack of budget. Read More »
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