We’re tracking major US energy efficiency metrics on a new webpage. Check out how 2015 measures up. ACEEE, April 15, 2016. Image credit: PDPics We picked metrics covering residential and commercial buildings, state adoption of building codes, energy savings from appliance standards, industry energy intensity, combined heat and power (CHP) capacity, personal and freight transport energy … Read more
Gita Subramony, April 13, 2016. Image credit: Chris Young The current Habitat Magazine features a profile of a recent cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP), project in Queens. The Roosevelt Terrace co-op in the Jackson Heights section planned a multi-phase CHP project that includes two 75 kW systems that have already been installed and another … Read more
Jesse Remillard, ERS, for Zondits. April 13, 2016. Image credit: Ilios Dynamics Zondits recently had the opportunity to speak with Stephen Lafaille, the product manager for Ilios Dynamics. The company manufactures a line of natural gas engine-driven heat pump water heaters and is a subsidiary of Tecogen Inc., a leader in the CHP market for over … Read more
Jeffrey Perkins and Allison Donnelly, ERS The DOE’s definition of a microgrid is “A group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources (DER) with clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the grid [and can] connect and disconnect from the grid to enable it to operate in both … Read more
Presented at the AESP 26th National Conference on February 3, 2016 Lucy Neiman and Gita Subramony, ERS The growing focus on distributed generation (DG) has fueled new approaches that streamline and reduce the complexity of project installations. This design and initial results from an accelerator program encourages and promotes the installation of combined heat and power … Read more
Lucy Neiman and Gita Subramony, ERS Presentation at AESP’s 26th National Conference in Phoenix, AZ, on Wednesday, February 3 at 8:30 a.m. Session 3C: Business Models – Incorporating EE/DR and DER (Panel) Objective The growing focus on distributed generation (DG) has fueled new approaches that streamline and reduce the complexity of project installations. This paper presents … Read more