Through a new state policy toolkit piece and a convening of state regulators with the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), ACEEE is digging deeper into the connection between
building energy data access and greater energy efficiency.
Residents and multifamily building owners can use
building energy data to pinpoint and prioritize potential energy efficiency projects.
The value of
building energy data will evolve as utilities, regulators, and businesses work together to deliver reliable and cost - effective energy services.
* Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2007
Building Energy Data Book, Tables 2.2.2, 2.2.3 and 7.4.2, and the EIA AEO 2008, Tables 4 and 5.
This implementation plan will focus first on the largest and most inefficient buildings, as determined by state
building energy data, and perform complete overhauls on lighting fixtures and controls, heating, ventilation, air - conditioning systems, electric motors, and automated energy management systems.
In 2010, U.S. residential and commercial building energy expenditures totaled $ 431.1 billion (
Buildings Energy Data Book).
Not exact matches
But after crunching some Department of
Energy data, Surace estimates that the construction and operation of
buildings — heating; cooling; lighting; the manufacture of cement, drywall, and glass — produce 52 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
So back to the original conversation around the mega-trends: They told us that we were
building data centers at an alarming rate and the biggest problem that people have in creating
data centers is that they can't get
energy to the
data center.
That presents an opportunity for startups to develop technology that can monitor that
data in real time, so the
building optimizes its
energy use and even predicts what its
energy needs are going to be.
Apple Inc. said it plans to
build a new solar farm with NV
Energy Inc. for power supply to its new data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its data centers run on renewable e
Energy Inc. for power supply to its new
data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its
data centers run on renewable
energyenergy.
Apple plans to
build a solar farm with NV
Energy in Reno, Nev., a step towards its goal of having its data centers run on renewable e
Energy in Reno, Nev., a step towards its goal of having its
data centers run on renewable
energyenergy.
In our two new
data centers in California we utilized a new more
energy - efficient approach to
data center design and also invested in
building improvements to increase
energy efficiency.
Detailed
energy usage
data allows staff to audit
buildings and make continuous improvements to reduce
energy use.
U.S. crude oil futures CLcv1 settled at $ 64.38 per barrel, down 1.3 percent, after
data from the
Energy Information Administration showed a surprise
build in U.S. crude stockpiles.
Stream by
Energy Profiles Limited (EPL) Stream is a comprehensive utility
data management system, which enables property owners and managers to understand their utility use and cost at both the portfolio and
building level.
MoonLite is
building its first
data center (mining operation) in Iceland, which is the unofficial capital of world datacenters due to its inherent need for the heat
energy that
data centers could offer.
Crude oil futures were marginally lower in Asian morning trade Thursday, after weekly US
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
data showed a surprise
build in US crude stocks, but analysts said geopolitical risks were limiting the decline.
But based on
data provided by the National
Energy Board and the Environment Canada Hughes found that there was no way that Canada could
build more pipelines and meet promised global reductions in greenhouse gases.
With this site, New York State is also pioneering the use of big
data and social networking technologies to create transparency around
building energy efficiency, drive innovation, and accelerate projects.
Auditors were unable to obtain
data on
energy usage on 265 out of 877
buildings, details on the proportion of renewable
energy used in 300
buildings and information on recycling schemes in 544
buildings.
Data has already begun to be collected on the
energy efficiency of New York's
buildings and work has begun on about 30 million square feet of real estate.
Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools
Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school stude
Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time
data on
energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school stude
energy generation and consumption from green school
buildings to teach middle school students...
Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools
Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students the science of e
Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time
data on
energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students the science of e
energy generation and consumption from green school
buildings to teach middle school students the science of
energyenergy.
THE NEW
ENERGY ECONOMY Because of the lack of data, energy projections at wind farm sites can be highly inaccurate, with errors of up to 20 percent in farms that are built over uneven te
ENERGY ECONOMY Because of the lack of
data,
energy projections at wind farm sites can be highly inaccurate, with errors of up to 20 percent in farms that are built over uneven te
energy projections at wind farm sites can be highly inaccurate, with errors of up to 20 percent in farms that are
built over uneven terrain.
Lacking the infrastructure of an existing group, all of you probably will spend a lot of
energy building equipment, designing new models, or writing new computer codes; that's time lost from collecting
data.
Mills has analyzed everything from the impact of climate change on the insurance industry to
energy use in African villages, modern
buildings, and
data centers.
Pomerantz noted that a recent announcement by Amazon that it would
build several new
data centers in Ohio did not include similar promises to power the centers» servers with clean
energy.
«We provided
data on the amount of
energy Los Altos Hills needs throughout the day, as well as financial
data on the cost of
building new
energy infrastructures,» said study coauthor Matthew Pellow, a former GCEP postdoctoral scholar now with the Electric Power Research Institute.
Liska's study, which was funded through a three - year, $ 500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of
Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was
built using
data from 36 field studies across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
To
build the tool, the team collated
data on the installed capacity and price of several current
energy storage technologies over time to see how costs fall as installed capacity increases.
The WHOI cruise, he adds, which includes researchers from the International Atomic
Energy Agency and multiple nations, «can
build public confidence in
data quality» and
build a «broad, common
data set» that will be extremely useful for marine scientists studying radiation in the future.
A battery
built with the abundant and cheap material could be used to power big
data centers, as well as provide a cheaper
energy - storage option for microgrids and the traditional electric grid.
Created to celebrate exemplars of
building performance by measuring rigorously collected
data, the Awards show how good engineering can directly affect the amount of
energy used in a
building and reduction of emissions while taking into account the occupants» experiences at the same time.
The Predictive
Energy Optimisation (PEO) function utilizes in
built GPS altitude
data for an input, selected route to combine intelligently the electric motor and gasoline engine to maximize fuel economy.
Thanks to a collaboration across city agencies, engineers, a «carrier hotel» and others, Amazon's newest
building is heated by recycling excess
energy from a neighboring
data center.
In our two new
data centers in California we utilized a new more
energy - efficient approach to
data center design and also invested in
building improvements to increase
energy efficiency.
Detailed
energy usage
data allows staff to audit
buildings and make continuous improvements to reduce
energy use.
The new turbines and charging station — in addition to one of the most advanced
building monitoring systems in the country — will provide invaluable
data to the field of renewable
energy and help educate community members and young people about the latest sustainability solutions.
The new turbines and charging station — in addition to one of the most advanced
building monitoring systems in the country — will provide invaluable
data to the nascent field of renewable
energy and help educate community members and young people about the latest sustainability solutions.
«When choosing future
data center sites, we take into account over 35 weighted criteria including close proximity to customers, an ample and reliable power source and fiber optic networks, a large pool of skilled labor, and affordable
energy rates to determine the long - term viability of each site,» said Tim McDowd, a spokesman for Microsoft Global Foundation Services, which
builds the company's
data centers.
The funding supports implementing a
building data historian and
energy analytics system for identifying
energy saving opportunities; level 3 ASHRAE
building energy audits; and developing an
energy master plan and a carbon action plan.
Re # 332, «yes, that is very true (after reading more
data) that its around 5 - 7 GWh per annum per turbine but the bigger they are the larger the space between them and hence the amount of land required yields not more
energy (or a little more as the turbines are
built higher.»
Our new
data center in Maiden, North Carolina, demonstrates our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our facilities through
energy - efficient, green
building design.
The duo plans to
build an
energy - efficient «Blue
Data Center.»
Intuit's measures to cut emissions include upgrading equipment to enhance
energy efficiency in the company's
data centers, installing solar panels on its California
buildings, increasing video conferencing capabilities to cut down on employee travel, and innovating towards «digital distribution» of all of its products to avoid packaging and shipping emissions.
The paper
builds on earlier reports about technologies changing the distribution system, including
energy storage, demand response,
data analytics, advanced metering and solar - plus - storage.
April 14, 2015 Lead Commissioner Workshop on Strategies Related to
Data for Improved Decisions in Existing
Buildings Energy Efficiency Draft Action Plan
I recently spent 3 hours with an engineer who created a program (model) that uses 15 minute interval
data from smart meters to analyze
energy use in
buildings.
Apple, Inc. plans on
building two
data centers in central Europe that would be powered entirely by renewable
energy.
certifies that the
building is truly operating as claimed, harnessing
energy from the sun, wind or earth to produce net annual
energy demand through a third - party audit of actual performance
data