Posts Tagged ‘Agilewaves’
Agilewaves Launches Services Program to Optimize Building Performance
Monday, June 14th, 2010Environmental Leader [READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE]
Agilewaves has launched a monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) platform and services program to help commissioning agents and facilities management firms reduce energy costs and improve building operations. With real-time resource utilization metrics, the Agilewaves Sentinel Services program will help these businesses identify hidden energy problems and optimize building performance. The Agilewaves Building Optimization System is designed to keep buildings running at peak efficiency by addressing the “performance drift,” which occurs when building systems fall out of calibration or fail altogether.
National Grid Funds EMS and Retrocommissioning
Sunday, June 13th, 2010National Grid Company announces new incentives for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Upstate New York. Programs include incentives for Energy Management Systems, Retrocommissioing and Small Business Energy Efficiency. See the details.
Agilewaves Announces Monitoring-based Commissioning Platform for Building Energy Management
Friday, June 11th, 2010Sentinel Service for MBCx and LEED Addresses Performance Drift
Agilewaves announces a Monitoring-based Commissioning (MBCx) platform and Sentinel Services program for commissioning agents.
Agilewaves Presents Green Retrofit Case Study at USGBC Event
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Green Retrofit Project Part of Net-Zero Energy Building Future
USGBC
Federal Summit
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At the USGBC Federal Summit, Agilewaves, along with Evergreen Partners, HUD and Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development, presented an Energy Monitoring case study for the Johnston Square Green Retrofit project in Baltimore. Cary Vandenberg, CEO of Agilewaves noted: “The pillars of any building energy efficiency project are a solid vision, technology, and financing. At Johnston Square, we have that combination at work, plus we are starting to see how behavioral change is achievable via monitoring and other green programs. To get to Net-Zero Energy Buildings, we have to truly optimize building performance by both tuning operations and driving behavioral change.”
Building Owners Don’t Have to Wait on Smart Meters To Manage Energy
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Smart Meter [READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE]
… But even before the first wave of smart meters is deployed, start-ups are tweaking the technology advances. For example, Agilewaves is developing a monitoring system that reads electric, gas and water usage from via sensors and links them through an integration panel within an entire building – without involving the utility. Instead, Agilewaves is marketing to building owners directly. The information gleaned from the sensors can be sent to computers, mobile devices or third party monitoring services. Sensor systems are particularly useful in buildings because they can immediately identify problems such as HVAC systems that are running cooling and heating simultaneously, systems that are on when not needed, lights that can be turned off at night.
NYC Green Building Interview with Agilewaves CEO
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010metroGREEN + Business [READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE]
Agilewaves Inc. introduced its state-of-the-art Building Optimization System (BOStm), which was created to simplify energy efficiency retrofits. By revealing “hidden opportunities for efficiency,” BOStm is expected to make retrofits easier for building owners, and hopefully, make the retrofit process a more attractive option. The innovative energy management system is also part of the recent emphasis on “Existing Buildings Commissioning,” which Agilewaves supports. The CEO of Agilewaves, Cary Vandenberg, explained more about BOStm and how it is set to change the way we save energy. See the full article.
Agilewaves Selected For U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Federal Summit
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Each year, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) reports on the market transformation in green buildings by organizing the Federal Summit. Agilewaves has been selected to present on cutting-edge technologies at the 2010 Federal Summit, “Leadership In Sustainability from Coast to Coast” in Washington DC (May 18-19). The session will focus on the role of energy monitoring in Green Retrofits for multi-unit residential properties.
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Incentives: CalCEF Innovations Reveals New Financial Models for Energy Efficiency
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010February 11, 2010 – CalCEF Innovations, the market strategy and public policy arm of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), today announced the release of the second white paper in its Energy Efficiency (EE) series: “Energy Efficiency Paying the Way: New Financing Solutions Remove First Cost Hurdles.”
Through a case-study approach, the CalCEF Innovations report serves as a playbook for uncovering EE financing options, including the aggregation of individual projects, technologies and service offerings into inventive, larger and more attractive retrofit investment opportunities.
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Download the CalCEF report on “Energy Efficiency Paying the Way: New Financing Solutions Remove First Cost Hurdles”.
New Incentives for Property Owners via CaliforniaFIRST Program
Saturday, February 13th, 2010The high upfront cost of clean energy has stopped countless commercial and residential property owners from installing solar systems or undertaking major energy efficiency retrofits. To address this challenge, a growing list of California counties and cities are signing on to the CaliforniaFIRST program, and will begin offering local incentive programs in the summer of 2010.
The key component of CaliforniaFIRST is a new green financing program, called Property Assessed Clean Energy or PACE. By participating in a PACE program, property owners can make energy efficiency improvements and pay for them over long periods of time, while they simultaneously enjoy major energy bill savings.
The Bay Area is particularly active with CaliforniaFIRST programs under development by Belmont, Berkeley, Campbell, Colma, Daly City, Hillsborough, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Monte Sereno, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Mateo, San Francisco and South San Francisco. Watch for announcements as additional California cities initiate their programs.
See the details on PACE for Property Owners.
Maryland To Offer Incentives For Commerical/Industrial Energy Efficiency
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Maryland Energy Administration
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Via its EmPOWER Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Loan Fund, the Maryland Energy Administration plans to help Maryland businesses improve the energy performance of their facilities.
