We are witnessing the rise of bike sharing transform major cities around the world. New York City’s brand new Citi Bike program is immensely popular, Boston’s New Balance Hubway program exceeded expectations and totaled over 1 million rides before it’s 2 year anniversary, Chicago recently launched a 4000 bike program Divvy, and Washington D.C.’s Captial Bikeshare, established in 2010, continues to expand. It seems to be a great time to review this growing phenomenon.
Tags: Sustainability, Hubway, Green living, bikeshare, Citi Bike, Bike Sharing
Tags: Energy Benchmark, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, Energy efficiency, Energy Disclosure, Energy Star Web Services
Tags: save energy, M&V, better buildings, save money, Investment Confidence Project, EDF, Finance, Retrofitting, Energy efficiency, Funding, baselining
EPA Investing in New Energy Star Portfolio Manager Web Services The EPA is closing in on the scheduled release of their newly upgraded Energy Star Portfolio Manager that will make benchmarking building energy efficiency more, for lack of a better word, efficient. The upgrade will include changes to the database architecture, system processing, web services, and user interface. All changes are being made with an overarching purpose of improving functionality and usability for all parties. Most notable for the Portfolio Manager user, is that the web services, formally known as Automated Benchmarking Services (ABS), will have a new software design to simplify the process of exchanging data with Portfolio Manager.
Tags: save energy, save money, Energy Benchmark, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, Energy Disclosure, Energy Star Web Services
