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The Effect of Energy Efficiency Investments on Property Value

Posted by Andrew Chen on Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Reducing your development’s utility consumption obviously improves your building’s available cash flow, putting more money in your pocket each month.  But what are the bigger implications for the value of your property in the market? 

Let’s take a sample development:

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Tags: Energy efficiency, Case Study

Facebook, Google and Yahoo: Building Efficient Data Centers

Posted by Lily Perkins-High on Tue, Aug 09, 2011

Energy Use in our Data Centers

Data centers house information technology equipment, such as any computer system and associated components required to keep a website functioning. Anytime you GChat, Like a company on Facebook, make a mention on Twitter, or post an article to your blog --in short, anytime you use the internet-- your web device communicates with a data center.

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Tags: News and Policy, Energy efficiency

WegoWise's Top 5 Links For an Energy Conscious Friday

Posted by Nate Brevard on Fri, Aug 05, 2011

Whether you want to be a more informed citizen or just want to kill some time before 5 on a Friday afternoon, WegoWise has got you covered. So peruse our best links, give us some feedback and be sure to share some of the info you just gleaned with other interested parties at the parties you are hopefully attending this weekend. Brought to you by DanNate and Lily.

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Tags: Renewables, News and Policy, Energy efficiency, Building science

Green Building Resource Launched For Existing Affordable Housing: Guest Blog

Posted by Alison Corwin on Tue, Aug 02, 2011

At WegoWise we admire New Ecology's mission of community-based sustainable development, so we jumped at the chance to have Alison Corwin introduce their new online project on our blog:

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Tags: Renewables, Energy efficiency, Affordable housing, Water Conservation

WegoWise's Top 5 Links For an Energy Conscious Friday

Posted by Bert Connelly on Fri, Jul 29, 2011

Whether you want to be a more informed citizen or just want to kill some time before 5 on a Friday afternoon, WegoWise has got you covered. So peruse our best links, give us some feedback and be sure to share some of the info you just gleaned with other interested parties at the parties you are hopefully attending this weekend. Brought to you by DanNateLily and Bert.

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Tags: Renewables, News and Policy, Energy efficiency

Energy Efficiency Retrofit in New Orleans: Guest Blog

Posted by Global Green on Thu, Jul 28, 2011

Global Green...

is the American branch of Green Cross International, a group based in Sweden thats mission is to promote sustainability and, to put it their words, "reconnect humanity with the environment." Global Green's Devin Lowell, WegoWise's first guest blogger, wrote this article for us:

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Tags: Energy efficiency, Affordable housing, Case Study

Insparisk and WegoWise team up for Local Law 84 Energy Benchmarking!

Posted by Nate Brevard on Mon, Jul 25, 2011

From PR Newswire:

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Tags: Renewables, News and Policy, Energy efficiency

WegoWise's Top 5 Links For an Energy Conscious Friday

Posted by Bert Connelly on Fri, Jul 22, 2011

Whether you want to be a more informed citizen or just want to kill some time before 5 on a Friday afternoon, WegoWise has got you covered. So peruse our best links, give us some feedback and be sure to share some of the info you just gleaned with other interested parties at the parties you are hopefully attending this weekend. Brought to you by DanNateLily and Bert.

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Tags: Renewables, News and Policy, Energy efficiency

Passive House Standards - 90% Less Heating Energy: Guest Blog

Posted by Lauren Baumann on Thu, Jul 21, 2011

Lauren from New Ecology joins us to talk about a building concept known as Passive House.

 

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Tags: save energy, Energy efficiency, Building science

Google Powermeter and Microsoft Hohm Turned Off

Posted by Nate Brevard on Wed, Jul 20, 2011

Homeowners and Utility Providers Alike Reject Energy Tracking in Homes.

Late last month, Google and Microsoft each announced that they will be shutting down their respective energy tracking software projects for homeowners. Both released in mid 2009, these projects will come to an end in the coming year, Google’s Powermeter September 16th, 2011 and Microsoft Hohm May 31st, 2012.

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Tags: Renewables, News and Policy, Energy efficiency