Can Charlotte find the right energy mix? Study committee formed From the Charlotte Business Journal :http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/2013/12/20/can-charlotte-find- the-right-energymix.html John Downey Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal Many experts forecast the end of the business model that fuels utilities in a coming technological sea change. Ronak Bhatt of consulting firm RIN Advisors wants to figure out what the new model looks like. He led the organization of the 12-member Utility of the Future steering committee sponsored by E4 Carolinas and UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center. The group ...
Source: AAAS Beyond Environmental Benefits, Cities Seek Green Initiatives to Improve Economy and Urban Living by Becky Ham Original Post: November 1, 2011 The city of Phoenix, Arizona has doubled its population in the past 20 years without increasing its water consumption—a minor miracle in a region that receives less than 10 inches of rainfall each year. The city held water usage down with a variety of initiatives, from leveling agricultural fields to avoid runoff to encouraging citizens to do their laundry at night. “Technology was ...
Intelligent Buildings Analytics Interview EMAIL INTERVIEW – Tom Shircliff, Rob Murchison and Ken Sinclair Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison are the principals of Intelligent Buildings, LLC, a smart real estate professional services company that they co-founded in 2004. Intelligent Buildings provides planning and implementation management of next generation strategy for new buildings, existing portfolio optimization and smart community projects. Intelligent Buildings has worked extensively throughout North America in over 50 different cities. Tom and Rob have been recognized for numerous industry firsts including lead ...
From: Constructech Magazine Constructing a Smart City In an age of pervasive connectivity, construction companies can help build the next connected municipality. $20 billion. That is the amount of money that will be invested in smart- city technology by 2020. The smart city is coming, and contractors need to be prepared for how new technologies will change the way the industry builds facilities, roads, bridges, and more. This figure from Pike Research, www.pikeresearch.com, Boulder, Colo., is simply the starting point. However, more so than that, a ...
SOURCE: Environmental Systems, Inc. Intelligent Buildings Role in GSA National Project Announced Leading Environmental Building Technology Companies to Participate in GSA Smart Building Contract Awarded to IBM Environmental Systems, Inc, SkyFoundry, Tridium and Intelligent Buildings, LLC providing technology and services for major new building performance system project Environmental Systems, Inc (ESI), SkyFoundry, LLC and Tridium, INc. today annoucned they are solution partners in a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract that was recently awarded to IBM. The solution partners will work with Intelligent Buildings, LLC ...
Envision Charlotte Announces Global First Community Water Program Charlotte, NC June 1, 2012 – Envision Charlotte, a unique public-private partnership that leverages sustainability for economic growth as a model for all communities, announces the creation of its second model program, Smart Water Nowsm. This water measurement and efficiency initiative follows the first- of-its-kind Smart Energy Now® program. The goal is to reduce water consumption and related expenses in Uptown’s office buildings by up to 20% over five years. Several leading solution partners are ...
Envision Charlotte Program Wins Industry Award POWERGRID International Magazine Names Projects of the Year Awards at DistribuTECH 2012 The editors of POWERGRID International magazine (formerly Utility Automation & Engineering T&D magazine) and PennWell Corp. have announced four winners for the magazine's annual Projects of the Year Awards program. The winners were selected for four specific categories: Best Energy Efficiency/Demand Response Project, Best Grid Integration of Renewables Project, Best Smart Grid Project and Best Smart Metering Project. The awards were given out today during the keynote ...
EnVision Charlotte Announced at Clinton Global Initiative NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy, Cisco and Charlotte Center City Partners today announced the creation of Envision: Charlotte, a first-of-its-kind public-private collaboration to make commercial buildings in Charlotte's urban core more energy efficient. The initiative was announced this morning by former President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. President Clinton was joined by Duke Energy Chairman and CEO Jim Rogers, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers, Charlotte Center City ...
Intelligent Buildings® Client Strategy Featured by Fast Company THE GOVERNMENT'S LANDLORD SMARTENS UP AND GOES GREEN By now you’ve heard plenty about smarter cities and even a “decade of smart,” but what about a smarter courthouse? Or a smarter federal building? Despite the flurry of deals signed by cities and even non-profits with the likes of IBM and Cisco (which announced a new pilot project around Akron, Ohio this week), the biggest score in the smarter sweepstakes is a government agency you’ve likely never ...
Intelligent Buildings® Project Highlighted Wells Fargo Office Tower Saves 5 Million kWh Annually Source: EnvironmentalLeader Wells Fargo’s Duke Energy Center, in Charlotte, N.C., has earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. The financial services company says it is the first and tallest office tower to receive the highest level of certification under the USGBC’s LEED for Core & Shell rating system Version 2.0. The Duke Energy Center is also the first LEED for Core & Shell commercial office ...
