NRGwise https://www.nrgwise.com Energy Audit and Energy Benchmark Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:25:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 California Leads the Way For Energy / Water Efficiency Standards https://www.nrgwise.com/california-leads-the-way-for-energy-water-efficiency-standards/ https://www.nrgwise.com/california-leads-the-way-for-energy-water-efficiency-standards/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:06:42 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=199 California energy standards are well-known for being the toughest (and more efficient) in the US. Wthout knowing it, the fridges, dishwasher, clothe washers that you buy in CA are super efficient ones compare to what you can get sometimes out of states. California is large enough to force the industry to improve their products if they want […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/california-leads-the-way-for-energy-water-efficiency-standards/feed/ 0 New Philips LED Candelabra Type: Your Chandelier Is Now Energy Efficient! https://www.nrgwise.com/new-philips-led-candelabra-type-your-chandelier-is-now-energy-efficient/ https://www.nrgwise.com/new-philips-led-candelabra-type-your-chandelier-is-now-energy-efficient/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:00:15 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=203 Philips just announced their new candle shaped LED replacement lightbulb. It has the light output of a regular 40W incandescent (x2 the previous model), the new lens gives an amazing brillance and spackling to the light, and it provides super warm decorative light that is dimmer compatible. The best: it uses only 6W of power! […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/new-philips-led-candelabra-type-your-chandelier-is-now-energy-efficient/feed/ 0 It’s Back to School – Let’s Bring Hope! https://www.nrgwise.com/its-back-to-school-lets-bring-hope/ https://www.nrgwise.com/its-back-to-school-lets-bring-hope/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:11:50 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=208 It’s the start of the school year and Benoit is back to teaching at San Jose State University classes on… energy (of course!). If you are interested in “Energy and the Environment”, or “Passive solar design for buildings” or want to bring-up real life experiences, please contact us. Providing hands-on examples on these subjects is […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/its-back-to-school-lets-bring-hope/feed/ 0 Voluntary Energy Efficiency Effort From Cable Companies? It Is About time… https://www.nrgwise.com/voluntary-energy-efficiency-effort-from-cable-companies-it-is-about-time/ https://www.nrgwise.com/voluntary-energy-efficiency-effort-from-cable-companies-it-is-about-time/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:00:31 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=211 At NRGwise we are big supporter of governement energy efficiency standards. Over the last 20 years a number of appliances (fridge, washing washer…) became regulated under stringent CA standards. Thanks to these, California is using almost the same amount of electricity than 20 years ago despite population growth. Some appliances are still not regulated, like […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/voluntary-energy-efficiency-effort-from-cable-companies-it-is-about-time/feed/ 0 Can You Reduce Your Total Utility Cost by 50%? (Reply = Yes) https://www.nrgwise.com/can-you-reduce-your-total-utility-cost-by-50-reply-yes/ https://www.nrgwise.com/can-you-reduce-your-total-utility-cost-by-50-reply-yes/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:55:15 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=214 The ACEEE (American Council for an Energy-Eficient Economy) published a paper (press release here) on the best practices for residential energy conservation program implementation. While a 30% saving goal has been the norm for home retrofits for years, current technology and improved building science knowledge make it possible now to target 50% savings in existing homes candidate […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/can-you-reduce-your-total-utility-cost-by-50-reply-yes/feed/ 0 The US (And California) Problem: Natural Gas Is Too Cheap! https://www.nrgwise.com/the-us-and-california-problem-natural-gas-is-too-cheap/ https://www.nrgwise.com/the-us-and-california-problem-natural-gas-is-too-cheap/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:50:43 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=217 After 4 years going to homes and commercial buildings analyzing in great details their energy cost structure, I’m now convince that renewable energy has little chance to compete with natural gas at today’s price. In California, natural gas is 3.5 times cheaper than in Europe, and 6 times cheaper than Japan… see article here. Running a […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/the-us-and-california-problem-natural-gas-is-too-cheap/feed/ 0 LEED certification? Maybe, but it won’t make you happy… https://www.nrgwise.com/leed-certification-maybe-but-it-wont-make-you-happy/ https://www.nrgwise.com/leed-certification-maybe-but-it-wont-make-you-happy/#respond Thu, 22 May 2014 16:18:04 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=221 This month I worked on a couple of large buildings in San Francisco, assessing their energy use, mechanical systems, and asking a few key questions to workers who were everyday there. My main take-away: even the most demanding, brilliant, ivy league, tech. oriented (and spoiled), 25yo software engineers were super happy to spend most of their […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/leed-certification-maybe-but-it-wont-make-you-happy/feed/ 0 Why CA GHG Emissions Were Up 1.6% in 2012? What Are the Consequences? https://www.nrgwise.com/why-ca-ghg-emissions-were-up-1-6-in-2012-what-are-the-consequences/ https://www.nrgwise.com/why-ca-ghg-emissions-were-up-1-6-in-2012-what-are-the-consequences/#respond Tue, 20 May 2014 16:19:26 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=224 This is a topic I already talked about here, in my classes and with many NRGwise customers: California has a major problem in hands with its electricity generation systems (see here). CA used to rely on 3 major nuclear power plants: 2 are now definitively down (and their zero emissions 2+ MW generation capacity). CA […]

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/why-ca-ghg-emissions-were-up-1-6-in-2012-what-are-the-consequences/feed/ 0 Even Better: GHG Emissions Were Down 3.3% in 2012! https://www.nrgwise.com/even-better-ghg-emissions-were-down-3-3-in-2012/ https://www.nrgwise.com/even-better-ghg-emissions-were-down-3-3-in-2012/#respond Mon, 05 May 2014 16:21:27 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=227 Following my last blog entry (-10% between 2005 and 2012) what is even more encouraging is the fact that the strongest drop so far was last year (mostly due to the transition from coal to natural gas in US powerplants). Revolution is on the way.

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]]> https://www.nrgwise.com/even-better-ghg-emissions-were-down-3-3-in-2012/feed/ 0 Good News: GHG Emissions Are 10% Down in the US https://www.nrgwise.com/good-news-ghg-emissions-are-10-down-in-the-us/ https://www.nrgwise.com/good-news-ghg-emissions-are-10-down-in-the-us/#respond Mon, 05 May 2014 16:00:11 +0000 https://www.nrgwise.com/?p=230 When it comes to Climate Change there are not so many good news. I’m petty sure you missed this one: GHG (Green House Gas) emissions were down 10% from 2005 to 2012 according to the most recent US EPA country wide inventory. It means the US is moving toward a low carbon economy, slowly, but for […]

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