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December 15, 2012

Company Profile: EnerNOC

The smart building of the future will integrate demand response and energy efficiency into a common building management system. We can help you start today.
December 15, 2012

Data visibility drives behavior

Here’s an interesting article about sustainability at AT&T, found in the MIT Sloan Management Review online. I agree with John Shultz, director of sustainability operations at […]
December 14, 2012

The three legs of energy efficiency

What’s the problem with Energy Management? Energy dashboards and real time energy monitoring have been touted as the answer to energy efficiency in buildings. I don’t […]
December 13, 2012

Buildings aren’t Smart. People are.

It is is people taking action that saves the energy. Building automation, energy management, security systems, maintenance management systems, and other building systems are good collectors […]
December 8, 2012

People working together will allow us to create more sustainable buildings.

It is amazing how technology like LinkedIn has changed how we do business. My company, BuiltSpace, is trying to do the same for managing the business […]
December 7, 2012

Students at Thompson Rivers University tweeting about @builtspace at #mytru

Students and staff at TRU are now tweeting about sustainability in their work and study spaces as part of the @builtspace project at TRU, as part […]
December 6, 2012

Eliminate software to manage your buildings, Simpler, faster, better

If you are frustrated with redundant, missing, or inaccurate information about your buildings, you probably have too much software, and too many computers. Simplifying operations by […]
December 5, 2012

Energy Efficiency in Small Buildings

Small buildings. Big savings. In 2008, FacilitiesNet published an interesting story found here describing the energy efficiency challenges in small buildings. For portfolio managers of small […]
December 5, 2012

Most Buildings are Operated Very Inefficiently, but BuiltSpace Technologies Plans to Change That

Techvibes writer John Gray covered BuiltSpace in a recent post. He makes some great points. Read it here. “The knowledge on how to make buildings more […]
December 4, 2012

Reducing energy consumption in fast food restaurants by 50 %, with less than 5 year simple payback

Here is a very detailed engineering study on energy efficiency measures that could help fast food restaurants reduce energy consumption by 50 percent, and have a […]
December 2, 2012

ROI on energy efficiency for small building portfolios

Of the 4.8 million commercial buildings in the US, 98 percent, by number, are small or medium size (under 100,000 square feet). Options for larger buildings […]
December 1, 2012

Crowd sourcing energy efficiency in buildings

Facilities operators, building service suppliers, building design and engineering professionals, equipment providers, building occupants, and even the general public can all play a role in building […]
May 11, 2017

Our Vision for a More Sustainable World, By Transforming Building Service Processes

As we look forward to 2017, I want to share our vision for a more sustainable future for buildings. I read this week where Bill Gates […]