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An Earth Day Message from Ian Kline
Each year, the world observes Earth Day on April 22. Here at Cadmus, the dynamic and deeply interconnected nature of […]
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Innovating Data Collection
The Northwest Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) is a region-wide study sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) to characterize the physical and energy-use features of residential facilities in the Northwest. NEEA selected Cadmus to conduct the RBSA in fall 2015, and we are well on our way to completing audits on 2,000 residential buildings.
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Getting Past Consumer Adoption Barriers For The Internet Of Things
The buzz around connected devices continues to grow within the demand-side management industry. According to multiple sources — including the Consumer Technology Association and numerous demand-side management trade publications — homeowner adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), and the subsequent development of smart homes, is not a matter of “if” but “when.” This article answers the question many ask when it comes to the Internet of Things – when will then be now?
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- Technology
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Reducing Market-Based Emissions:
Calculating and getting credit for an organization’s market-based emissions can be complex. In this article, we help simplify the process.
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Mass Save: Listening to the online conversation informs more effective marketing strategy
The Sponsors of Mass Save used Cadmus’ social listening analysis to inform and strengthen pre-existing marketing and messaging strategies for energy-efficient products.
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- Strategic Communications
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Mass Save: Online Promotions
Mass Save online promotions increased e-commerce sales by 95 percent, resulting in a 196 percent increase in program energy savings.
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- Strategic Communications
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LEEDv4 Is Here
When the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) first unveiled LEEDv4 to the public in November 2013, it set a new precedent for rigorous measurement of building performance. LEEDv4 emphasizes product transparency, whole building life-cycle analysis, new energy and ventilation standards, among other changes.
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- Energy
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Benchmarking Building Performance
Buildings frequently operate less energy efficiently than they could due to market failures, behavioral anomalies, imperfect or missing information, credit constraints, principal-agent problems, and prioritization of energy issues. Benchmarking programs address these failures.
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LEED Recertification Process Made Easy
Your path to LEED recertification depends on which system your original rating was under. Jenna Lipscomb lays out the basics of recertifying under each system.
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BRIDGE Housing: Celadon at 9th and Broadway
Providing affordable housing projects requires accommodating a wide range of unique considerations to meet the needs of diverse residents. Cadmus served as the LEED commissioning agent on the Celadon project team that helped BRIDGE Housing achieve the project’s goals.
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Change is in the Wind
Utility regulators are questioning whether the regulations of the last hundred years are still appropriate or a new approach is required. The New York Public Service Commission’s Reforming the Energy Vision proceeding is showing how it can be done.
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- Energy
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Progress, But Community Solar Still Isn’t Shared
As roof-mounted residential photovoltaic (PV) systems proliferate in American suburbs and highly effective community outreach campaigns raise awareness about the technology, the concept of hosting solar is shifting from a matter of taste to a sound financial decision. Even so, many homeowners soon discover that their roof is not, and may never be, suitable for hosting solar. In fact, an April 2015 report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimates that at least 49 percent of houses are unsuitable to host a 1.5 kW PV system because of roof size, orientation, shading, or a combination of these factors. Community shared solar (CSS) provides an attractive alternative in these situations. Through direct ownership, subscription, or micro-lending, CSS can offer comparable economic benefits to that untapped market, effectively doubling the pool of residential solar customers. According to NREL, the CSS market could draw over $10 billion in cumulative investment by 2020.
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Decoding Massachusetts’ Latest Net Metering Legislation
On April 11, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed Senate Bill S.1979 into law, reaffirming the Commonwealth’s leadership in the solar market. After more than a year of debate, the Massachusetts legislature raised net metering caps, thereby granting capacity to hundreds of solar projects—some of which have been sitting on roofs, disconnected, awaiting the decision. In contrast to recent rulings elsewhere in the United States, this bill is a compromise resulting from ongoing discussion that began with the Net Metering and Solar Task Force in 2014. The final version of the bill strikes a balance among numerous competing interests, namely utilities, ratepayers, and solar stakeholders, who held differing opinions about the future compensation of solar and the appropriate incentive mechanism.
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- Energy