Utilities Expense & Data Management
July 14, 2020
The 9 Best Practices for Managing Water Data This Summer
What are the benefits of managing water data? Managing your company’s water data is a crucial step towards reducing water use. Not only is water conservation a major sustainability trend, but investors, stakeholders, and consumers all appreciate companies that make…
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Energy Management
July 6, 2020
What is Energy Management in These Uncertain Times?
What is energy management? Typically, energy management involves utilizing software which makes energy data management and monitoring easier. The software often includes customizable reporting and benchmarking capabilities, sustainability and variance reporting, notifications of grid peak times, and visual analytics, to…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
June 29, 2020
The Top 10 Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2020
What is influencing sustainability trends? The world is dealing not only with the threat of climate change, but the coronavirus pandemic and political unrest in many countries. Sustainability trends are being largely influenced by these events. What are the current…
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Utilities Expense & Data Management
June 22, 2020
Degree Days Predictions for 2020: The Impact of COVID-19
Summer 2020 has now officially begun, meaning warm weather is a given for the next few months. Additionally, due to La Niña development, this summer is expected to be near average or hotter across the Lower 48, according to the…
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Energy Management
June 15, 2020
Energy Management Software: Why It’s Important This Summer
How did COVID-19 affect energy consumption? In New York City alone, daily electricity demand fell 13% after COVID-19 prevention regulations went into effect. In the first week of June, overall energy use was still 8-9% below expected demand levels. What…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
June 11, 2020
How COVID-19 is Impacting the Renewables Industry
The EIA projects that the U.S. is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewables than coal for first time on record. While 2019 total energy consumption saw renewables surpass coal, 2020 is the first time the electricity…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
May 13, 2020
ISO-NE Electricity Supply Rate Components: What You Need to Know
What are the component percentages in the ISO-NE? The component percentages in the ISO-NE are: 44% Energy, 24% RPS, 23% Capacity, 6% Ancillaries, 2% Line Losses, 1% CES. How much is the energy rate a customer pays? The energy rate…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
May 4, 2020
Investor-Focused Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
What makes companies sustainable? One of the most powerful drivers behind major corporations’ sustainability disclosure and action has been investor pressure. Modern institutional investors are demanding more data into companies’ sustainability practices as a prerequisite for investment. What is GRESB?…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
April 22, 2020
Sustainability Reporting for Commercial Real Estate
This “Sustainability Reporting for Asset-Level Commercial Real Estate” blog post is part of a series on sustainability reporting. Be sure to sign up for EnergyWatch’s newsletter to be notified of future postings in this series. There are many factors that…
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