Building Energy

Philips Ups LED Ante With 200-Lumens-per-Watt Tube

Philips Ups LED Ante With 200-Lumens-per-Watt Tube

Jeff St. John: April 11, 2013

An LED to replace fluorescent tubes gets record-setting lab test results.

How EnerNOC Is Adapting Demand Response for ‘Big Data’ Applications

How EnerNOC Is Adapting Demand Response for ‘Big Data’ Applications

Jeff St. John: February 20, 2013

The big U.S. demand response provider is launching utility SaaS offerings, big data analytics and open development partnerships.

The Building Energy Cloud Platform, Apps Included

The Building Energy Cloud Platform, Apps Included

Jeff St. John: November 14, 2012

Johnson Controls’ Panoptix cloud platform for building management includes apps from BuildingIQ, FirstFuel, Lucid and more.

Schneider Electric Joins OpenADR Fray With IPKeys

Schneider Electric Joins OpenADR Fray With IPKeys

Jeff St. John: November 6, 2012

Look out, Honeywell/Akuacom, there’s a new automated demand response (ADR) challenger in town—and it’s a big one.

Honest Buildings, the LinkedIn of Energy Efficiency, Raises Series A Round

Honest Buildings, the LinkedIn of Energy Efficiency, Raises Series A Round

Jeff St. John: September 11, 2012

RockPort and Mohr Davidow put undisclosed investment into the social media app for green buildings.

Building Energy Efficiency at Six Times the Speed

Building Energy Efficiency at Six Times the Speed

Jeff St. John: August 22, 2012

FirstFuel, inverse modeling and speeding up the U.S. utility energy efficiency mandate market

The Fast and Furious: Japan’s Race to Energy Management

The Fast and Furious: Japan’s Race to Energy Management

Kamil Bojanczyk: August 3, 2012

What does Japan’s focus on home and building energy management mean for Asia and the rest of the smart grid world?

The Circuit-Level Sensor Network for Green Buildings

The Circuit-Level Sensor Network for Green Buildings

Jeff St. John: June 12, 2012

Panoramic Power names Washington, D.C.-based building energy consultancy AtSite as its first U.S. partner, USGBC HQ as a test site.

Retroficiency, CLEAResult Clear the Path to Building Energy Efficiency

Retroficiency, CLEAResult Clear the Path to Building Energy Efficiency

Jeff St. John: June 5, 2012

A building energy data-crunching startup links up with a big utility efficiency program vendor to make identifying, executing retrofits faster and cheaper.

Honest Buildings: 250,000 New York City Buildings Online

Honest Buildings: 250,000 New York City Buildings Online

Jeff St. John: May 9, 2012

The startup with the social media app for property managers and building professionals goes big in its home city.

Targeting Energy Efficiency From Both Sides of the Meter

Targeting Energy Efficiency From Both Sides of the Meter

Jeff St. John: January 24, 2012

Retroficiency names Iberdrola USA and Schneider Electric as pilot customers for its utility-facing building energy estimation tool.

Serious Energy Buys Whole-Building Energy Monitoring With Agilewaves Acquisition

Serious Energy Buys Whole-Building Energy Monitoring With Agilewaves Acquisition

Jeff St. John: November 9, 2011

Serious Energy lands quiet building energy startup Agilewaves, which watches energy usage down to circuit levels in commercial and apartment buildings.

Can Free Energy Retrofits Pay Off for Serious Energy?

Can Free Energy Retrofits Pay Off for Serious Energy?

Jeff St. John: November 3, 2011

Serious Capital, the efficiency retrofit-as-a-service arm of green building and software startup Serious Energy, promises to pay your utility bills and upgrade your building.

SkyFoundry and SCIEnergy: Contrasting Strategies for Energy-Smart Building Software

SkyFoundry and SCIEnergy: Contrasting Strategies for Energy-Smart Building Software

Jeff St. John: October 19, 2011

Does building energy efficiency software stand a better chance licensing to the big boys or building direct business? SkyFoundry and SCIEnergy take different approaches.