Energy saving tips for your buildings during the COVID-19 shutdown COVID-19 has resulted in many different challenges in all business sectors. Many businesses have to manage their buildings remotely, but they also have to reduce costs and save energy in buildings during the shutdown. We would like to offer you 10 tips to help you […]

Published on:April 28, 2020

In these unprecedented times, the safety and well-being of our clients, staff, and our communities is our top priority. We must all do our part to keep transmission rates low so that life can return to normal sooner rather than later. It is important that we all stay informed and take the measures expected of […]

Published on:March 29, 2020

Energy Strategy for the C-Suite by Andrew Winston, George Favaloro, Tim Healy  From the January- February 2017 issue of the Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2017/01/energy-strategy-for-the-c-suite Large companies spend millions, or billions, of dollars directly on energy each year—and millions more indirectly, on supply chain, outsourcing, and logistics costs. Yet outside the most energy-intensive industries, the majority of firms approach energy […]

Published on:April 26, 2017

Utilities commission approves replacement of baseline rates for medium, and large business customers BC Hydro receives approval to move to flat rates for businesses. The BC Hydro electricity rates for Large General Service (LGS) customers and Medium General Service (MGS) are changing. Starting on April 1, 2017, LGS and MGS customers will all be charged under […]

Published on:February 16, 2017

ASHRAE, IES Publish 2016 90.1 Building Energy-Efficiency Standard ASHRAE recently announced the publication of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016 contains 125 addenda published since the release of the 2013 version of the standard. “It is the overall goal of each version to create a consensus standard […]

Published on:November 2, 2016