Cost per Meal Energy Standards: Changing the Bottom Line

January 28th, 2010, No Comments

Check out this great article on The Harmony Group!
A Cost per Meal Energy Standard for Restaurants? The Harmony Group Wants to Make it Happen!
A compelling story on how The Harmony Group restaurants (Earls, Joey, Cactus Club, Saltlik) are transforming their restaurant environments to become more energy efficient and environmentally friendly!
We’re proud to be partnering with such a dynamic [...]

10 Energy Savings Tips

January 27th, 2010, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond

Tiffany Richmond is an enthusiastic marketing guru and is responsible for online marketing strategies at Energy Advantage Inc.

Creating an Energy Awareness Program

January 21st, 2010, 2 Comments

By: Peter Rowles
The greatest untapped resource that an organization has at its disposal is its own employees. Andrew Carnegie, the great industrialist and philanthropist once said, “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision…It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
Increasing energy awareness of employees and motivating them [...]

Copenhagen: Key Issues, Challenges and Summit Outcome

January 19th, 2010, No Comments

By: Tiffany Richmond

After two weeks of discussions between 192 countries and 110 world leaders, the United Nations Climate Change conference comes to a conclusion, the Copenhagen Accord. Veering close to a farcical collapse, political protests and slower than expected negotiations, Copenhagen was a far cry from participant’s high hopes of concluding the conference with a [...]

Energy Incentives – How to Capitalize on Government & Utility Funding

January 14th, 2010, No Comments

By: Peter Rowles
Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States once said: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Unfortunately, many energy end users have the same feelings about government and utility incentive programs. Despite these feelings, energy incentive programs abound.
If you take [...]

How to get Senior Management Approval for Energy Management Projects

January 7th, 2010, No Comments

By: Peter Rowles
In my experience, the greatest challenge facing energy champions in an organization is not identifying good energy savings projects; it’s the frustration of getting financial approval from senior management. My opinion is that there is no point in spending a lot of time and effort developing an energy management program if the resources [...]