by Peter May-Ostendorp | Sep 13, 2013 | Blog
This past June, I had the pleasure of helping to organize the Intelligent Building Operations Workshop in Boulder, CO. Chaired by Drs. Gregor Henze and Jim Braun, the workshop brought together academic and industry leaders working toward increasing the embedded...
by Peter May-Ostendorp | Apr 19, 2013 | News
Standby power has been a cornerstone of energy efficiency policy since the 1990s, but initiatives like “1 Watt” have been pushing the boundaries of standby power regulation. At the same time, new technologies in electronic products — like the widespread...
by Peter May-Ostendorp | Mar 30, 2013 | Blog
A team that Xergy Consulting has assisted since last year continues to make strides in bringing innovative forms of energy storage to buildings and to the grid. This article in Chicago Business profiles founder and entrepreneur Vince Cushing on Q Coefficient (formerly...
by Peter May-Ostendorp | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog
The Christian Science Monitor has published a fun, 20 question quiz on all things energy. You will be surprised what you don’t know. Take the quiz.
by Peter May-Ostendorp | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog
I have been asked by a number of energy auditors and building commissioning agents, “What tools are freely available to benchmark commercial buildings?” The more you dig into the question, the more tools you find. In this post, I’ve laid out a...
