by Jessica Wagner | Sep 2, 2025
Retro-commissioning Savings Proven The Energy Solutions Center, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization promoting the efficient use of natural gas, contracted with Michaels Energy to produce a report on the energy-saving potential, best practices, and...
by Jessica Wagner | Sep 2, 2025
High-Rise Geothermal Feasibility Study Weinberg Investments faced a challenge with an aging heating and cooling system for their 80-unit high-rise apartment complex, built in the 1930’s. In addition to being energy-inefficient, the heating and cooling system could...
by Jessica Wagner | Sep 1, 2025
Resource Recovery Facility RCx Perham Resource Recovery Facility is a waste-to-energy plant that takes garbage from five counties and processes it into steam for industrial facilities. Needless to say, they know that waste is untapped value! As a customer of Otter...
by Jessica Wagner | Sep 1, 2025
Demand Response and Snapback Demand response (DR) programs are intended to reduce peak electrical demand on a utility system through the use of load control devices installed in residential or commercial buildings with customer permission. One method of DR is to use a...
by Jessica Wagner | Sep 1, 2025
EE in Convenience Stores Convenience stores that sell groceries, snacks, and gasoline are energy intensive buildings. As their business model has shifted from automotive services to retail sales of gas, food and drink, their plug load, lighting, and refrigeration...