High-Rise Geothermal Feasibility Study

High-Rise Geothermal Feasibility Study

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...
Resource Recovery Facility RCx

Resource Recovery Facility RCx

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...
Demand Response and Snapback

Demand Response and Snapback

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...
EE in Convenience Stores

EE in Convenience Stores

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...
High School Energy Saving Opportunities

High School Energy Saving Opportunities

High School Energy Saving Opportunities Tri-County Electric, a rural Minnesota electric cooperative investigated the 144,000 square foot Caledonia High School, in Caledonia, Minnesota, for energy saving opportunities in response to the District’s concerns regarding...