Jason’s Blog
Reading Your August Bill: A Post-Peak-Season Checklist
A five-point checklist for reading the August utility bill: peak demand, capacity tags, year-over-year usage, weather, and rate schedule.
Fall Utility Rate Filings: Why Operators Should Read the Notices
Utility rate filings are public months before a rate change takes effect. Here is what to track and why the lead time matters.
Manufacturing’s Compressed Air Problem: The Leak Audit That Pays for Itself
Why a compressed air leak audit is one of the fastest-payback conservation measures available to manufacturing plants.
The Energy Audit Is Dead, Long Live Continuous Monitoring
Why a once-a-year audit misses drifting equipment, and what continuous monitoring actually adds to a conservation program.
Cold Storage: Where Setpoint Discipline Becomes Real Money
Setpoints, door discipline, defrost cycles, and envelope condition: where cold storage facilities actually lose money to refrigeration load.
Year One of a Zero-Capex Program: A Realistic Trajectory
What actually happens across twelve months of a zero-capital-outlay energy program, phase by phase, from baseline to steady state.