Exploring the Benefits and Challenges with Community Aggregation Programs in Ohio
Exploring the Benefits and Challenges with Community Aggregation Programs in Ohio Successes of Community Aggregation Programs Competitive Pricing: Aggregation programs have consistently delivered lower energy prices compared to default utility rates, providing substantial savings to participants. In Columbus, for instance, residential customers enjoyed an average savings of 20% on electricity rates since the program’s inception. […]
The Basics of Community Aggregation Plans
The Basics of Community Aggregation Plans Community aggregation programs have been a hot topic lately as many friends and family have asked about the electric rate increase coming this summer. The first question: “Are you part of an aggregation program?” Um…. What’s that? Here we go! I was going to write a simple post to […]
Electric Price Increase – There is Still Time
Electric Price Increase – There is Still Time Justin Kale is letting us know there is still time to take action to keep our electricity bills manageable. You have probably begun to see the electricity pricing now hitting the news cycle this past weekend in Cleveland and Columbus. This means you likely have begun to […]
Energility can help with the E in ESG
Energility can help with the E in ESG Last week we briefly explained the elements of an ESG report. This week Justin Kale, Co-Founder of Energility, will explain how an energy audit, what we call an Energy Plan, can help an organization understand where they are today with their energy use and connect the dots […]
Basics of an ESG Report
Basics of an ESG Report ESG (energy, social and governance) reports are getting a lot of attention right now because there is talk of standardizing what the reports entail and what measures would be included. Currently companies can use different standards (ex. Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) or Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)) when compiling these […]
Home Energy Audits
Home Energy Audits (A Tool to Reduce Residential Energy Use) Energy Consultant-Specialist Jeff Lucky helps us understand the benefits of getting a home energy audit whether we live in a free standing home or an apartment building. As an energy professional, I have noticed that homeowners and renters are unfamiliar with home energy audits. A […]
C-PACE Makes Sustainability Possible and Valuable
C-PACE Makes Sustainability Possible and Valuable Have you heard of PACE before? PACE stands for Property Accessed Clean Energy and is a financing program for clean energy projects which include energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Currently in Ohio, only commercial PACE (C-PACE) is widely available; however, a couple of communities are piloting a residential […]
Energility Team News
Justin Kale Awarded CRE Designation Energility is pleased to announce that cofounder Justin Kale, CEM, has received the prestigious CRE (Counselor of Real Estate) designation by The Counselors of Real Estate®, an international group of real estate professionals. As a CRE, Justin provides expert advisory services to clients on energy management related to both real […]
What’s the Difference Between and Energy Assessment and an Energy Audit?
What’s the Difference Between an Energy Assessment and an Energy Audit? Energy audit and energy assessments are common terms used to discuss the study of energy use in a building; some organizations use the terms interchangeably and some have very specific definitions for both. At Energility, we prefer to use the term “Energy Plan” when […]
What is a Lumen, Anyways?
What is a Lumen, Anyways? For many of us, LED lights are a newer technology that can be somewhat confusing. Many of us grew up being familiar with incandescent lights and then CFLs (compact fluorescents) became popular around twenty years ago with an easy to understand conversion (15W CFL = 60W incandescent). LED lights, though, […]