Effective and Sustainable Financing Solutions for Ohio

Effective and Sustainable Financing Solutions for Ohio As the world continues to shift towards more sustainable energy use, it’s crucial that Ohio businesses are equipped with the necessary tools to make this transition smoothly, efficiently, and without breaking the budget. There are a variety of financing options available, including Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE), […]

Exploring Grant Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects in Ohio

Exploring Grant Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects in Ohio Ohio’s businesses and non-profit organizations have many programs to help with funding energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. These include both grant and financing options. In this Tips Post, we are going to focus on the grant opportunities that are available in Ohio. […]

Consumers and Businesses: Paving the Way to a Sustainable Future

Consumers and Businesses: Paving the Way to a Sustainable Future In today’s business landscape, sustainability has become more than just a buzzword; it has emerged as a compelling strategy for businesses to thrive in the long run. With the adoption of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices, companies are not only enhancing their competitiveness and […]

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 […]