“Sustainability is the long-term goal and green buildings are one of the ways to get there... the briefest definition of green buildings is that they are common sense buildings.” 

A guest post from NYSERDA’s Craig Kneeland

Maps are a classic information design strategy for communicating data with geographical attributes.

When the energy community talks about the “small commercial” sector, we lump together a huge assortment of businesses.

"With the world in crisis and people looking for solutions, it’s no surprise that artists like these are employing their creative talents to raise questions and address challenging issues. Good public art is not just about looking good."
A guest post from Jack Becker of Forecast Public Art.

An interview with Andy Padian about his experiences financing energy efficiency projects and mentoring future leaders in sustainability.

Senior Building Analyst Jim Fitzgerald explains the latest technological and regulatory trends.

Alex Krzesinski, Marketing Executive at Yorkshire Energy Services, describes the new United Kingdom residential program called Green Deal.

A variety of software tools can help identify trends and patterns in huge or complex data sets. CEE has begun working with a program called Tableau. i.e. checked in with Community Energy Services Program Assistant Isaac Smith and PBEEEP Mechanical Engineer Gustav Brändström to learn how they use it day-to-day.

Increased communication and feedback via cell phones could foster a sense of collaboration between inspectors and contractors while instilling a common purpose. A team approach to learning and continuous improvement could be a very nice by-product. Taking a systems approach and incorporating feedback loops helps create a true learning organization.

You may remember from our virtual tour that the new Innovation Exchange office has a research lab... but how do our staff use it? 

Innovation Exchange aims to make our research results visible and accessible not only to other groups performing similar studies, but also to our own program staff. We recently hosted a field trip bringing two of our locations together to learn more about our work with DIA systems.