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Why Your Sustainability Strategy Should Include Enhancing Your Company’s Reputation Through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)?
Investors and customers are demanding more data from companies on their climate change risks, sustainability practices, energy efficiency, and leadership commitment for environmental stewardship. In response, the Carbon Disclosure Project is supporting companies and...
Fuel Substitution: Why should companies consider fuel substitution (electrification)?
Fuel substitution involves converting all or a portion of existing energy use from one fuel type to another with the goal of reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. An example is replacing a natural gas domestic water heater with an all-electric heat pump water...
Solutions for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
As you design, build, operate, and keep up with regulatory requirements for water production, distribution, and treatment, your systems are expected to perform flawlessly. A hydraulic model can help you prioritize these projects by providing data about your water and wastewater systems at varying conditions that results in flawless operation. Prioritizing also saves money.
Is California on Track to Meet SB 350 Goals?
On August 20th, 2019, the California Energy Commission (CEC) released the draft 2019 Energy Efficiency Action Plan, which tracks progress towards California’s energy efficiency (EE) goals. In this report, the CEC shows that although the state is anticipated to deliver...
Pump Sequencing: The Data-Driven Approach to Pump Operations
How is your organization using its data to increase energy efficiency? While water agencies and districts are typically collecting significant amounts of data, including water supply and demand and energy consumption, often they aren’t fully using it to their...
Enhanced Energy Savings with New Construction Energy Efficiency Programs
In the United States, buildings consume approximately 37% of the energy. Based on Lincus’ direct experience with hundreds of commercial buildings, there is significant potential for low-cost energy efficiency improvement in both existing and new construction...
Ammonia Based Aeration Controls: Energy and Non-Energy Impacts
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are continuously implementing various control strategies to meet the expanding demand of complying with stricter regulations on wastewater discharges. One such requirement is preventing ammonia breakthrough. This is typically avoided...
Immediately Available Resources to Upgrade the Water Grid and Water Pumping Systems in California
There are many challenges to resolving and planning for medium and long-term water and energy related issues in California. Funding for the necessary water infrastructure improvements and water system energy efficiency is insufficient. Financing and bond funding are...
Generation Surplus During the Periods of Excess Renewable Energy Output – Over Generation
Due to overwhelming success of renewable generation (primarily wind and solar) installations in the past decade, electric utilities are now faced with highly variable energy outputs causing large fluctuations within their grid. Variation is largely dependent on the...