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It’s that time of year again. Leaves falling, days getting shorter — and temperatures dropping. Both at home and in the office, these lower temps offer a great opportunity to re-visit the efficiency measures you have in place to keep your energy use down and money in your pocket. Here are some of our favorites: [...]
Continue Reading →It’s been a while – too long, in fact – since we last discussed some of the positive treatment the folks in the Federal Government give to encourage building improvements that are kind to both the environment and your wallet. Back in February, we explored some of the initiatives coming out of the White House. [...]
Continue Reading →Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing is picking up steam – in a big way. Last week, the City of Sacramento chose to move forward with implementing a program to significantly reduce the resource footprint of the City’s 125,000,000+ square feet of commercial real estate space. (In full disclosure, Octus will be working with Ygrene [...]
Continue Reading →Forbes had a great short piece on green buildings yesterday. In it, author William Pentland explores how green buildings are beginning to shape real estate markets nationwide. In fact, it seems that in many areas, “green” characteristics are informally required for buildings to achieve or maintain a coveted “Class A” rating. Mr. Pentland begins his [...]
Continue Reading →Last night, Councilmembers from the City of Sacramento took the exciting step of approving Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in the district. The City will be signing a five-year contract with Ygrene Energy Fund to develop and administer the program, and Octus is excited to be playing an integral role in the Program. Sacramento [...]
Continue Reading →I really enjoyed a recent set of tips from MX Energy (part of energy giant Constellation), about what you can do to leave a green mark on your workplace. In the words of MX’s Marjorie Kass: Creating a more eco-friendly work environment doesn’t have to be costly or time-intensive. Something as simple as adding [...]
Continue Reading →The US Green Building Council this week released a report highlighting some of the most significant, forward-looking pieces of legislation country-wide this year – and it’s an impressive list by any measure. According to the report: Even amidst a challenging climate for debate, 2011 saw significant advances in USGBC’s core priority areas…. Thankfully building green [...]
Continue Reading →Octus has officially announced RebateWorks, a multi-faceted service focused on simplifying the procurement of utility company rebates and incentives. In releasing the news, Octus CEO Chris Soderquist described the environment that led to the development of this innovative service: Through RebateWorks, Octus delivers managed utility company rebate services to property owners, utilities and product manufacturers… [...]
Continue Reading →According to a number of analysts and business leaders in the energy efficiency and renewable energy spaces, PACE financing should be one of the Nation’s top five priorities in the coming years – years that are expected to be marked by substantial cuts to federal financing for clean energy programs. According to the folks at [...]
Continue Reading →Here at Octus, we’ve been keenly focused on reducing the water demands of our clients – and people are starting to notice. Chris Soderquist, CEO of Octus, sat down with the folks at Fierce Energy to extol the benefits of water efficiency – and why we believe it’s the next frontier in efficiency focus: We [...]
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