Is Indoor Environment Quality in Schools Being Ignored?
Today’s students spend an average of six hours a day, five days a week, 40 or so weeks a year, for a minimum of 12 years in classrooms. And according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
View ArticleProviding Financial Solutions for the Technical and Sustainability Needs of...
Energy has become a huge expense in K-12 schools across the U.S. They spend approximately $8B a year on utilities and energy alone. This makes it difficult for them to fund the critical building...
View ArticleWyoming County PA to Reduce Energy and Operating Costs by $3.9M
Wyoming County in Pennsylvania has started an extensive energy and facility improvement initiative for its public buildings that is guaranteed to save them at least $3.9M in energy and operating costs...
View ArticleBarriers to Sustainability in the Healthcare Industry
With healthcare facilities generating more than 5.9 million tons of waste each year, contributing 8% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., and spending $8 billion annually on energy alone...
View ArticleWright State University Expected to Reduce Energy Use by 40% and save $35.8M
Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio has completed a multi-phase, campus-wide energy conservation project that, according to university executives, will help the 557-acre campus reduce energy use by...
View ArticleIrwin County, GA Schools Learn to Reduce Energy Consumption by Almost 35%
And they’ll save more than $5.7M in energy and operating costs while they’re doing it! In the past, Irwin County’s three schools have struggled with rising energy costs. A big part of this was caused...
View ArticleHow Cities Are Beginning To Address Mounting Infrastructure Challenges (Part I)
Rob Duncan is a Solutions Consultant for ABM Building & Energy Solutions. Cities, towns, counties, and other municipalities encounter financial imbalances because of a multitude of factors that...
View ArticleHow Cities Are Beginning To Address Mounting Infrastructure Challenges (Part II)
Rob Duncan is a Solutions Consultant for ABM Building & Energy Solutions. Last week in Part I, we explored some of the common financial challenges facing cities, towns, counties, and...
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