Green Project Marketing Blog

NRDC’s First Annual Energy and Environment Report, America’s (Amazingly) Good Energy News, is the product of an exhaustive analysis of extensive new government data that shows total U.S. energy use in 2012 was below the 1999 level even though the economy grew by more than 25 percent (adjusted for inflation) during that period.  As a result of national energy efficiency measures, Factories and businesses are producing substantially more products and value with less energy, the amount of gasoline per mile driven is down, and the cost of all energy services (from lighting to refrigeration) also has decreased.

The report notes that the amount of climate-warming carbon dioxide pollution also is down, putting the nation on track to meet President Obama’s emissions reduction target of 17 percent over the next seven years, though much more must be done  to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

Here is a snapshot of the report’s major findings:

In a market where consumers--both residential and commercial--are giving recognition to their carbon footprint and taking control of their consumption, energy suppliers, technology companies, and even the government is getting involved--making consumption data more accessible, creating initiatives that make these partnerships more feasible, and creating systems and technology to simplify and gauge behaviors and performance.

As a result, a slew of new technologies are being released into the market, allowing consumers real access to their consumption patterns, helping to identify deficiencies in operations and even suggesting upgrades where deficiencies may be occurring. Encouraging enough, these applications don't have to be a costly investment. In fact, some are quite affordable--or even better--free. Here are three applications that are trending in the energy management market that any organization can afford.

Michel Stevens, President of Green Project Marketing at GreenBuild Expo 2012. We look forward to meeting up with clients, green manufacturers and distributors and green builders and architects at the show.

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D'MAND CIRC booth at GreenBuild Expo. The team for ACT and Enovative Group is looking forward to a successful show this year.  www.gothotwater.com  www.enovativegroup.com

Michel Stevens bumped into David Gottfried, Founder of USGBC, Founder of World Green Building Council and CEO of Regenerative Ventures at GreenBuild Expo 2012 in San Francisco.  www.regenv.com

Living Green Homes Construction & Development, Inc. in conjunction with Green Project Marketing and Achieve Marketing Group staged the groundbreaking event of Project 319, a green single-family residential development in Huntington Beach, CA.