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Posted By Administration,
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Source: Deloitte
May 2012, 4 pages
Summary Review
Deloitte’s second annual survey on the attitudes and practices
that companies have toward energy management to help make business and
investment decisions. The study captures
two perspectives: The business portion is based on one-on-one interviews with
senior executives across all industries, as well as over 600 online interviews with
business decision makers. The consumer
portion is based on more than 2,200 demographically balanced online
interviews.
Key Findings
- 90% of companies have set goals regarding electricity and energy
management practices
- These goals are becoming more formalized, with 49% reporting
formal goals, compared to 45% in the 2011 reSources survey
- Nearly two-thirds (63%) of businesses say their customers are
demanding that they offer them more environmentally considerate solutions, up
from about half (49%) in last year’s survey
- Companies, on average, are targeting reductions of 23-24% over a
3-4 year period across electricity, natural gas, carbon footprint and transport
fleet
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Posted By Administration,
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Source: Rackspace
April 2012, 6 pages
Summary Review Rackspace
conducted a survey of 2,000 customers worldwide with 232 respondents, to better
understand how organizations are building sustainability into their IT service
provider selection and purchasing processes.
Rackspace’s
findings point to an increasingly established trend to embrace and include
sustainability practices within the purchasing process. When it comes to
influencing purchasing decisions, 72 percent of the U.S. respondents said they
believe sustainability is important in selecting a service provider as well as
influencing a purchasing decision. In the rest of the world, 91 percent, build
sustainability into their purchasing decisions on either a periodic or standard
basis. Countries outside the United States seem to put a greater emphasis on
weighting sustainability as part of purchasing decisions.
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Posted By Administration,
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Source: Greenpeace
April 2012, 51 pages
Summary Review
As one of the fastest growing sectors, both
economically and in their energy consumption, global IT companies and cloud
computing companies have a tremendous opportunity and unique responsibility to
take greater control of their electricity supply chain, and to manage their
energy ecosystem both outside and inside the data centers.
By making better energy choices and demanding more from
utility vendors, cloud companies have the opportunity to be a catalyst in
driving utilities and governments toward the development of cleaner electricity
generation that will ensure a truly green cloud for their long-term sustainability
– and a greener grid for us all.
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Source: KPMG November 2011, 32 pages
Summary Review In this survey, KPMG examines
the state of corporate responsibility (CR) reporting on a global scale by
analyzing CR reports from more than 3,400 companies in 34 countries and 16
sectors. Companies CR reports are analyzed based on the benefits of CR
reporting, adoption of integrated reporting, the drive for global standards and
the use of third party assurance.
KPMG assesses CR reporting at a
global scale before proceeding to determine leaders at both the industry and
country levels. The
business-fueled motivations of CR reporting are assessed, including reputation,
innovation and learning and bottom-line benefits.
This
survey finds that CR reporting increases both growth and value of a firm
through innovation and learning. Thus,
reporting becomes an important aspect of remaining competitive. This has put pressure on companies in
areas of the world, like Asia Pacific, with poor CR
reporting. Financial benefits of
CR reporting can be seen through direct cost savings though reputation
continues to be the driving force.
Areas for improvement of CR reporting
are also considered. These areas include consistency and accessibility,
integrated reporting and data quality.
In response to these weaknesses, third party assurance is recommended to
enhance credibility and reporting quality.
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Posted By Administration,
Thursday, November 10, 2011
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Source: Jenny Heeter and Lori Bird, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory October 2011, 56 pages
Summary Review The market for renewable energy certificates (RECs) in both
the compliance and voluntary markets continued to grow in 2010. As utilities worked to meet their
renewable portfolio standard (RPS) goals, demand in the compliance market grew rapidly
from less than 30 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2009 to 55 million MWH in
2010. Demand in the compliance market is expected to grow to more
than 150 million MWh by 2015.
Compliance and voluntary new renewable energy, 2005-2010
Solar RECs (SRECs) have emerged in a number of states and
are expected to grow rapidly in coming years as states increase their solar
requirements. In the ten states,
which allow SRECs, the demand for SRECs is expected to increase from 520 MW in
2011 to almost 7,300 MW in 2025.
REC prices continued to decline in most markets to less than
$20/MWh in 2011. REC prices
varied by region due to difference in renewable energy resource quality and
electricity prices. SREC prices
continued to be traded at significantly higher prices than standard compliance
RECs. In 2010, SRECs were traded between
$200 to $650 and prices have continued to drop in 2011.
Compliance Market REC Prices, Jan. 2008-Jan. 2011 
While the compliance market grew rapidly, growth in the
voluntary renewable energy sales to organizations and individuals slowed to
eleven percent in 2010. The total
demand for voluntary renewable energy in 2010 was 35.6 million MWh. Wind energy continued to be the most
common source of renewable energy for voluntary green power markets accounting
for 83.1 percent. . Despite the
growing popularity of solar, only .2 percent of voluntary green power purchases
were from solar projects.
Voluntary REC prices are low, especially when compared to
RECs in compliance markets. In
2010, wholesale RECs between $1/MWh to $10 MWh in the voluntary market.
National RECs from any technology traded significantly lower at from $0.80/MWh
to $1.20/MWh. Compliance RECs
typically traded between $10/MWh to $25/MWh. Voluntary Market REC Prices, Jan. 2007-Nov. 2010
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Posted By Administration,
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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Source: Interstate
Renewable Energy Council (IREC), The Vote Solar Initiative, and the Network for
Renewable Choice
The 2011 Freeing the Grid report offers a policy guide and
state-by-state grades for net metering policies and interconnection
procedures.
Net metering policies and interconnection standards are
crucial to establishing a strong state solar market. The Solar Alliance consider net metering and interconnection
along with incentives and utility rate and revenue policies as crucial
components of a cost-effective state solar policy.
Net metering best practices include:
- No or high limits (2 MW+) on the size of systems
eligible for net metering.
- No or high limits (5%+ of peak load demand) on
the total size of a net metering program.
- Indefinite or monthly rollover of excess
electricity generated at the retail rate.
- No meter changed required or a new meter is
provided by the utility at no cost.
- Renewable energy credits are owned by customers.
- Solar, wind and other renewable and low emission
technologies eligible.
- Policies which allowed for customers to
aggregate all meters on a property or to receive net metering credit for
investing in renewable systems not physically located on a property (community
solar)
Interconnection best practices include:
- Up to 20 MW of generation capacity permitted for
interconnection.
- Applicants for interconnections are broken up
into 4 tracks for system size (10 kW, 2 MW, 10 MW, and 20 MW+)
- Timelines shorter than FERC standards.
- No or low fees for net-metering customers and
limited interconnection fees
- UL 1741 / IEEE 1547 interconnection standards
used.
Results 
Other findings
- Delaware, Massachusetts, and Utah were the only
three states to receive "A” for net metering and interconnection.
- Net metering and interconnection practices have
improved significantly from 2009.
In 2009, there were 11 "A” and 16 "B” given to states for their net
metering policies compared to 17 "A” and 19 "B” in 2011. States receiving an
"A” for interconnection procedures increased from one in 2009 to 6 in 2011.
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Posted By Eric Paul,
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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Source:
Don Bray and Jaclyn Pitera, AltaTerra Research
June 2011, 95 pages
Summary Review
Organizations around the world are elevating resource efficiency
and sustainability from a tactical to a strategic concern – and are moving
aggressively to improve environmental performance in operating processes and
products. For many, this has meant new information management and process
control challenges, around energy use, water use, solid waste, toxic materials,
carbon emissions and other factors – inside the organization and across the
value chain.
These requirements vary dramatically by organization and industry.
And despite the wide array of new enterprise sustainability management software
and IT-enabled control systems now available, there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution.
Establishing an effective, long-term information architecture means taking a
comprehensive view of sustainability, and putting in place integrated
capabilities that serve the organization’s highest-value needs.
The report presents a clear, six-level reference architecture
classifying essential capabilities for sustainability management at an overall
enterprise level down to the device level. We analyze offerings from nineteen
top application software providers in the context of capability sets at the top
two levels of the reference architecture - enterprise sustainability management
and business operations resource management. Lastly, we present a series of
recommendations for how organizations can proceed in establishing effective
enterprise architectures for sustainability.
The full report is available for purchase and immediate download.
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Posted By Eric Paul,
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
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Source: Eric Paul and Jon Guice, AltaTerra ResearchApril 2011, 82 pages
Summary Review This study answers customer-facing questions about
solar thermal systems producing hot water in US commercial and institutional
facilities. Quantitative and qualitative analyses are based on information from
interviews, public sources, a proprietary database of installations, and
profiles of more than 250 customer-sited projects.
We identify key market segments by hot water
application, business activity, building type, and organization type, and we
provide detailed information on the amount, intensity, and timing of water
heating in those segments. For each segment, we profile example customers and
installations, including purchase motivations, costs, and finance models, with
which current and potential market participants can compare their experience
and assumptions.
In addition, this
report provides the essentials that every participant in the marketplace should
have as reference: overviews of US and global markets; technology types,
applications, and costs; and relevant federal and state regulations and
incentives. The report closes with a set of recommendations for getting the
most out of potential customer siting opportunities, from qualification to
evaluation and expansion.
A summary of the full report, including Executive Summary, Contents, Notes & Resources, Sample Findings and Excerpts, and Sample Tables are available for free and immediate download (following free, one minute registration). Please click here. The full report is available for purchase and immediate download.The cost of the full report is $1,355 for registered members of the AltaTerra Research Network and $2,030 for non-members before April 11. After April 11, report prices increase to $1,895 for registered members and $2,595 for non-members. Membership is always free. To become a registered member, click here. Following the completion of your purchase, you will be immediately able to download the full report in PDF format. Government and non-profit rates are available, please contact usfor more information.
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Posted By AltaTerra Editor,
Monday, February 21, 2011
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Source: Don Bray and
Jaclyn Pitera, AltaTerra Research
January 2011, 22 pages
Summary Review
Through background research and case studies, this report describes
how cities are saving money by integrating resource efficiency and greenhouse
gas (GHG) reduction into their operations with the help of new resource
management information systems. The municipal case studies included in the
report come from three cities with leading sustainability programs—Palo Alto,
California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Las Vegas, Nevada. The report
describes the experiences of these cities to date, how they differ, and key
takeaways relevant to all cities as they progress in their efforts toward
sustainability, GHG reductions, and financial savings.
The report presents original analysis based on interviews
with the cities of Palo Alto, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Las
Vegas, Nevada; interviews and materials from ICLEI; discussions with other
customers; and general research on carbon regulations, standards, and markets.
Support for the development of this report was provided by
Hara, Inc. The report is available free of charge.
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Posted By AltaTerra Editor,
Monday, February 07, 2011
Updated: Wednesday, February 09, 2011
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Source:
Jaclyn Pitera, AltaTerra Research
February 2011, 27 pages
Summary
Review
In this report, AltaTerra Research highlights ideas
discussed at the Green Innovation in Business Network (GIBN) 2010 Solutions
Labs.
Solutions Labs are one-day, discussion-oriented events,
which encourage knowledge sharing and networking among people addressing
sustainable business challenges. Participants help determine the agenda. Nine
Solutions Labs held across the United States in 2010 gave more than 700
participants from over 300 business, academic, governmental, and nonprofit
organizations the opportunity to explore ways to make their organizations more
sustainable and their work more effective. Among the organizers were
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Dig In (as lead facilitator), and Ashoka.
This report includes regional event analyses, perspectives
from various industry and academic practitioners, and summary themes of
sustainable business topics from across the nine Solutions Labs events.
Both the Solutions Labs and the summary report reflect a
maturing of sustainability in the United States. Author Jaclyn Pitera writes, "Businesses leading in environmental sustainability are implementing strategies and practices and moving beyond basic measures for energy efficiency and carbon reduction. They are expanding their efforts outside the organization, improving the supply chain, and engaging stakeholders. Inside their organizations, they are institutionalizing sustainability by setting up behavior-changing policies, processes, and programs. Many organizations are beginning to follow this lead."
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