"Eighty percent of building owners expect double-digit energy price increases over the next year, which has prompted an average energy reduction target of 12 percent, according to Johnson Controls annual global energy efficiency indicator survey of nearly 4,000 building owners and operators around the world. Lighting and heating, ventilation, air conditioning and controls improvements are the most popular energy efficiency improvements.
The primary motivation for energy efficiency projects continued to be energy cost savings. Government incentives and enhanced public image were also important, ranking second and third in the survey. Greenhouse gas reduction, which ranked as the second highest motivator in 2010, ranked fourth in 2011.
Access to funding topped the list of barriers to energy efficiency projects for respondents in the U.S./Canada (38%) and Europe (30%)."
We just had Bill Abbott from BioDetek on, and he gave us the numbers on his company's investment in reducing energy use and creating power with solar...that combination has allowed them to generate 50% of their electrical needs. That is for a manufacturer of medical goods!!!!!. That means, of course, they have reduced their energy costs by 50%, and that reduction, and return on investment, will get better with every increase in fuel.
Now is the time, as a business owner or property owner, to find ways to substantially reduce your energy costs and look at every possible renewable energy form (Did you know, by the way, Lenox now has a solar-powered AC unit? We'll be doing a show on that soon) that would work best for your office or home.
Do it now before this new spike takes 12% more out of your pocket. From the business side of green, it pays to cut energy use, waste and go green.
The primary motivation for energy efficiency projects continued to be energy cost savings. Government incentives and enhanced public image were also important, ranking second and third in the survey. Greenhouse gas reduction, which ranked as the second highest motivator in 2010, ranked fourth in 2011.
Access to funding topped the list of barriers to energy efficiency projects for respondents in the U.S./Canada (38%) and Europe (30%)."
We just had Bill Abbott from BioDetek on, and he gave us the numbers on his company's investment in reducing energy use and creating power with solar...that combination has allowed them to generate 50% of their electrical needs. That is for a manufacturer of medical goods!!!!!. That means, of course, they have reduced their energy costs by 50%, and that reduction, and return on investment, will get better with every increase in fuel.
Now is the time, as a business owner or property owner, to find ways to substantially reduce your energy costs and look at every possible renewable energy form (Did you know, by the way, Lenox now has a solar-powered AC unit? We'll be doing a show on that soon) that would work best for your office or home.
Do it now before this new spike takes 12% more out of your pocket. From the business side of green, it pays to cut energy use, waste and go green.
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