The building automation and controls industry sits at the nexus of a building’s solar arrays and its microgrid, as well as at the seat of its transactive energy potential with neighboring microgrids. Automation and control frameworks built upon open architectures have emerged as clear winners among building owners because they allow data to be pulled … Continue reading Navigating the New Landscape of Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Microgrids
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Expect SolarCity’s Innovations to Migrate Beyond Solar and the Home
In discussing SolarCity, Elon Musk explained that his approach is to recognize the biggest, most costly problems in any value chain and to focus innovation energy there. For residential solar energy, he identified the cost of financing and cost of installation as those problem areas. Similarly, financing is the factor gating energy efficiency technology. With … Continue reading Expect SolarCity’s Innovations to Migrate Beyond Solar and the Home
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