Tag: Portland Energy Conservation

2009 July Energy Audit Legislation Aimed at Co-ops & Condos By Bob Friedrich

 Proposed legislation by the New York City Council to require energy audits,  while a nice idea, is extremely cost-prohibitive especially in today’s economy. The bottom line is that the spending proposed in this bill (Intro  967) will be t…

2008 Sept A Look at Buildings and Energy Use By Greg Olear

The concept of a “carbon footprint” has been widely circulated in the media for the last couple of years—particularly as global warming has become such an urgent topic of discussion for people other than Al Gore. Essentially, a carbon fo…

2006 Sep Conducting Energy Audits By Keith Loria

While there are a number of issues that make it to the top of the list of building managers’ and board members’ fiscal worries each year, the standout issue in recent years is energy costs. In light of rising fuel prices and increased de…

2006 Sep Watts Up? By Raanan Geberer

Seasonal spikes in the prices of fuel, oil and gas rising, higher costs of electricity, the need to bring those energy bills down—your condo or co-op will likely feel all of these, especially if it has older boilers, appliances, and so f…