Entrepreneurs are the rock stars of contemporary business. Thanks largely to the way information technology has wrought creative destruction on many of the highest-profile enterprises in the world, the mythical figure of the lone tech genius fighting for a vision against all odds has become the new heroic figure for the old American story of… Keep reading →
Several years ago, when Cleveland’s Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) first started to offer energy assessments for our business members, we anticipated lines out the door. Well, perhaps not lines, but we thought that business owners would be eager to learn how they could cut their utility bills. Unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case. It seems that people… Keep reading →
There are astounding statistics about how much US drinking water is lost due to leaking pipes – roughly 240,000 water main breaks per year – and repairs could reach into the trillions of dollars. So how can we use water – and water-intensive energy – more efficiently? And even more challenging is finding ways for… Keep reading →
As momentum builds for New York Energy Week, Breaking Energy is speaking with the founders, speakers and key participants about their involvement and what they hope to achieve at this unique collaborative opportunity. National Grid’s President Ken Daly recently told Breaking Energy about some initiatives his company is working on to make the energy consumed… Keep reading →
When you think of the strongest advocates for clean energy or clean air, your mind may not jump right to businesses. But it should. According to a new report issued today by the Chambers of Innovation and Clean Energy, local chambers of commerce are showing leadership around the country on clean energy innovation. It makes… Keep reading →
Energy nerds may be calculating emissions every time they turn on their cars, but they may not realize that some motors are burning far more energy, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Industrial motor systems burn far more energy and emit much more CO2 than the average person realizes, several GE executives told Breaking Energy in a recent phone conversation (in total these systems account for roughly 25-30% of the United States’ total energy consumption.) They said that if industrial facility operators in the US adopted high-efficiency motors like the ones GE sells, those industries could save $3-5 billion annually in electric bills and could reduce CO2 emissions by 15-26 million metric tons per year, about the same as taking 3-5 million passenger vehicles off the road. Keep reading →
