Our partner, EnerNOC is sponsoring this year’s EnergySMART Conference in Philadelphia, PA next week. We will be participating and tabling at the Conference, be sure to look for us!
This article was originally posted on EnerNOC’s EnergySMART Blog.
I learned something deeply overwhelming recently. Media Dynamics gave a well-researched estimate that each day the average American is exposed to 557 ads. What’s overwhelming isn’t that number, it’s that across those ads folks spend 37 minutes daily trying to digest this deluge of buzzwords, high-gloss images, and oddly synthesized voices.
37 minutes is an extortionate amount of time to spend each day getting beat over the head with things that most likely cost money you don’t have and deliver headaches you don’t want.
This year, instead of sifting through thousands of vendors’ ads celebrating the latest version of something you already have, find the tools that suit your needs early and spend the year using them to get results.
The EnergySMART 2015 conference is the perfect place to do that; it’s going to be jam-packed with more great knowledge than you can possibly digest in 2.5 days. So here are five lessons you’ll learn at the conference that will leave you with tools you can use at your enterprise right away.
1. How to find easy energy savings opportunities like lean manufacturing leader General Electric
General Electric’s Greenhouse Gas and Energy Manager Michael Grossner will walk through how the $240 billion enterprise finds quick and cost-effective places to save energy using the treasure hunt model. Whether you’re thinking about energy use in a university setting, a commercial office, or a factory, this is must-have knowledge.
2. How to win
Billy Beane’s “moneyball” techniques have been implemented by everyone from top investment firms to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and now he’s bringing them to energy management. Whether you’re assessing energy use quarterly as part of your enterprise’s budget or managing daily energy use, Beane will help you leverage data to devise your winning strategy.
3. How to engage every energy decision maker across your enterprise
The disconnect between team members that manage energy on a daily basis and team members that set budgets makes energy management overly complex. But “have more meetings” is hardly an actionable strategy. Learn how to leverage energy intelligence software (EIS) to drastically ease the process of communicating up and down the chain of command, giving each stakeholder the information they need, when they need it, in the terms that matter most to them.
4. How to perfectly balance energy efficiency and tenant comfort (for commercial real estate professionals)
How many times have you been approached by a vendor about a great energy efficiency opportunity only to later learn that it would drastically reduce occupant comfort? The National Energy Management Institute’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will break down how to use their new Acceptance Index Values (AIV) to assess which projects will deliver maximum energy savings while maintaining—or improving—tenant comfort given your site’s specific circumstances.
5. How to make ISO 50001 work for you (for industrial professionals)
One of the developers of ISO 50001—the Department of Energy’s Paul Scheihing—will show you how to turn what’s become a global benchmark into a serious revenue driver. Scheihing’s session reveals the importance of strategic energy management as a means of improving operations more than simply increasing your bottom line.
Ready to join your peers at EnergySMART 2015? Register at www.energysmartconference.com today!