Where Do Energy Incentives Come From?
Hi there, I’m Emmy, and I’ve been a part of Cyclone’s Energy Lab team for the past year and a half. Something I work on a lot here is helping people apply for incentives for energy efficiency measures they’ve implemented. In fact, a highlight of 2016 for me was helping one of our clients secure $69,000 […]
A Primer on Energy Modeling
Have you ever thought how much energy your building consumes or will consume in the future? Can you predict or estimate this consumption in a short period of time? The answer is yes. To do a quick and accurate estimate of a building energy use we can use Energy Modeling. Energy Modeling is a great […]
LEED v4 Commissioning Changes
Any project registered today will now need to be registered under the LEED v4 rating system. LEED v4 has significant changes in the categories and credit requirements. This blog will discuss the changes to the Fundamental Commissioning and Verification (EAp1) and Enhanced Commissioning (EAc1) requirements as well as the new options that are now available. […]
Innovation Rodeo Recap
On August 24, Cyclone Energy Group hosted its first Annual Innovation Rodeo – an event that focuses on our latest insights in commercial building operations – in Chicago. This year, we spent the afternoon engaging the commercial real estate world in conversation about the new wave of building operation centered on “Employee Wellness.” I personally […]
Energy Modeling Challenge: Net Zero Hospital
Can a hospital be net zero energy? Eight energy modeling teams all using different energy modeling software tried to find out by participating in this year’s ASHRAE LowDown Showdown Energy Modeling Challenge. The challenge was held in conjunction with the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA Simbuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference this past August. I, along with […]
ASHRAE’s New Tool for 90.1 ECB
At the start of this year, ASHRAE released a free web application for the Energy Cost Budget (ECB) method of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010. The new application was developed as a tool to assist with showing a building project’s compliance with the standard. We at Cyclone Energy Group use the ECB method all the time, so […]
The Move into “Better Buildings”!
“The secret of change is to focus your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” –Socrates One of the main reasons I enjoy working at Cyclone is that we are a company of Building Authenticators. With our core services of building energy modeling, building commissioning, and real estate services, we help […]
