Tag Archives: Energy

The Energy Symphony: Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM Adapted from a presentation at the Central Penn Business Journal’s Real Estate & Development Symposium. Humans make errors, but robots are perfect, right? Well, if you can automate some functions, you can remove human error. In this case, error means forgetting to turn the lights off when you leave […]

The Energy Symphony: Phantom of the Opera (& Office)

by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM Adapted from a presentation at the Central Penn Business Journal’s Real Estate & Development Symposium. Our symphony continues with another dark movement. Plug load (electronics plugged into outlets) consumes 20-25% of a building’s energy use, whether or not the electronics are actually turned on!  You’ve probably heard the terms […]

The Energy Symphony: The Future's So Bright…I Gotta Wear Shades

by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM  Adapted from a presentation at the Central Penn Business Journal’s Real Estate & Development Symposium When thinking about building energy efficiency, here’s an idea: let’s all agree to have no more bright ideas!  He can have good ones and even great ones, but no more bright ones. Why?  As […]

The Energy Symphony

By Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM Adapted from a presentation at the Central Penn Business Journal’s Real Estate & Development Symposium I was recently invited to speak about energy efficiency in buildings at the Central Penn Business Journal’s annual Real Estate & Development Symposium, which was held on September 3 at the Hershey Lodge (if […]