Ashley’s Efficient Tech Corner

Some organizations are partnering with Trade Schools to educate on high efficiency installations to prepare the new workforce on energy efficiency!

Budderfly Partners with Trade Schools Nationwide Learn how Budderfly's Trade School Partnership Program ensures best-in-class training to meet Budderfly’s growing demand for skilled energy technicians.

Water conservation is growing in states that have been seeing challenges in recouping water supplies year after year.

Water Conservation is the Next Frontier in Hospitality Sustainability There’s a strong business case for water efficiency to join the ranks of energy efficiency as an essential upgrade for hospitality businesses.

Exciting to see innovation in efficiency growing and spreading from my home-state.

Shelton’s Budderfly, UConn Health partner to reduce carbon footprint, energy costs UConn Health’s Child Care Center in Farmington will utilize technology from a Shelton-based energy company intended to reduce its carbon footprint and energy costs. The installation of the Ultra High Performance (UHP) heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system at the center, located a...

The U.S. Department of Energy has been on fire 🔥in their research to reduce energy. 🍃

Just hope we figure this out before we’re all on fire. 🫣

U.S. Department of Energy Releases First Ever Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize America's Buildings Sector - CleanTechnica U.S. Department of Energy Releases First Ever Federal Blueprint to Decarbonize America's Buildings Sector First Comprehensive Federal Strategy

With summer heat wave frequency climbing & school budgets getting tighter - aging HVAC units are struggling to keep up in schools across the U.S.

K-12 school districts across the U.S. spend more than $6 billion annually on energy. That's more than how much they spend on textbooks and computers combined.

Read our latest ebook to learn about how educational facilities can reduce their energy usage and save money through cutting inefficient energy usage, upgrading equipment, and working with an energy management partner like Budderfly. https://info.budderfly.com/school-sustainability-ebook

I love seeing utilities & towns reducing consumption everywhere from electricity & water & gas! It’s needed !

Water Conservation is the Next Frontier in Hospitality Sustainability There’s a strong business case for water efficiency to join the ranks of energy efficiency as an essential upgrade for hospitality businesses.

The new units are pretty amazing on efficiency !

How Rooftop HVAC Units Are Evolving to Become More Sustainable Read this article to learn about how rooftop HVAC units are evolving to become more sustainable.

Approximately 30% of the nation's food goes to waste. The government has a new strategy to help fix that. Learn about the White House's plans to reduce food waste here:

White House Announces Strategy to Keep Edible Food Out of Landfills The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting and other facilities, as well as urge companies to donate more food.

Energy efficiency and water conservation are especially important for bakeries. Read this article to learn why:

Bakers lean on energy efficiency Reducing a company’s carbon footprint sometimes involves complex solutions, but many are worth investigating for the long run.

This state-backed project is combining heat pumps and waste heat to help decarbonize a NYC high-rise. Learn about their plan here:

This NYC high-rise is using heat pumps and waste heat to cut fossil… The cutting-edge, state-backed project at 345 Hudson could be a model for other big buildings sprinting to comply with the city’s building decarbonization law.

Great article about the role of water in food production and how some food companies are working to prioritize water conservation.

How the food industry is working to protect freshwater ecosystems | GreenBiz Food powerhouses are crafting strategies to tackle the intertwined challenges of water and nature.

Read this article from Grist to learn how geothermal systems are helping neighborhoods to decarbonize by providing efficient heating and cooling solutions.

The secret to decarbonizing buildings might be right beneath your feet Networked geothermal systems use the energy in the ground to heat and cool the buildings above. Could they push utilities off natural gas?