Tag: energy storage

U.S. Agencies Seek Path to 100% Clean Energy for Federal Government

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Feb 8, 2022 Sustainability/Business Continuity

Updated: Feb 8, 2022

The Biden administration has taken an important step forward to decarbonize all U.S. federal facilities, with two major agencies launching a request for information (RFI) to help meet the clean energy goal. Issued by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the RFI aims to gather market information and […]

Distributed Energy Resources ‘Rapidly Expanding’ in Commercial Buildings

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Oct 19, 2021 Green Building

Updated: Oct 19, 2021

Distributed energy resources (DER), including electric vehicle (EV) chargers, rooftop solar PV, and battery energy storage, are rapidly expanding in commercial buildings, according to a report from Guidehouse Insights. The report forecasts global spending on DER in commercial buildings to reach $17.6 billionin 2021, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1% to […]

University, Utility Unveil Solar-Powered Microgrid in Sunshine State

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Oct 4, 2021 Emergency Preparedness

Updated: Oct 6, 2021

Florida International University (FIU) and Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) have unveiled a solar-powered energy microgrid—the latest project to emerge from a decades-long partnership between the university and the utility. In the event of an outage due to severe weather, the FIU-FPL microgrid is capable of supplying backup power to FIU’s engineering center for approximately 24 hours […]