Energy
How To Deliver On-Site Renewables At Scale
This report provides energy decision-makers in roles such as Director of Energy and Facilities Manager with an independent analysis of the 20 largest on-site renewable programmes in the US – ranked by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Verdantix assessed these on-site renewables deployments to better understand trends in technology selection and energy services delivery partnership capabilities. View Full Details »
Published: 22 March 2013
What's The Story Behind US Carbon Emission Reductions?
In 2012, US carbon emissions dropped to 1994 levels, falling from a 2007 peak. This certainly sounds like good news, but multiple factors underpin this end result, and its implications are unclear. This report analyses the contribution of macro-level drivers – GDP, energy intensity and emissions intensity – using the Kaya Identity. View Full Details »
Published: 20 March 2013
Energy Profile: Germany 2012-2016
The Verdantix Energy Profile of Germany provides an overview of Germany’s evolving energy landscape. This report informs the energy strategies of market participants including strategy leaders, heads of energy and CFOs. Verdantix assessed Germany’s change drivers such as energy balance, power generation mix, energy prices and key policy developments. View Full Details »
Published: 08 March 2013
Energy Profile: United Kingdom 2011-2015
The Verdantix Energy Profile of the United Kingdom (UK) provides organizations with an overview of the UK’s evolving energy landscape. This report will help inform the energy strategies of market participants including strategy leaders, heads of energy and CFOs. View Full Details »
Published: 15 January 2013
Eight Predictions For Energy Management In 2013
Verdantix assessed competitive dynamics, innovation, corporate energy strategies and the regulatory environment to better understand key energy management trends over the next 12 months. View Full Details »
Published: 10 January 2013
UK Energy Bill Set To Boost Corporate Energy Management
This report provides energy managers and heads of sustainability with an independent analysis of the UK Energy Bill and package of energy policy reforms, published by the UK government on November 29, 2012. While these energy policy reforms will affect power utilities most, Verdantix analysis finds that the measures will also impact corporate energy management programmes. View Full Details »
Published: 21 December 2012
Energy Management In Emerging Economies: Trends From The B.R.I.C.S And Mexico (Webinar)
Energy management has become a headline issue for firms operating in emerging markets. Firms across Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Mexico are spending an average of $5.5 million annually on energy management. But how is this money being spent and how will spending trends evolve over the next five years? View Full Details »
Published: 14 December 2012
UK's Green Deal Has Yet To Convince Market Stakeholders
The UK government officially launched the Green Deal, a policy aimed at spurring retrofit activity in the domestic and non-domestic UK real estate market, on October 2, 2012 following a 23 month lead-in period. In total the government has allocated £125 million ($198 million) to incentivize early adoption of the Green Deal. Will the initiatives included in the Green Deal encourage the adoption of energy efficiency measures in the marketplace? View Full Details »
Published: 20 November 2012
Brazil Energy Management Spend 2011-2016
This report provides energy leaders in market-facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of the Brazilian market for energy management between 2011 and 2016. The analysis finds that expenditure on energy management will grow from $1.8 billion in 2011 to reach $2.6 billion in 2016. View Full Details »
Published: 15 November 2012
Opower's Solution Reduces Smart Meter Roll-Out Risks
Following $4 billion of US stimulus funding in 2008, smart meter deployments in the US have taken off and there are now in excess of 27 million meters deployed. One of the features of these roll-out programmes has been the relative lack of customer engagement, so today utilities such as BGE, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) face opposition from their residential customer base where users fail to understand the value of these devices. View Full Details »
Published: 02 October 2012
Germany Energy Management Spend 2011-2016
This report provides energy leaders in market-facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of the German market for energy management between 2011 and 2016. The analysis finds that expenditure on energy management will grow from $2.0 billion in 2011 to reach $3.2 billion in 2016. View Full Details »
Published: 20 September 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Emerging Economies
The energy value chain is undergoing a multi-decade transformation, creating opportunities for a wide range of energy service firms, technology and software suppliers. Large firms operating in emerging economies are giving energy and energy management issues greater consideration. View Full Details »
Published: 10 September 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Data Tables
The Verdantix Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Data Tables Excel file helps strategy leaders, chief marketing officers and business development directors that operate in the energy equipment, services and software markets to understand the energy management spending patterns of large corporations and the perceptions of their brand in the market. View Full Details »
Published: 25 July 2012
US Shale Gas Glut Will Not Derail The Energy Efficiency Case
This report helps individuals such as CSOs, Energy Directors, Facilities Directors and CFOs understand how the growth of US shale gas affects the business case for corporate energy efficiency. Technological advances in drilling techniques in the past decade have triggered an explosion in natural gas production in the US with total output growing from 1.0 trillion cubic feet in 2008 to 6.8 trillion cubic feet in 2011. View Full Details »
Published: 02 July 2012
Webinar: The Future of Energy Management
The global energy value chain is at the start of a multi-decade transformation. Large energy users in the private and public sectors are responding to the impact of higher and more volatile energy prices, concerns about security of energy supply, new options for decentralized power generation, creative financing instruments for energy efficiency and the potential for innovation at scale through IT platforms. View Full Details »
Published: 19 June 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Budgets And Priorities
Energy budgets for large firms increasingly contain a component for energy management. This report helps business development directors, chief marketing officers and strategy leaders that operate in the energy equipment, services and software markets to understand how businesses from all sectors around the world approach energy management. View Full Details »
Published: 29 May 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Brands
The corporate energy management market opportunity attracts a wide range of suppliers – strategy and engineering consultants, technology services providers, automation and control suppliers, and energy management software suppliers. This report helps strategy leaders, chief marketing officers and business development directors that operate in the energy equipment, services and software markets to understand buyers’ perceptions of their brand and to benchmark themselves against competitors. View Full Details »
Published: 29 May 2012
The Future Of Energy Management
The global energy value chain – from fuel inputs to end-user consumption – is undergoing a multi-decade transformation. A shift from centralized to decentralized generation, supply security issues, major policy changes and higher prices impacts market participants: plant managers, facilities directors, building information modellers, heads of energy services firms and most recently, CFOs. View Full Details »
Published: 29 May 2012
Webinar: How The Rise Of Energy Systems Integrators Will Enable Strategic Energy Management
Energy systems integrators – a new breed of energy services firm – will reshape the energy value chain as commercial, industrial and utility customers migrate from tactical management frameworks to more strategic approaches. View Full Details »
Published: 25 May 2012
France Energy And Carbon Efficiency Spend 2010-2015
This report provides sustainability leaders in market-facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of expenditure in the French market on energy and carbon efficiency initiatives between 2010 and 2015. Quantifying sustainable business spend is a challenge as sustainability budgets are often dispersed across many business functions and are embedded in business-as-usual activities. View Full Details »
Published: 04 April 2012
UK Strategic Energy Management Spend 2010-2015
This report provides sustainability leaders in market-facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of the UK strategic energy management market between 2010 and 2015. Quantifying sustainable business spending is a challenge as sustainability budgets are often dispersed across many business functions and are embedded in business-as-usual activities. View Full Details »
Published: 21 March 2012
US Launches $4 Billion Energy Efficiency Roadmap
This report helps energy services firms and real estate retrofit specialists understand the Better Building Challenge, a green building policy initiative announced by the White House on December 2, 2011. The Better Buildings Challenge aims to bring together Federal Government’s procurement powers and commitments from 60 private sector property owners to commission $4 billion of energy efficiency projects. View Full Details »
Published: 10 February 2012
Government Contracts Boost UK Smart Meter Ecosystem
This report provides product and portfolio managers in technology and telecoms firms with an independent analysis of the impact of the recent UK government smart meter communications contracts, announced on 30 August, 2011. Verdantix selected this subject for study because the multi-billion pound contracts will create a significant boost for smart meter roll-out and the development of a UK smart meter ecosystem. View Full Details »
Published: 07 October 2011
Canadian Energy & Carbon Efficiency Spend 2009-2014
This report provides sustainability leaders in market facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of the Canadian market for energy and carbon efficiency spend between 2009 and 2014. Verdantix selected this subject for detailed study as quantifying sustainable business spend is a challenge. One key reason for this is that sustainability budgets are often dispersed across many business functions and are embedded in business-as-usual activities. View Full Details »
Published: 29 June 2011
New ISO 50001 Aims To Tackle The Energy Management Deficit
This report provides EH&S Directors, Heads of Facilities, Energy Directors and VPs of Sustainability with independent analysis of the new ISO 50001 standard. Verdantix finds that the new standard, released on June 15, 2011, seeks to establish an international, cross-industry framework for energy management within organizations. View Full Details »
Published: 16 June 2011
Australian Energy & Carbon Efficiency Spend 2009-2014
This report provides sustainability leaders in market facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of the Australian market for energy and carbon efficiency spend between 2009 and 2014. Verdantix selected this subject for detailed study as quantifying sustainable business spend is a challenge. One key reason for this is that sustainability budgets are often dispersed across many business functions and are embedded in business-as-usual activities. View Full Details »
Published: 16 June 2011
US Energy & Carbon Efficiency Spend 2009-2014
This report provides sustainability leaders in market facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of the US market for energy and carbon efficiency between 2009 and 2014. Verdantix selected this subject for detailed study as quantifying sustainable business spend is a challenge. One key reason for this is that sustainability budgets are often dispersed across many business functions and are embedded in business-as-usual activities. View Full Details »
Published: 14 June 2011
Green Leases Become A Practical Option For The Willing
This report helps building owners and occupiers adopt a robust sustainability action plan when negotiating leases. Contractual engagements between landlord and tenant based on enlightened self interest can enable activities that lower energy spend and carbon emissions thereby producing value adding benefits for all stakeholders. The key barriers to wide scale adoption of green leases are market culture, structure and norms. View Full Details »
Published: 01 June 2011
UK Carbon & Energy Software Market 2010-2013
The market for carbon and energy management software is difficult to size and forecast because of market immaturity, undisclosed deals, no centralized budget and a host of other factors. This report helps software suppliers, investors, partners and buyers to forecast revenues streams, plan marketing strategies, define sales strategies, and budget accordingly. View Full Details »
Published: 28 March 2011
UK Government Seeks To Fire Up Investment In Renewable Heat
On March 10, 2011 the UK government launched the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), a scheme to incentivize the installation of renewable heat technologies in domestic and non-domestic sectors. From July 2011, the government will ring fence the installation of eight renewable heat technologies with investments of £860 million. View Full Details »
Published: 18 March 2011
White House Hopes To Ignite Green Retrofit Market
President Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative, announced on February 3, 2011, aims to address the two major energy related issues faced by the US real estate industry, chiefly that 39% of total US energy consumption and 38% of US carbon dioxide emissions stem from the built environment. The White House estimates that over $40 billion can be saved from energy bills by focusing on building stock energy consumption patterns. View Full Details »
Published: 08 March 2011
The Green Deal - Paradigm Shift In Energy Efficiency
The Green Deal aims to facilitate the upgrading of UK building stock, both domestic and non-domestic, through a pay-as-you-save financing model. Legislated through the Energy Bill, which was introduced to the UK parliament in December 2010, the Green Deal will be administered and funded by national utility companies independently or in partnership with third party financial houses. View Full Details »
Published: 21 December 2010
Green Investment Bank Supports Low-Carbon Growth
On October 20, 2010 the UK government announced the establishment of the Green Investment Bank to accelerate investment in clean energy and sustainable technologies. View Full Details »
Published: 16 December 2010
Germany Launches Radical Energy Plan
On September 28, 2010, the German government approved a national 40-year energy plan. Entitled ‘Energy Concept’, it takes an integrated, multi-tier approach setting the roadmap for Germany to generate 60% of its energy from renewables by 2050. The plan sets out a series of measures, including an expansion in offshore wind generation, greater energy efficiency and the construction of a smart grid. View Full Details »
Published: 06 December 2010
Green Quadrant Carbon & Energy Management Software
The global market for carbon and energy software is intensely competitive — buyers choose from over 100 suppliers. To help buyers save time, save money and reduce risk in their selection process this Verdantix Green Quadrant report compares the 28 software applications that pre-qualify as a potential fit for $1 billion revenue firms. View Full Details »
Published: 01 November 2010
UK Feed-In Tariff Energizes Business Case
In April 2010, the UK government introduced feed-in tariffs (FITs) for small-scale low carbon electricity. FITs are payments to energy producers for every unit of renewable electricity they generate whether it is for direct use or to be sold to the grid. The rationale behind this policy is to increase the level of electricity from renewables in the UK, building towards a target of 30% by 2020. View Full Details »
Published: 14 May 2010
Uncertain Subsidies Delay Drax Biomass Plans
Drax Group, the operator of Europe’s largest coal-fired power station and supplier of 7% of the UK’s electricity, has shelved plans to diversify its power generation business into biomass. The firm had planned to invest £2 billion to build three 300MW dedicated biomass generation facilities with a target operational date of 2014. View Full Details »
Published: 02 March 2010
The Energy Efficiency Imperative
Increasing oil and electricity prices, the hidden cost of carbon, growing risks from energy supply disruption and board-level climate change compliance issues make energy efficiency a new imperative for the CFO. Verdantix analysis of energy and carbon trends indicates that finance executives need a multi-year energy efficiency plan to maximise cost savings, help the CEO meet carbon reduction goals and make financial decisions based on total cost of ownership. View Full Details »
Published: 07 December 2009