Expanding its presence in the Northeastern United States, energy advisory firm 5 has acquired Allenhurst, New Jersey-based Luthin Associates, an industry leader in energy management consulting in the New York tristate area.
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Con Ed Rolls out Smart Meter Data to All Customers
While monthly energy use data is essential for benchmarking, interval data (e.g., usage in 15-minute or hourly periods) provides a wealth of additional insights on how a facility uses energy. For many years, Con Ed’s largest customers have had access to such data via meters that send data to the utility via telephone landlines or more recently via cellular communications. Often sporadic due to metering and communication problems, that process will soon be consigned to the technology scrap heap by new smart meters under the utility’s Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) program.
Read MoreMWBE Building the Future 2012
Anchin’s Building the Future: Celebrating MWBEs and Their Advocates, a recognition event for outstanding MWBEs held May 3, 2012. The annual recognition event was held in co-operation with the New York Building Congress and the Women Builders Council.
Read MorePowerful Women, Powerful Results
Catherine Luthin moderates a panel, 'Powerful Woman, Powerful Results' to discuss career successes and struggles of being a powerful woman in the working-world today.
Read MoreWorking out the Tribbles of On-Site Power Storage
On-site battery power storage is a hot new energy option, but it does not come trouble-free. As Captain Kirk learned in Star Trek’s “Troubles with Tribbles” episode, some problems are easier to solve than others.
Read MoreFactoid: Exploring the Possibility of Solar Energy from the Moon
We have often wondered, ‘Does life exist on other planets?’ Although we may not have infinite answers to extraterrestrial life on other planets, one concept that does exist out there is potential energy. Specifically, the possibility for lunar-based solar power (LSP).
Read MoreBeaming up Best Paybacks at a 271-Year Old Institution
Bill Broadhurst has been Princeton University’s energy manager since 2009. During those 8 years, he has handled challenges that range from raising efficiency in buildings built before the American Revolution, to designing state-of-the art systems for 21st century facilities.
Read MoreAssimilating Distributed Energy Resources into Competitive Power Markets
Imagine a friendly Borg that, instead of forcing assimilation, says, “Come join our Collective, and let us profit together.” That’s essentially what the New York Public Service Commission (NY PSC) is saying through its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) process. Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), such as on-site solar and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants, would participate in local grids to produce and trade power.
Read More2017 State of New York Sustainability Conference
Aaron Breidenbaugh, Luthin Associates' Director of Regulatory Affairs presents at the 2017 State of New York Sustainability Conference held at SUNY Cortland. His panel focuses on 'Carbon Pricing: Regulatory and Political Framework'.
Read MoreWomen in Sustainability Leadership Awards
Catherine Luthin, President of Luthin Associates, is among 10 winners of gb&d's fourth annual 2017 Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA). An awards ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 7th to honor all the winners of WSLA 2017. For more information about the winners, please see the attached article featured in the November + December 2017 issue of gb&d magazine.
Read MoreThe 2017 Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards
Meet the winners of the fourth annual Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA), presented by gb&d. Our CEO, Catherine Luthin, is among the 10 award winners for 2017.
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