Blog and Articles

See below for CEG blog posts, articles, news announcements, and resources.

Upgrading Labs and Research Facilities
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Upgrading Labs and Research Facilities

CEG understands the complex solutions needed to retrofit research and lab facilities and is capable of working in high-performance buildings with narrowly defined operational parameters.

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Financing Your Energy Upgrades
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Financing Your Energy Upgrades

CEG works to reduce the total cost of our energy solutions, while still meeting project objectives. We work with a wide range of financing sources to ensure the most competitive rates possible.

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Transforming Data Centers
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Transforming Data Centers

CEG has significant experience working in data centers and understands the complex energy needs of these facilities. We have the solutions both for traditional centralized data centers and for consolidating distributed, inefficient “server closets” and small data centers into highly-efficient, resilient data centers. We will consider both IT and facilities upgrades in our pursuit of the best overall solution for your needs.

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Enhancing Energy Security
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Enhancing Energy Security

CEG offers a comprehensive and effective approach that addresses both the supply- and demand-side of a facility’s energy security vulnerabilities.

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Harvesting Clean Renewable Energy
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Harvesting Clean Renewable Energy

CEG can provide renewable energy solutions across a wide array of applications. We take a comprehensive approach to renewable energy projects, identifying all potential applications of a given technology and determining the best solution for each development opportunity.

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Carbon Smart Buildings
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Carbon Smart Buildings

CEG is applying lessons learned from leading edge projects to deliver carbon smart buildings for our clients. Carbon smart buildings are energy efficient, utilize carbon-free energy sources, and are often complemented by onsite renewable energy generation.

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Ensuring Resilient Operations
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Ensuring Resilient Operations

CEG specializes in using ESPCs to provide energy resilience, reliability, and security for clients. 100% of our federal projects developed in the last 5 years have included designs for resilience improvements such as microgrids, renewable energy, or dual-fuel generation.

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Montgomery County BEPS (Bill 16-21) Updates for  Building Owners
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Montgomery County BEPS (Bill 16-21) Updates for Building Owners

In Montgomery County, MD, Bill 16-21 will require owners of county buildings and commercial and multifamily buildings >25,000SF to benchmark the energy usage intensity (EUI) of their buildings each year, as well as decrease their EUI and meet building energy performance standards (BEPS) every four years.

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Local Law 97 (LL97) Updates for NYC Building Owners
Maya Spalding-Fecher Maya Spalding-Fecher

Local Law 97 (LL97) Updates for NYC Building Owners

NYC has set emissions reductions targets for private buildings of 40% by 2030, and 80% by 2050 (compared to 2005 levels). As part of these efforts, Local Law 97 (LL97) sets greenhouse gas emissions limits for buildings larger than 25,000 SF, and covers almost 60,000 buildings.

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De-bunking Myths: Data Centers Should be Cold
Joshua Bookstaver Joshua Bookstaver

De-bunking Myths: Data Centers Should be Cold

Data centers are of prime consideration for ESPC projects, and CEG is an industry pioneer in data center ESPCs. Data centers can consume 100-200 times more electricity than standard office space, creating the opportunity for substantial energy savings. As a critical element of facility and organization operation, data centers can also benefit from ESPCs as a vehicle to finance resilience improvements…

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