C-PACE Makes Sustainability Possible and Valuable
C-PACE Makes Sustainability Possible and Valuable Have you heard of PACE before? PACE stands for Property Accessed Clean Energy and is a financing program for clean energy projects which include energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Currently in Ohio, only commercial PACE (C-PACE) is widely available; however, a couple of communities are piloting a residential […]
Energility Team News
Justin Kale Awarded CRE Designation Energility is pleased to announce that cofounder Justin Kale, CEM, has received the prestigious CRE (Counselor of Real Estate) designation by The Counselors of Real Estate®, an international group of real estate professionals. As a CRE, Justin provides expert advisory services to clients on energy management related to both real […]
Earth Day 2022
Earth Day 2022 Earth Day is officially Friday though many communities celebrate on Saturday. Earth Day Columbus has volunteer opportunities and a celebration on Saturday. The team at Energility would like to share some of the ways they choose to make a difference on Earth Day and year-round. Jeff Lucky assists his church to help […]
What’s the Difference Between and Energy Assessment and an Energy Audit?
What’s the Difference Between an Energy Assessment and an Energy Audit? Energy audit and energy assessments are common terms used to discuss the study of energy use in a building; some organizations use the terms interchangeably and some have very specific definitions for both. At Energility, we prefer to use the term “Energy Plan” when […]
The Culture at Energility
The Culture at Energility Justin and Craig started Energility with the idea of earning a living while following their passion of lowering environmental disruption. They wanted their company to have a culture that was fun and kind to all while focused on the mission. They wanted their company to share flexibility with everyone, not just […]
What is a Lumen, Anyways?
What is a Lumen, Anyways? For many of us, LED lights are a newer technology that can be somewhat confusing. Many of us grew up being familiar with incandescent lights and then CFLs (compact fluorescents) became popular around twenty years ago with an easy to understand conversion (15W CFL = 60W incandescent). LED lights, though, […]
Utility Bills Don’t Have to Be Daunting
In the following article Brian Smith gives us an entertaining and informative look at utility bills. Utility Bills Don’t Have to Be Daunting By Brian Smith Fall is upon us. We can trade shorts for a hoodie. People are pulling out their Uggs and North Face jackets like they are relics from another era. The […]
There is a time and a place for everything
Brian Smith, the newest member of the Energility team provides useful information for both residential and commercial buildings on getting ready for the cooler weather in the following article. There is a time and a place for everything By Brian Smith I learned a lot from my dad- He taught me (painfully for both parties) […]
Revisiting the 4 T’s
Happy Energy Efficiency Day! We are going to revisit the 4 T’s Energility uses when looking to reduce energy consumption in a building: first energy conservation and then energy efficiency. The article “The Difference Between Water Conservation and Efficiency” on watercalculator.org (link) describes efficiency as “well-engineered products and fixtures” and conservation as “all of the […]
Plastic Does Have Benefits – 2021
Plastic Free July is under way, and I was trying to think of a new thought and idea to write about; however, I am returning to a revelation I had last year in that there are benefits to plastics. As we have moved through the past year and a half, we began to understand that […]