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Have an Idea to Start a New Clean Energy Technology Related Business?

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There’s a vibrant ecosystem growing in the Midwest as it relates to bringing clean energy technology innovations to the marketplace. As an advisory board member of the Clean Energy Trust, I have been among a panel of more than 20 judges evaluating finalists of this year’s Clean Energy Challenge open to students, entrepreneurs, and scientists in the Midwest and have been greatly impressed with the range of ideas that I reviewed.

Whether the idea related to developing clean energy technology or how to become more energy efficient, I…
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Ready, Set, Go: Campuses Nationwide Compete for Water & Energy Savings

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By Sonya Ulen
Director, Load Response, Constellation Energy

On Monday, more than 170 colleges and universities across the country will begin competing to see who can reduce the most energy and water in their residence halls by April 23.  This is part of Lucid’s Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), which is sponsored by Constellation. 

Last year, winners DePauw University and Humboldt State University saved an average of 25.8% on electric usage and an average of 15.4% on water, respectively. This year, Constellation is excited to be part of the competition, which has a goal of saving 1…
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Should We Be “Thinking Big” About Energy Efficiency?

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The most inexpensive and unobtrusive means of incorporating environmental efforts into an energy management strategy is energy efficiency – reducing the quantity of energy required to deliver the same unit of value. A unit of value might be one degree of temperature reduction in a warm building, one ton of concrete or one mile driven in a mid-sized sedan.

Relatively simple –  and very often high return – energy efficiency and energy management efforts can go a long way toward lowering consumption and reducing energy costs, while achieving sustainability goals and, in some cases, achieving…
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Executive Energy Forum 2011: Where Business, Energy & Policy Meet

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A lot has changed since last year. We were on our way back from a recession. The Dow Jones was at 11,434. The nuclear renaissance was underway.

Now where are we? The recession is lingering. The demand for American products is soft. The Dow Jones rose to 12,810 before falling to 10,655. The disaster in Japan has changed the nuclear landscape.

Almost exactly a month ago, we hosted the Executive Energy Forum in Washington, D.C., where we convened with political experts, state and national energy policy leaders, and some of the most sophisticated energy users in the country…
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GreenGov 2011: The Future of Sustainability for Government Agencies

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It can be challenging for federal agencies to determine which energy management solutions will most effectively help them meet the performance goals set by the Congress in the 2007 Energy Bill and by President Obama in his Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

Earlier this month, my colleague Jim Connaughton, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Public and Environmental Policy, and I were thrilled to discuss both tried and true, as well as dramatic new energy management, financing and contracting innovations with a distinguished gathering of more than a thousand leaders from…
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Constellation Now Provides Natural Gas Service to Pennsylvania Businesses in PECO/PGW Territory

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Pictured here is Todd Mercer, Regional Sales Director for Constellation, who spoke during the first seminar.

Now, 86,000 business customers located in the PECO/Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) territory have the option to purchase both natural gas and electricity supply from one provider – Constellation Energy.

For businesses that currently receive electricity supply from Constellation Energy, this provides a more streamlined energy management approach, with a single point of contact handling all of the business’ energy management needs.  For business customers that are…
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