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Invest Now or Pay Later for NYC Carbon Emissions

As time ticks on, building owners and managers alike in New York City need to assess their carbon footprint. The year 2024 is right around the corner, and without appropriate action, legislators will hit building owners’ wallets with emissions fines.

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Mantis Innovation Group Recognized in the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies

Mantis Innovation, a technology-driven firm employing proprietary software and data analytics to improve facility performance and reduce costs for customers across North America, is proud to announce its inclusion in the 2020 Inc. 5000 list.

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Calculating Your Cost of Waiting: Generating Savings for Reinvestment

Energy efficiency projects cost money, that’s obvious. By taking advantage of utility incentives, you can significantly reduce this price point, and short payback periods make efficiency projects smart long-term investments.

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Beyond PUE: Data Center Cooling Efficiency

Today’s engineers design modern data centers with state-of-the-art cooling infrastructure, taking into account the vast power needed to keep them cool.

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Lights, Team, Action [Manufacturing Project Q&A]

I’m lucky to work with dozens of excellent people across the efficiency projects I help sell and develop.

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New York Utility Incentive Programs [2020 Update]

Utility incentives are no secret: they exist to help buildings cover the cost of efficiency projects designed to lower energy use.

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6 Ways a Commercial Lighting Redesign Saves Energy

We often examine lighting at the fixture level: the specific type of LED, cost per piece to install, rated wattage, number of fixtures in a space, etc. But commercial or industrial facility lighting can also be looked at comprehensively.

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A 3-Step Process for Building Effective Lighting Controls Systems

A lot is asked of a lighting control system. When you flip a switch or adjust a dimmer to achieve a desired effect, there’s a litany of design, material and labor choices that go into making sure the system behaves correctly.

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