As we try to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 virus, a lot of people find themselves working from home for the foreseeable time. The virus is altering how we move around, interact with one another, and use electricity. Our data estimate that weekday home energy use increases by 2-7 percent, based on place, as people work from home due to COVID-19.

If you’re like most of us, you are perhaps reading this blog post while sitting at your dining table or on the living room sofa, attempting to adapt to what passes for our new normal. If you are a seasoned work-from-home, you are behind the desk at your sweet home office, but we came into this scenario unexpectedly for most of us, and it is getting pretty weird.… Read the rest

We are going to discuss how can you reduce your business energy expenses. Running a business can be a tricky venture. It can get even more complicated when you consider the different kinds of costs you’ll encounter when you are starting up.

Employee wages, benefits, products, leasing space, and much more — all these factors can affect your budget and will need to be taken into account when you are planning and running your company. Though many people don’t consider the cost of electricity and efficiency when you are operating.… Read the rest

Due to COVID-19, building energy consumption is down. Since the coronavirus has created a destructive path across the United States, the outcome of the pandemic is becoming very noticeable. Facility managers in the institutional and industrial centers of the nation continue to assess the fallout from their organizations’ decisions to relocate employees or shut down and or curtail the use of buildings. In that vein, the effect on electricity use in offices is becoming apparent.

In the four weeks till April 4, office building power consumption throughout the nation declined 22 percent, per statistics from real estate software firm Hatch Data. The firm, which examines building data on over 400 million square feet of occupied U.S. space, gathered data from building equipment and utility meters as the nation grappled with the coronavirus outbreak, based on Bisnow.… Read the rest

Decoupling Human Comfort From High Energy Consumption

Energy efficiency (i.e., the ratio of the output of performance to input of energy) in office buildings can reduce CO2 emissions and energy costs, but there are barriers to widespread adoption of energy-efficient solutions in offices since they’re often perceived as a possible threat to perceived comfort, well-being, and functionality of office users.

This is a summary of available data and other published articles which were reviewed and published in Frontiers of Psychology. The systematic review was conducted by Laurentiu Paul Maricutoiu, Malgorzata W. Kozusznik, Delia Mihaela Vîrgǎ, José M. Peiró, Aida Soriano, and Carolina Mateo-Cecilia.… Read the rest