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It’s 8:56 am on Monday. You get in your Tesla and after you press one button it pulls out of your garage. You put your coffee in the cup holder and join your 9am zoom meeting from your iPad. The car has your calendar preloaded and it knows your next meeting is at 10:30am, downtown at your clients office. You get to the office, the car drops you off at the front and goes to find a charger somewhere. You get in the elevator and are greeted by a virtual assistant who already knows where your meeting takes place, she sets the elevator to that floor. As you get to the right floor, OLED screens on the walls flash arrows to let you know where the meeting room is.

For this casting plant and every other natural gas consuming facility in the province, having increased data visibility is the first step on the road to improving their gas usage and eventually their business. Edgecom Energy stepped in to offer their specialized energy management services tailored to help facilities with large and complex energy use profiles. By analyzing their situation, weighing potential solutions and financing opportunities, the customer's casting plant was able to get the most bang for their buck with the help of Edgecom Energy.

Energy management can help optimize and bolster your company’s financials, environmental impact, and facility performance, but energy management is often not a priority for firms as they do not realize the impact it has on their bottom line. However, allocating even just a small portion of your budget to energy management can have a significant impact on increasing your long-term profits.

The Canadian government has made it clear that carbon pricing is here to stay and will be a key factor in fighting climate change and reducing Greenhouse Gas(GHG) emissions in order to meet our goals set by the Paris Agreement. With this in mind, it is crucial that the ins and outs of carbon pricing are understood by all Canadians, especially commercial and industrial business owners as these groups will feel the greatest impact of carbon pricing and have the most to lose/gain from its implementation.

Every industry has specific jargon and terms that are supposed to make communications easier. Not only do some of these confuse regular customers, but they also confuse industry professionals as the same thing is called different names by different people. See our list of common industry terms below: ICI – Industrial Conservation