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From traffic lights that use sensors to alleviate traffic to air-conditioning systems that automatically turn on when you’re in the room, IoT makes it possible to have our daily lives fully automated, making them more efficient. This will not only make life more comfortable, but will in turn reduce costs and emissions.

While the word “industrial” conjures images of factories and warehouses, the Industrial Internet of Things is a much broader term that can be used in many diverse industries, including healthcare, retail, and financial services. With applications in every industry, IIoT enables businesses to operate smoothly, while cutting expenses and increasing productivity.

In recent weeks, the term greenwashing has made international headlines with companies like Shell and BP coming under fire for false claims and advertising relating back to what has been called greenwashing. As this term becomes increasingly popular, it is crucial for consumers, employees, and employers to know what how to identify and avoid using greenwashing. In the following short blog post, we will give a quick overview of the topic.

Calculating an accurate baseline is one of the first steps in identifying the impacts of any changes or new services implemented on a system. In this blog post, we’ll cover why baselines are important and how to calculate your own.

Virtual power plants (VPPs) are the future of our electric grids. The grid’s current aging infrastructure was built around electricity flowing in one direction, from the central power plant to the end-user. However, with the introduction and the resulting rise in popularity of distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage systems, the grid is now required to handle electricity coming from the central power plants and the end-users.

System-Backed Capacity Import Resources are one of the newer resource classes eligible to participate in the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)’s Capacity Auction. This raises the question: What is a System-Backed Capacity Import Resource?

Everyone’s heard of coal, nuclear and hydroelectric plants but what about base load and peak load power plants? Power plants are not only categorized by the fuel or energy source they generate power from but also by which load they serve – either base load or peak load. In the following short blog post, we will briefly outline the differences between these two categorizations of power plant.

With new technological developments occurring every day, it is essential to stay on top of trends to continue improving your business by integrating new and potentially industry-changing technologies. With this in mind, we’ve decided to provide a quick rundown of a topic that has become increasingly prevalent recently – the Network Operations Center or NOC.

With the United Nations’ COP26 event in full swing, climate change and the term net-zero have become increasingly popular terms in global headlines. Building on this recent momentum, we thought it would be diligent to share some guidelines and best practices for how to create and structure net-zero targets. In the following blog post, we will outline what makes a good net-zero target to allow you to better understand and judge the commitments that governments around the world have been making before and during the COP proceedings: