{"id":1004267879,"date":"2018-09-27T02:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004267879"},"modified":"2022-12-08T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T23:00:41","slug":"gaining-current-cy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/gaining-current-cy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaining Current-cy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Suzann D. Silverman<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004199654\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004199654\" data-attachment-id=\"1004199654\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/real-estate-thanksgiving\/ssilverman-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1382007108&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SSilverman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From the Editor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004199654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg\" alt=\"Editorial Director Suzann D. Silverman\" width=\"350\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004199654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial Director Suzann D. Silverman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As someone who obsessively recycles and was disappointed when I learned\u2014from two separate solar energy providers\u2014that the city-owned trees beside my house are too tall to permit installation of panels on my roof, I\u2019ve been enthused at the way alternative energy solutions are taking off. In fact, with costs dropping and energy storage becoming more accessible, before you know it, the term \u201calternative\u201d will be pass\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a style=\"padding: 5px 24px;border: 0;border-radius: 6px;font-weight: bold;letter-spacing: 0.0625em;text-transform: uppercase;background: #960505;color: #ffffff;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/mydigitalpublication.com\/publication\/?i=529960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE DIGEST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A big driver is a 75 percent drop in battery costs, as Jeffrey Steele writes about in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-power-to-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this month\u2019s cover story<\/a>, \u201cRising Powers.\u201d That makes it more viable for a property to store site-generated power for later use\u2014not only if the property generates more than it can immediately consume but also for use when the wind isn\u2019t blowing or the sun isn\u2019t shining, as Jason Smith\u2014senior designer with Stevens &amp; Wilkinson Architecture, Engineering and Interior Design\u2014points out in the article.<\/p>\n<p>Alternative on-site options like co-generation and fuel cells, which require far less space than solar panels, are also providing greater viability, eliminating the need for a big roof or parking area (think major central business districts). Meanwhile, property owners and managers are learning to address power usage more effectively, reducing costs still further and even allowing them to return power to the grid for a financial gain. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And then there is the growing potential for obtaining alternative energy from off-site sources, as costs drop and availability increases. According to recent reports from the U.S. Department of Energy, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/stronger-winds-lift-up-us-energy-market-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wind farm capacity<\/a> grew to more than 7 gigawatts last year, providing 6.3 percent of U.S. electricity supply\u2014and a whopping 30 percent in the Plains states of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new concept, at least in North America, is a recently opened facility that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/north-americas-1st-power-to-gas-facility-debuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stores energy<\/a> through use of hydrogen. Owned and operated by Canadian gas company Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. in partnership with Hydrogenics Corp., the 2.5-megawatt Markham, Ontario-based facility is still operating on a small scale, but is already producing more power than the gas company can use, and hopes are to expand the number of markets it benefits as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p>As options increase, challenges are also mounting\u2014including greater expectations on the part of municipalities and even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/energy-stars-higher-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Star program<\/a> itself, which raised its standards as of late August. Property owners and managers that stay savvy, though, can benefit in multiple ways. \u201cCRE leaders are seeing that massive change is coming in our energy grid, and there will be new ways to make money for large consumers of power,\u201d Yardi Energy vice president Matt Eggers told Steele.<\/p>\n<p>Property owners and managers, consider yourselves empowered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mydigitalpublication.com\/publication\/?i=529960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the&nbsp;October&nbsp;2018 CPE Digest.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who obsessively recycles and was disappointed when I learned\u2014from two separate solar energy providers\u2014that the city-owned trees beside my house are too tall to permit installation of panels on my roof, I\u2019ve been enthused at the way alternative energy solutions are taking off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":755,"featured_media":1004199654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1521,21788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004267879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","category-editors-notes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gaining Current-cy - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/gaining-current-cy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gaining Current-cy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As someone who obsessively recycles and was disappointed when I learned\u2014from two separate solar energy providers\u2014that the city-owned trees beside my house are too tall to permit installation of panels on my roof, I\u2019ve been enthused at the way alternative energy solutions are taking off.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/gaining-current-cy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-27T10:15:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-08T23:00:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/SSilverman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Suzann D. 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