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Dec 21, 20243 min read

CRE Market Trends: An Optimistic Outlook for 2025

The CRE sector sees optimistic 2025 prospects with surging revenues, and robust markets; office demand improves slowly.

Oct 23, 20244 min read

Site Walk Safety: Tips for Safe Facility Walkthroughs

Written by: Rebecca Mock Energy audits are a crucial component for helping clients identify ways to save energy, reduce costs, and...

Sep 24, 20245 min read

Unlock Savings: Tips for Applying for Utility Energy Efficiency Program Incentives

By Jenn Loukotka Utility energy efficiency incentives can make all the difference in making an expensive Capital Expenditure (CapEx)...

Jul 2, 20245 min read

Electric Vehicles vs. Gas Cars: Busting the Top Myths

Written By: Joe Schmeits If you’re like me you’ve heard countless stories of all the ways EVs are “worse” than ICE cars. Too many to list...

Apr 23, 20247 min read

The ABCs of Energy Efficiency

Written by: Alex Kampf A is for Action Action = results The driving force behind progress in energy use reduction is action. It is the...

Mar 19, 20243 min read

Data Collection for Multifamily Energy Benchmarking

Written by: Dillon Ackerman "You can't manage what you can't measure." Whether one is a regulator looking for reductions in the nation’s...

Dec 5, 20234 min read

Residential Electrification: Smart Load Panels

Written by: Austin Alvey Aguilera Electrification is a popular topic right now, and while the shift away from gas has many benefits it...

Oct 4, 20232 min read

Occupancy Based Management Delivers: Consumers Energy's New SEM Pilot

Written by: Sari Mira In 2021, Consumers Energy commissioned Waypoint Energy to study Michigan's commercial real estate (CRE) market to...

Aug 15, 20234 min read

Rethinking Office Space in the Work From Home Era

Written by: Ian Firestone Due to COVID-19 shifting how companies do business, there is a glut of under-leased office space in markets...

Jun 22, 20235 min read

Expert Advice on Direct Digital Controls for Energy Efficiency and Building Performance

Customers can save money and energy by upgrading older building controls to DDC.

Apr 13, 20232 min read

Finding a Balance: COVID Protocols vs. Energy Efficiency

Written by: Joe Schmeits In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world. In the United States all but 7 states issued mandatory...

Jul 27, 20223 min read

Building Decarbonization: The Race to Net Zero Starts Here

Written by: Stephanie Huang Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels and other anthropogenic influences are...

Jun 14, 20223 min read

Electrification: The Key to a Clean Energy Future

Written By: Laura Turner Electrification is the process of replacing technologies that require fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas)...

Feb 24, 20222 min read

Adaptive Reuse: Rethinking Commercial Spaces

Written By: Taylor Nickel With national office vacancy rates currently sitting at 16.5% and companies continuing to reduce the space they...

Feb 8, 20223 min read

2021 in Review & What's Next in 2022

Written By: Johnathon Fata Wow! 2021 was simultaneously everything and nothing that we expected it to be. The Waypoint team started 2021...

Jan 6, 20223 min read

Making Renewables Reality: Solutions for Multifamily Properties

Written By: Brian Keller We like to say there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. As we look to reverse the damage of climate...

Nov 10, 20214 min read

SEM, RCx, and Capital Projects. Where is the Line?

Written by: Austin Alvey Aguilera With the costs of natural gas and electricity set to increase and new emissions goals and regulations...

Sep 2, 20213 min read

Energy Saving Opportunities During Low Office Occupancy Periods

Written by: Alex Kampf For many building owners, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted tenant occupancy with vacancy rates climbing since...

Aug 6, 20214 min read

ESG 101: Getting Started with ESG Goals

Written by: Laura Turner It’s 2021. Sustainability has found a place in almost every aspect of our lives. We’re used to seeing various...

Jul 6, 20212 min read

Capital Improvement Plans: Start your fiscal year off with less on your plate

Written by: Nikki Burton Are you one of the many companies that run on a fiscal year cycle that begins anew July 1, 2021? Are you...