It is the Monday before Thanksgiving, which can mean many things: getting ready for a road trip to see family, prepping to make sure the house is in pristine condition, or just excitement for some days off. No matter how or where you are celebrating, the SJVCEO wants to be sure the music is right for you! Check out our November 2023 playlist- clean cooking

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness.  I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art—write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.  And I hope somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

Do you have cutting boards for specific purposes? Do you store your apples on the counter or in the fridge? Do you use natural gas, or electric, or induction cooktops? Or are you super weird like my stepdad and everything gets cooked in the sous-vide machine?

Do you even care?

The goal of EE Day is not just to raise awareness broadly, but to make specific calls to action across all sectors and customer types. It’s the opportunity to for local governments to publicly commit themselves to energy efficiency through proclamations, for stakeholders to get media toolkits and social posts, and for customers to learn more about how they can save money, cut pollution, and create jobs

Last October, the SJVCEO launched our monthly Spotify playlist covering (of course) heat pump hot water heaters! In honor of #WoohooWaterHeater season, we want to bring this playlist back around

“Humor me” I said. “If you had to choose your favorite, all-time classic EE measure what would it be?”

Whether by escaping to Hawaii (Sam and Kelsey), a backyard paradise (Rochelle) or doing too much touristing (Courtney) we’re all taking time to disconnect from the grid of productivity and remembering how to sustain ourselves.  When we look at microgrids we can see how they do the same. 

Local groups pulled together to form coalitions, and in the San Joaquin Valley that came together as Valley CERF. We see this program as an extension of the work we already do in the region.

So, the running joke of #steamtrapqueens may be something we love with a certain level of ridiculousness, the actual opportunities to use efficient steam traps to save energy and money is very much real.

Photo cred: https://www.jrburnsplumbing.com.au/

Last month, SJVCEO launched our GEM Awards. So whether you’re an emerald, ruby, sapphire, or diamond—in the words of Miss Lauren Hill, “don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem…”

The Inflation Reduction Act does many things, with some questions to its actual impact on inflation. But let’s set aside the IRS stuff, the healthcare stuff, and focus solely on the $369 billion set to support efforts to address climate change.  

How are Auto Door Closers connected to Valentine’s Day? Check out our February Playlist to find out!

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness.  I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art—write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.  And I hope somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

Interviewer: “So, what’s a heat pump hot water heater?”

Interviewee: [Pauses, looks a bit confused] “It’s just a water heater.”

We believe there is room for improvement in the process of contracting, especially the strong preference for P4P. While P4P contracts shift risk from the contact holder, the burden and impact are passed on to the program participant, can inhibit innovation, and disproportionally impacts program participants in rural, hard-to-reach, and disadvantaged communities—the very people the SJVCEO is charged to serve.

Three years in and movies are back, theaters are open, and ComicCon left us deep in our feelings. It’s a far cry from where we started when we put out our first Blockbuster playlist in 2020, and being back in a theater is a gift and the anticipation of settling in and going someplace totally new for a few hours is something we’re so grateful to do again. (Even if it means paying to see a Minion movie three times over.)

Where one day we were hosting empty ride and drives with the second generation of the Priuses and in the blink of an eye--or the course of a decade and half—every other car on our recent road trip to LA was an electric vehicle of one type or another.

The spectrum of scores for energy efficiency ratings of homes are as vast and varied as female singers, and this month the women of SJVCEO are here to talk about both!

Wu-Tang had it right when they noted that Cash Rules Everything Around Me because the ability to move a project forward almost always comes down to the money. Whether the project is grant funded, self funded, financed, or free money makes the EE world turn.