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08Nov 2024 by admin

Enlighten Your Grow Launches Workshop Series on Energy Efficiency Incentives

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Workshop Series Empowers Businesses to Unlock Hidden Profit Potential with Energy Rebates and Efficiency Programs Portland, Maine — November 7, 2024 — In a time where operational efficiency is critical to maintaining a competitive edge, businesses now have a unique opportunity to master the essentials of energy rebate and efficiency programs. Climate Resources Group, a leader in maximizing profitability through energy savings and rebate expertise, is proud to announce a new workshop series: Incentive Insights: Unlocking No-Cost Capital for Your Building Upgrades. This educational series is designed to guide businesses of all sizes—from food and beverage companies to large-scale manufacturing—through every phase of energy rebate qualification, application, and post-award optimization. With a 95% success rate in securing rebates and over $5 millions collected on behalf of…

29Apr 2024 by admin

The Maine Island Trails Association is Our 2024 “1% For The Planet” Sustainability Partner

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Our fundamental mission to enable more businesses and organizations to flourish while reducing their energy and environmental footprint. Now we're delighted to support a like-minded organization in our 1% for the Planet partnership, the Maine Island Trails Association . At Climate Resources Group, we believe in the power of businesses to drive positive change in the world. That’s why as part of our ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship and community engagement, we are proud to choose the Maine Island Trails Association (MITA) our 2024 1% For the Planet partner. The Maine Island Trails Association is a Portland-based non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and promotion of public trails on the Maine islands. MITA works to maintain, improve, and advocate for the Maine islands' trail system, ensuring that residents and visitors can…

17Jan 2024 by admin

Michigan Cannabis Cultivators Have Something Exciting to Celebrate

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Michigan cannabis cultivators have something exciting to celebrate. The state’s largest utilities, DTE, Consumers Energy, and Lansing BWL – that together make up 90% of the state’s electricity customers – are giving away even more incentive and rebate dollars to businesses that install energy-efficient equipment. Eligible equipment includes LED grow lights or LED space lighting, efficient HVAC and dehumidification systems. Read the rest of the article on the Scott Roberts Law blog here: https://scottrobertslaw.com/michigan-cannabis-cultivators-have-something-new-to-celebrate/

20Jun 2023 by admin

Yani Cannabis Saves Big on Lighting Costs: $111,379 Incentive Check and 400,000 kWh in Annual Energy Savings

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Yani Cannabis faced the challenge of high upfront costs for state-of-the-art lighting in their Maine cultivation facility. To overcome this obstacle, they partnered with Climate Resources Group to help them take advantage of the Efficiency Maine program. Climate Resources Group's Enlighten Your Grow team handled the application process, calculated the project's energy savings, and coordinated the incentive payout. Yani Cannabis received an impressive $111,379 incentive check from Efficiency Maine, covering more than half of the equipment cost. With an estimated payback period of just over 1.5 years, the project is projected to save over 400,000 kWh of energy annually, equivalent to emissions from over 700,000 passenger vehicles. Download a copy of the case study below.

16Jun 2023 by admin

Energy Efficiency Gives New York Cannabis Growers a Win-Win in License Applications and Savings

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Energy Efficiency Gives New York Cannabis Growers a Win-Win in License Applications and Savings New York cannabis growers have a great opportunity to incorporate energy efficiency in their operations. Not only is it a major factor the state considers when granting cultivator licenses, there are also many valuable utility rebates available which can put money in your pocket. Photo courtesy of Forbes.com Interested to learn more about how you can stay cost-competitive? New York’s Budding Adult Use Cannabis Market Although New York legalized recreational cannabis for adult use in March 2021, its rollout has been painstakingly slow. Since legalization, only seven licensed shops have opened their doors, which led to a rise of unlicensed sellers. In an effort to counter this, New York regulators approved an additional 99 new provisional…

25Apr 2023 by admin

Maryland Legalizes Cannabis. How Can Growers Stay Profitable?

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Recreational cannabis in Maryland is set to become legal on July 1, 2023. This represents a huge opportunity for growers interested in reducing their operating costs, sustainability, and racking up free money for energy-smart upgrades. Interested to learn more about how you can stay cost-competitive? Image credit: Crabcakes & Cannabis The State of Maryland’s Cannabis Market Medical cannabis has been legal in Maryland since 2014, when Maryland’s medical marijuana program was passed by the General Assembly. Although it took five years for state dispensaries to open, growth has been relatively steady with a peak during the pandemic. State regulators estimate that Maryland’s medical cannabis industry generated $517 million in revenue in 2022 and $557 million in 2021. Even though maturing cannabis markets typically see a decrease in prices (which may…

01Feb 2023 by admin

Five Reasons Smart Growers are Focusing on Energy Efficiency

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Smart growers today are putting more attention than ever on building out indoor farming facilities that reduce energy consumption and use cleaner power. Why? Simply, they are feeling more pressure than ever to cut their costs. Until recently, upgrading to more energy-efficient technology meant spending a lot of money. However, thanks to an increasing number of financial incentives and costs of clean energy technology, it has never been easier to go green. In this piece we wrote with RMJ Supply, we lay out reasons for why growers are thinking more about energy efficiency. Interested in discussing your energy efficiency journey with our experts? LOWER OPERATING COSTS Operating costs for many controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facilities across the world have been increasing, driven in large part by the rising costs of…

12Dec 2022 by admin

The Inflation Reduction Act may help your indoor agriculture business

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Over $1 trillion in spending on energy and climate change is already helping smart U.S. growers flourish For business owners and operators in the indoor agriculture or controlled environment agriculture (CEA) space, whether you grow leafy greens, strawberries, or cannabis, or those support these businesses, the main questions about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are: What is the Inflation Reduction Act? How will the Inflation Reduction Act help CEA businesses be greener? Will the Inflation Reduction Act help CEA businesses earn more revenue? What are the next steps for interested businesses? Read our article in Urban Ag News where we discuss these questions The bad news is that capturing these benefits might not be evident to even the savviest business operator. But the good news is that we at Climate Resources Group are closely…

27Oct 2022 by admin

Why We’re Donating 1% Of All Sales To Sustainability Causes

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Since 2017 it's been our mission to enable more businesses and organizations to flourish while reducing their energy and environmental footprint. Now we're delighted to go one step further and sign up to 1% for the Planet, a global movement inspiring businesses and individuals to support environmental causes. 1% FOR THE PLANET 1% for the Planet was co-founded by Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, the founder of Blue Ribbon Flies. Bonding over their shared love for the outdoors, Yvon and Craig agreed to give 1% of their sales back to the environment, whether they were profitable or not. In that moment, back in 2002, a global movement was born. “The intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively…

21Jun 2022 by admin

Why When You Use Power Matters

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Commercial businesses in most states are able to choose some features of their power rate structure. Yet, the majority tend to stick to just one type: the fixed rate. At the latest Energy Cost Reduction Webinar, we welcomed Diane Mero from Actual Energy and discussed other options available to commercial electric customers: time-of-use rates. Download webinar slides Energy pricing rates simplified Many commercial electricity customers have options when it comes to how they pay for their power. Even in those states there they must buy power through their distribution utility, most will be able to choose between fixed rate and time-of-use rates. Below, we break down the differences between fixed and time-of-use rates so that cultivation facility operators can understand the best fit for their operation. Further, we explain why…

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