by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
12 Great Holiday Gift Ideas for 2020 Cost Control Associates’ Annual Gift Shopping Guide Each year the analysts at Cost Control Associates go shopping to create our annual list of holiday gift ideas. Because 2020 has been unlike any other year, we’ve put together a...
by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
Daylight Saving Time: Does It Still Make Sense? | Standards and Best Practices There has been much debate over the effectiveness of Daylight Saving Time (DST). It is still recognized by the federal government as an energy conservation initiative, however studies show...
by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
When the year has 366 days, businesses and organizations have one more day to squeeze into their utility budgets. That’s an extra day of electricity, heating or cooling energy, and trash to be hauled away. You will pay more to hourly employees in a Leap Year, but...
by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
It’s that time of year again when we round up our savviest Cost Control Associates holiday elves and send them looking for gifts. All the gifts on their list are energy-efficient or kind to the earth. Here’s what they found. (Prices are approximate.) Turn Down the...
by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
Ready for a Cat Nap? Turn your clocks back one hour when you go to bed this Saturday night and catch an extra hour’s sleep. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 4th, but most people won’t feel any benefit from that extra hour. The time...
by Allison Levin | Seasonal Tips
January 10 is National Energy Savings Day. If you haven’t made a new year’s resolution yet, why not turn your good intentions toward energy savings in 2018? Here are six ideas to get you started: 1. Shave energy from your commute If you work...
by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
When Santa Claus and his senior management team at Santa’s Workshops, Inc., closed the books on Christmas 2015, they were sad to see they had once again exceeded their utility budget. Seemingly endless supplies of energy were required to keep the toy factories...
by Lisa Miller | Seasonal Tips
Last year’s holiday gift suggestions were such a hit, we decided to do it again. All of us at Cost Control Associates know how difficult it can be to find the perfect holiday gift for that special someone. To help with your holiday shopping, we offer this...
