Kevin Surace is the CEO of Serious Energy, and he's also the one of the best speakers in the country when it comes to detailing the opportunities created through energy efficiency. Energy efficient buildings consume less energy, which means lower power bills, which means cleaner air and less demand for burning coal or natural gas.

Green buildings also achieve higher rental and resale values, creating money in a relatively frictionless way, and put assembly line employees, contractors, electricians, and architects to work. It's a virtuous cycle if there ever was one.

But it's tough to do the performance justice in words. So here you can find some of his most recent speeches and press interviews.

Sunnyvale, CA—November 9, 2011—Serious Energy, Inc., the leader in energy efficiency solutions that increase the value of buildings, today announced it has acquired Agilewaves, Inc., a building energy management technology company. Upon closing of the transaction, the engineering and advanced capabilities of the Building Optimization System (BOS) created by Agilewaves will be integrated with those of Serious Energy’s SaaS energy efficiency platform which represents the next generation of building energy analytics, algorithms, and control that makes it easier to save energy and maintenance costs, save time, and create more comfortable, valuable buildings. All of Agilewaves customers will eventually be migrated to a comprehensive consolidated platform.

IDC Energy Insights, in a recent report on building management, has ranked Serious Energy as one of the "major players" in building energy analytics.

Are you people paying attention?

That's one of the primary, underlying questions in nearly every conversation I've had about smart grids, building efficiency and rate policies designed to reward energy conservation. Various polls show that the public and businesses want to curb their energy consumption to save money and because they acknowledge it is the "right thing to do."

Sunnyvale, CA – September 27, 2011 – Serious Energy today announced a technology partnership with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program and LEED Online. Coined LEED Automation, the partnership enables users of LEED to easily sync up data and information with LEED Online, the software platform that manages the LEED green building certification process, and drive continuous improvement in their buildings.

The GovEnergy workshop and tradeshow is ramping up (Aug 8 – Aug 10, in Cincinnati) and Serious Energy, along with our partner Echelon Corporation, will be participating in the event to engage with federal employees about innovative energy management solutions.

Launches new release of SeriousEnergy Manager™ Enterprise Energy Efficiency Platform

Sunnyvale, CA – July 19, 2011 – Serious Energy today launched a new release of SeriousEnergy Manager enterprise energy-efficiency management platform.  This new release especially enhances the pivotal role facility teams play in delivering energy savings and occupant satisfaction with greater ease and precision than ever before, ultimately creating more valuable buildings for both building owners and the people who occupy them.  SeriousEnergy Manager 3.1 includes powerful building intelligence reporting capabilities, advanced fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) for HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) equipment, and more sophisticated monitoring and analytics applications.

At Serious, we often cite that windows are the ‘weakest link’ in a building’s thermal envelope.  An interesting statistic in this regard was offered recently by McGraw-Hill Construction Continuing Education author, Katharine Logan.  In her article “The Rise of Retrofit,” she writes:

Students at the Harker School in San Jose, CA are driving energy efficiency across their campus with the help of SeriousEnergy Manager – our web-based platform that produces real-time analytics and controls to cut and optimize energy usage.

Easy-to-deploy turnkey solution for commercial buildings and schools; allows anywhere, anytime access to real-time energy usage analytics and controls.

Sunnyvale, CA – January 31, 2011 - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) and Serious Materials today announced that they are collaborating to deliver the Echelon Building Energy Management solution, a new energy-saving offering for commercial, government and education facilities.  The intelligent energy solution leverages Serious Materials’ software-as-a-service (SaaS) energy efficiency platform, SeriousEnergy Manager.  Easy to deploy and manage, early adopters of the solution are saving 20 percent or more on their building energy bills. The Building Energy Management solution will be available through Echelon’s Solution Partner channel at the end of the Q1, 2011.

SeriousEnergy Manager™ produces immediate energy savings of 10% - 15% with payback in one to two years

SUNNYVALE, CA, September 27, 2010 – Serious Energy, formerly known as Serious Materials, the leading provider of high-tech solutions that reduce energy usage in the built environment, today announced SeriousEnergy Manager, a software-as-a-service platform that provides building owners and property managers with continuous monitoring, analysis, optimization and control of overall energy usage in commercial buildings. Used in over 60 buildings in the U.S. and India to date, SeriousEnergy Manager provides consistently fast energy-savings of 10 to 15 percent for rapid total solution payback in one to two years.