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John Hamilton and Kieran James Join Metrus Energy

Metrus announced today the hiring of John Hamilton as Vice President of Legal and Kieran James as Vice President of Commercial Operations… Read more

Edward Spall Joins Metrus Energy as Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Metrus today announced the appointment of Edward Spall as its Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, underscoring Metrus Energy's commitment to expanding and fortifying key partnerships.… Read more

Metrus Announces $100 Million Commitment to the Global Cooling Pledge

Metrus announced that it is making a $100 million commitment to the Global Cooling Pledge, which advocates for nations to decrease their cooling-related emissions by a minimum of 68% by the year 2050. … Read more

Metrus Energy Boosts Commitment to America is All In, Doubles Investment to $400 Million

At the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, Metrus reinforced its commitment to sustainable energy by announcing that it was doubling its investment in energy efficiency projects, to $400 million, as part of its Mission Efficiency Pledge… Read more

A blended finance solution to the world's growing cooling needs

Metrus Energy founder Bob Hinkle argues that the challenge of financing the world's climate-critical cooling needs can be solved through blended public/private finance structures… Read more

Metrus Energy Joins the Cool Coalition

Metrus announced today that it is joining the Cool Coalition, a partnership of governments, businesses, and civil society organizations committed to accelerating progress toward efficient and climate-friendly cooling.… Read more

What is New York Local Law 97?

New York's Local Law 97—which is driving climate-positive changes across the city's built environment—sets stringent requirements that Metrus can help building owners meet through Energy as a Service… Read more

Metrus Launches Marketing Campaign

Metrus Energy unveiled a new marketing campaign today that aims to bring Metrus’ solution to life in a way that simplifies its complexity and inspires prospective customers to take action. … Read more

What is an HVAC retrofit?

HVAC systems are energy-intensive. By enhancing the efficiency of these systems, companies can make significant progress toward their sustainability goals, improve the comfort of their building occupants, and save money. … Read more

Metrus Impact Report: How our business impacts the environment

As part of our effort to spur climate action through greater accountability, Metrus is proud to lead by example with the release of its third annual Impact Report, which provides a 360-degree view of the impact of our business on the environment.… Read more

Metrus CEO Bob Hinkle Elected to Alliance to Save Energy’s Board of Directors

Metrus CEO and Founder Bob Hinkle was elected to the Alliance to Save Energy’s (ASE) Board of Directors, which plays a pivotal role in shaping the organization's strategic direction, guiding policy initiatives, and fostering partnerships. … Read more

Brad Jenkins joins Metrus as Vice President of Channels

Metrus announced today the hiring of industry veteran Brad Jenkins as Vice President of Channels. Jenkins will lead the channel sales team, grow Metrus's network of partners, and work to strengthen its current portfolio to help them maximize their sales.… Read more

Commercial Energy Audit

A commercial energy audit is the first step toward building decarbonization and a sustainable energy future, which benefits the environment, building occupants, and an organization's bottom line.… Read more

Spurring Climate Action Through Energy Efficiency

Positive signs abound regarding the clean energy transition, but to reach climate targets clean energy generation alone is not getting the job done. More action on the demand side -- i.e., energy efficiency -- is needed.… Read more

Metrus Energy Hires Bill Kenworthy as SVP of Sales

Metrus announced today the hiring of industry veteran Bill Kenworthy as Senior Vice President, Sales, with responsibility for the entire Metrus sales operation… Read more

Financing Energy Efficiency Projects and Improvements

Energy efficiency projects benefit both the environment and a customer's bottom line, but some organizations put off equipment upgrades due to financing concerns. Metrus' Sustainable Energy Services Agreement (SESA) has proven to be an effective financing solution, with zero upfront cost.… Read more

Building Decarbonization through Energy Efficiency

The built environment generates approximately 40% of annual global carbon emissions. Metrus Energy helps organizations reduce their carbon footprint by removing the financial barriers to installing energy-efficient equipment.… Read more

SEC Climate Rule: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

“The core bargain dating back to the 1930s is that investors get to decide which risks to take,” said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. That principle underlies the SEC’s proposed climate rule, which makes the case that climate risks are an unacceptable blind spot for investors and capital allocators and imposes disclosure requirements to highlight those risks.… Read more

How Energy as a Service Can Help Achieve Net Zero Targets

Ahead of the Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2022, Metrus Energy CEO Bob Hinkle talked to Climate Action about how Energy as a Service can help achieve 2050 targets and drive a green, resilient recovery… Read more

Metrus Energy Announces Project with the University of Northwestern Ohio

Metrus announced today a $3.1 million project with the University of Northwestern Ohio that will replace critical assets on campus, help address deferred maintenance, and provide healthier and more comfortable facilities across 28 buildings on the school’s campus in Lima, OH … Read more

Inflation Reduction Act: What It Means for Climate, Sustainable Energy

Metrus Energy's Bob Hinkle and the Alliance to Save Energy’s Vincent Barnes reconnect to discuss the key take-aways on what is (and isn’t) in the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the implications for the sustainable energy industry and U.S. climate change policy … Read more

Metrus Energy Announces Acquisition by ECP

Metrus Energy today announced that it has been acquired by ECP, a leading energy transition-focused investor with an almost two decades-long track record of successful investments in the electricity, clean energy, renewable and sustainable solutions sectors.… Read more

Getting Sustainability Right Starts with a Strategy

Sustainability is no longer a topic corporations can avoid. In fact, it has become integral to corporate strategy for most businesses today. But while 90% of executives think sustainability is important, only 60% of companies have a sustainability strategy… Read more

Metrus Energy Hires Ed Henry as Chief Financial Officer

Metrus announced today the hiring of industry veteran Ed Henry as Chief Financial Officer. Henry will have responsibility for the company’s commercial financing structures, corporate strategy and capital structure optimization, accounting, planning and financial compliance… Read more

2021 Metrus Impact Report

Metrus continues to lead by example with the release of its second annual Impact Report, which tracks the energy savings, carbon reduction, and efficiency of our investments in terms of carbon savings per $1,000 invested across our entire portfolio … Read more

Actions Speak Louder than Words: Moving from Climate Commitments to Implementation

Commitments to act on climate change abound; figuring out how to quickly implement these commitments is the challenge of the century. Lisa Jacobson of BCSE and Bob Hinkle of Metrus offer their thoughts on the way forward… Read more

The real economy impact as financial institutions embrace Net Zero

Transitioning to Net Zero is now a strategic imperative for the financial sector. Trillions in capital are aligned towards meeting the Paris Agreement, and financial institutions are asking their borrowers and investees for greenhouse gas emissions data to help them set their own carbon reduction targets… Read more

Efficiency and Clean Energy: Faster vs. More

In the race against climate change, early victories can put us in a position to win. An emission avoided now is of greater consequence in terms of reducing GHG concentrations and meeting temperature targets than one avoided later. More important than doing more is going faster. … Read more

Predictive Modeling for Climate Change: Q&A with Pierre Khalil

Pierre Khalil joined Metrus in late 2021, becoming the company’s first Director of Operations. An engineer with deep technical experience, Khalil brings a valuable perspective to Metrus' sustainable energy projects. He shares his thoughts in this Q&A … Read more

Metrus Becomes Signatory to UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment

Metrus announced today that it has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an organization focused on understanding and supporting investments in ESG. … Read more

Slow and Steady Won’t Win This Race

As a member of the Alliance to Save Energy and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy’s delegation to Glasgow for COP26, Metrus CEO Bob Hinkle shares his takeaways on the global summit. His project-level experience shapes his analysis of the opportunities and challenges that the event presented.… Read more

How Project Finance is Key to Meeting 2030 Climate Goals

Project finance has a key role to play in meeting the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030. Metrus CEO Bob Hinkle joined a panel at the U.S. Climate Action Center at #COP26 in Glasgow to discuss financing projects that mitigate GHG emissions and improve the resiliency of the built environment. … Read more

Metrus Energy Increases its Commitment to America is All In to $200 Million

Metrus Energy announced today that it has upped its current America Is All In commitment to $200 million of investment in sustainable energy projects to help businesses, schools, hospitals, and local governments accelerate progress on their sustainability goals, increase resiliency, and mitigate climate change.… Read more

Reconciled to reconciliation: Can the spending bill still jump-start climate action?

While there has been a lot of focus on the ultimate size of the current reconciliation bill (likely to be below $2 trillion when passed), the lasting environmental value of this bill will be its ability to unlock and accelerate private investment in climate-positive projects … Read more

If You Want to Go Far, Go Together

To better understand the nature of the partnerships that are at the heart of Metrus’ growing business, we caught up with Aaron Schneider, who was recently named the company’s first Director of Strategic Partnerships… Read more

The Right Climate for Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Day happens just once a year, but the messages being amplified today promoting the benefits of smarter energy use are becoming more frequent year-round… Read more

Can Better Bookkeeping Save the Climate? Yes!

Double-entry bookkeeping has been fundamental to economic growth ever since it was invented in the 15th century. Now, another revolution in bookkeeping could impact the very future of the planet. … Read more

Climate Actions Speak Louder than Words: 2020 Metrus Impact Report

To ensure decarbonization efforts deliver the promised results, companies need to track and report on the environmental impact of their sustainable energy project investments. In this video, Bob Hinkle explains how Metrus Energy's Impact Report leads by example.… Read more

What Bill Gates Gets Right - and Wrong - About Fighting Climate Change

In his new book, Bill Gates scopes out the challenges that impede our efforts to fight climate change. Yet his solutions ignore actions we can be taking immediately to advance the cause, Bob Hinkle writes. … Read more

A Three-Step Approach to Net Zero for Higher Education

Metrus Energy CEO Bob Hinkle presented a short talk at Second Nature's Climate Action Pursuit on June 10, 2021, in which he laid out out a three-step approach to Net Zero.… Read more

Three Ways to Accelerate the Deployment of Energy Efficiency

Bob Hinkle captures the key takeaways from a panel discussion on accelerating the deployment of energy efficiency at the Alliance to Save Energy's EE Forum.… Read more

Earth Day 2021: Introducing the Metrus Impact Report

We are proud to introduce the Metrus Impact Report, which tracks the energy savings, carbon savings, and efficiency of our investments across our entire portfolio… Read more

The Biden Infrastructure Plan: A Policy Discussion

Biden's infrastructure plan includes money to fight climate change. Metrus Energy's Bob Hinkle and Vincent Barnes of the Alliance to Save Energy discuss the implications… Read more

Metrus Energy Announces New Deal with IBM

Metrus Energy will help IBM achieve significant carbon reduction and improved sustainability through multi-site energy efficiency upgrades… Read more

Metrus named Leading Contender in Energy as a Service Market

Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Report named Metrus a leading "contender" in the energy-as-a-service market, with foundation for growth … Read more

Twelve Months at Metrus, Virtually Seamless

Between a company rebrand, a doubling of the workforce, and the launch of a new product, Metrus expected 2020 to be a memorable year. Then came a pandemic… Read more

Metrus Announces New Project with Daimler Trucks North America

Metrus has announced a $6.4 million project with Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), the first in a wide-ranging Sustainable Energy Services Agreement (SESA)… Read more

Metrus Advances on Milestones for Sustainable Energy Investment

Metrus closed out 2020 with $17 million in sustainable energy investments in December—underscoring the growing market for Sustainable Energy as a Service… Read more

Metrus Supports Women in Sustainable Energy Leadership

Women have struggled to gain leadership roles in the energy sector, and the pandemic has hindered progress even more. Metrus is bucking the trend.… Read more

Committing to Climate-Positive Project Finance

The project finance industry has an opportunity – and responsibility – to commit to climate-positive investing and do its part to decarbonize the built environment.… Read more

Five Years After the Paris Agreement, America Is All In

To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the 'We Are Still In' coalition reaffirms its commitment with new mantra: America Is All In.… Read more

Six Actions Biden Can Take to Kick-Start Energy-Efficiency Agenda

While all eyes are on the runoff in Georgia, there are plenty of actions Joe Biden can take to kick-start a clean energy economy through energy efficiency.… Read more

Climate Change Takes Center Stage in the 2020 Election

It’s easy to get turned off by all of the overheated campaign rhetoric and endless commercials involved with tomorrow’s election. This is not your typical election ...… Read more

Sustainable Energy as a Service: The Case for Standardization

Before the National Banking Act of 1863 was passed in the United States, there were 8,000 different private entities issuing currency. Inefficient and unwieldy, this… Read more

Introducing the Metrus SESA: An Interview with Anastasia Beckett

Metrus has recently launched a new product — a Sustainable Energy Services Agreement (SESA) which adheres to the company’s principle… Read more

A Public-Private Path to Better Buildings

As we pass the midpoint of 2020 and both the government and private sector seek to spur economic activity, there is an opportunity for our country to take the bold step of… Read more

Metrus Completes $1.78 million ESA Project with Queens University of Charlotte

Metrus Energy has announced the completion of a $1.78 million project with Queens University of Charlotte.… Read more

A COVID-19 Reset for Climate Change: The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis

“We are all weavers of the grand tapestry of history,” write Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac in their book The Future We Choose… Read more

Reigniting the energy efficiency engine

There’s a terrific lyric from the late, great songwriter John Prine that goes, “We are living in the future. I’ll tell you how I know. I read it in the paper, 15 years ago.”… Read more

Own the Solution, Not the Equipment: A Q&A with Casey Talon of Guidehouse Insights

Own the Solution, Not the Equipment is a new white paper that explores the dynamic energy efficiency as a service (EEaaS) industry… Read more

Women Leading the Charge in Clean Energy: Q&A with Caroline Trowbridge

Caroline Trowbridge joined Metrus as a Project Manager in 2018. She’s responsible for managing the development, closing, and construction of… Read more

Metrus Announces Partnership with Carbon Disclosure Project

Metrus announced today that it has become a ‘carbon reduction’ partner with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)… Read more

Phase 3 Recovery Bill Will Improve Efficiency by Fixing QIP Tax Error

The Phase 3 Recovery Act that President Trump signed into law last week is monumental legislation at a critical time for our country… Read more

A Message from the CEO

We’ve always been told that a rising tide lifts all boats. What happens when the tide reverses course?… Read more

Higher Education’s Path to Carbon Neutrality Starts at Home: Why On-Campus Energy Efficiency Matters

Colleges and universities are a hotbed for climate change activism. Presidential candidates know this well since climate change is the top issue for younger voters in the 2020 election… Read more

New Deal with Fortune 500 Medical Technology Customer

Metrus Energy announced today a new $3.6 million Efficiency Service Agreement (ESA) with a leading medical technology company.… Read more

Energy Efficiency as a Service: A Trend to Watch

Chief financial officers of non-energy intensive companies don’t always find support to commit capital toward long-term energy efficiency improvements for operations… Read more

Metrus Announces New Project with Masonic Homes Kentucky

Metrus Energy has announced a $1.5 million Efficiency Service Agreement (ESA) with Masonic Homes Kentucky.… Read more

Metrus Energy Announces Project Finance Program with Key Bank

Metrus Energy, a market leader in energy and water efficiency financing, announced today that it has secured a debt program with Key Equipment Finance, which has provided approximately $25 million in funding.… Read more

Tackling Climate Change One City at a Time. Is Net Zero the Right Approach?

Boston, modestly referred to these days as the “city of champions” by its inhabitants, is now championing net-zero buildings.… Read more

Energy Efficiency is the Ultimate in ‘Buying Local’

Most people agree that buying locally produced goods and services is a good thing. Take the “farm-to-table” experience: people like the fact… Read more

Energy Efficient Buildings Are Healthy Buildings

Making our customers' buildings more energy efficient and resilient is a primary goal for Metrus—and it's only part of the reason why we find our work so gratifying… Read more

Today is Energy Efficiency Day (But it Should be Every Day)

Did you know that today is Energy Efficiency Day? You can be forgiven if you didn’t. After all, why designate just one day to this worthy cause when… Read more

The Energy Efficiency Glitch

Climate Week will involve a sober look at where we are today and the herculean efforts required to mitigate the impacts of climate change… Read more

How energy efficiency can boost resilience

Extreme weather events and natural disasters such as floods, forest fires, polar vortexes, and hurricanes are wreaking havoc on buildings… Read more

Metrus Announces New Project with Fortune 500 Medical Technology Company

Metrus Energy announced today a new $2.7 million Efficiency Service Agreement (ESA) with its Fortune 500 medical technology customer.… Read more

Summer Reading 2019: Stories We Need to Know About our Changing Planet

For some people, the extreme temperatures that have struck various parts of the globe may simply seem like a good excuse to head to the beach… Read more

Metrus Announces We are Still In Milestone

Last year Metrus made a commitment to fund $100 million in energy efficiency transactions as part of the We Are Still In initiative, a coalition of more than 3,500 CEOs, mayors, governors, college presidents, and other leaders committed to climate action.… Read more

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