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GREEN INITIATIVES
Advancing Renewable Energy
Westchester features leading-edge programs and businesses dedicated to advancing green business practices and the adoption of clean and renewable energy resources.
A New Vision
Westchester Green Business
Westchester Green Business (WGB) is a Business Council of Westchester program administered in partnership with Westchester County and Green Team Spirit since 2009. With notable members like Regeneron, SUNY Pur- chase and the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, the program helps integrate sustainable business practices into company operations.
Optimizing Energy Management
Navitus Strategies provides a low cost, comprehensive battery storage communication system which allows Westchester business owners to pro- tect their operating assets from pow- er outages, and minimize electric util- ity demand charges while then being able to sell back their battery-stored electricity to the the electric grid dur- ing periods of high-use demand.
against unplanned power outages. These curtailment measures are ex- pected to earn the County millions of dollars in recurring revenue over the life of the contract, as well as provide an opportunity to further enhance its sustainability efforts.
Demand response programs offer financial incentives to owners of facili- ties, in this case Westchester County, which can reduce the need for kilo- watts (kW) during times of high stress on the region’s electric grid.
“NuEnergen is excited to serve Westchester County,” says Nu- Energen President & CEO Kevin Hamilton. “Like New York City, the County’s participation will deliver a key sustainability success story and an example of fiscal innovation.”
From Analytics to Action: Utopus Insights
Valhalla-based Utopus Insights seeks to put data analytics into action, to sell software products that enable a digitized energy system. By making it
more cost-effective and predictable, its products ultimately help advance the faster adoption of renewable en- ergy worldwide. Here, CEO Chandu Visweswariah talks about what makes Westchester ideal for Utopus.
A strong heritage. Utopus Insights was spun out of IBM’s T.J. Watson Re- search Center in Yorktown Heights in 2017. We chose to stay in neighboring Valhalla because of all these great lo- cal features and amenities.
Greenery meets accessibility.
Westchester is the perfect combina- tion of idyllic suburban greenery and a mere 30-minute train ride to NYC. Hopping on a flight from Westchester County Airport to dozens of domestic
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Above: Aijun Deng, Chief Meteorologist at Utopus Insights
Left: L-R: Anton Nicaj (NuE), Peter McCartt (WC), Kevin Hamilton (NuE), County Executive George Latimer (WC), Stephen Campbell (NuE), and Christopher Johnson (WC) at the announcement of NuEnergen agreement.
Sustainability Success
The County has entered into an agree- ment with NuEnergen, LLC to provide the County with “Demand Response” program services, to balance energy supply and demand and help protect
“We’re proud to be part of the solution to the most pressing global concern of our times: climate change.”– Chandu Visweswariah, CEO, Utopus Insights
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