"An Energy Services Company (ESCO) is a business that develops, installs, and arranges financing for projects designed to improve the energy efficiency of a building"

-NAESCO

Tuesday, July 27

MUSH!

My new favourite acronym.
Energy service companies, or ESCOs, will see 26% annual growth from 2009-2011 with revenue reaching $7.1 to $7.3 billion, the report estimates. ESCOs are private companies that typically offer energy savings improvements under long-term performance contracts.

How are they getting so much business in this depressed real estate market? A lot of it – nearly 70% — comes from what the industry fondly calls its MUSH market — municipal and state governments, universities, schools and hospitals.