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March 27, 2008 - Performance Systems has several new and very significant projects underway around the country. From analysis to database development to project implementation, we are growing as the energy efficiency industry grows. More information on our current list of projects can be found here.

By Ted Fioraliso, News Channel 36
March 21, 2008 - Blue collar. White collar. Green collar? “[It] could be a buzz word for 2008. You've seen it in the headlines quite a bit in the last three months,” said Caleb Crow, the vice president of state and utility programs at the Ithaca-based Performance Systems Development.

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March 21, 2008 - Have you heard the buzz on “Green-Collar” jobs? Is this the answer to outsourcing jobs, to rising foreclosures and the falling dollar? The New York Times published an editorial with the compelling title “The Green Collar Solution” and campaign trail candidates and the Wall Street Journal are calling the green sector job growth the modern day New Deal.

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August 22, 2007 - Greg Thomas, president of Performance Systems Development and Performance Systems Contracting, announced today a financial partnership that will allow the Ithaca company to grow in response to expanding opportunities in the green energy industry. Performance Systems recently reached an agreement with Laurel Ridge Asset Management, a New York City-based firm that manages over $120 million in investment funds.

"This investment is the springboard we've been waiting for," said company president Greg Thomas, who has helped establish the concept of improving the energy efficiency and overall performance of buildings.

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June 2007 - Performance Systems Development (PSD) has been approved by NYSERDA as a Multifamily Performance Partner in the new Multifamily Performance Program (MPP), which is the successor to the Assisted Multifamily Program (AMP).

Through the Existing Buildings Component, PSD's role as the MPP Partner is to develop, and help to implement, a scope of work that will improve the project's energy performance by 20%.  This performance target is determined by using NYSERDA's Benchmarking Tool, which compares the building's current actual energy consumption to that of other, similar multifamily buildings. 

To read the entire article, click here.
To download the MPP Description, click here. (Adobe PDF)
To download PSD case studies, click here. (Adobe PDF)

May, 14 2007 - Greg Thomas, president Performance Systems Development, spoke with a small group of colleagues from around the country in a webcast sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday, May 17, 2007. The webcast focused on energy efficiency improvements for high-rise and multi-family housing units.

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September, 2006 - Performance Systems Development (PSD) is expanding its software development team. We're looking for experienced programmers with the following skills:

• Object oriented design and implementation in C++
• wxWidgets framework
• OpenGL
• Eclipse IDE, or other cross-platform development environment
• Agile Development methods, including Unit Tests, Pair Programming, and Sprints
• Understanding software design patterns

April, 2006 - Performance Systems Development (PSD) is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a three year contract by the Maine Office of Energy Independence and Security to administer Maine's Whole House Energy Efficiency Pilot Program. As the Program Implementation Administrator, PSD will develop and implement this residential energy retrofit program for the Maine pilot marketplace. Working with PSD will be Rick Karg of R.J. Karg Associates; a Maine-based, nationally-recognized building science trainer and consultant. Other contractors supporting this effort include: Bevilacqua Knight Inc. (BKi), Vermont Energy Investment Corporation and Intermountain Energy.
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September, 2005 - An excerpt from the ACEEE Report:
In the spring of 2005, ACEEE initiated a national search for "exemplary" utility-funded low-income energy efficiency programs as part of a project to identify and profile programs that provide models of "best practices" for addressing the energy needs of low-income households.
Download the entire ACEEE paper (715Kb, Adobe PDF), or visit www.ACEEE.org

July, 2005, Ithaca, NY - Taitem Engineering and Performance Systems Development recently won the prestigious R&D 100 Award. R&D 100 is the award that the Chicago Tribune has called "The Oscars of Invention." Others have referred to the R&D 100 Award as the "Nobel Prize of Applied Research", Read the PSD article, or download the NREL article (1.9Mb, Adobe PDF).

July, 2005, Ithaca, NY - EPA has prepared and published on its web site a case study of a home where Performance Systems Contracting used the 'whole house' performance tested approach to treat a 1930s era colonial home and achieved a 60% reduction in utility bills. In addition, many of the comfort issues commonly associated with having an older home were reduced or completely removed. To learn more about how Performance Systems Contracting solved the issues in this home and what they can do for your home regardless of age or size, visit PScontracting.com

May, 2005, Ithaca, NY - Greg Thomas and Caleb Crow of Performance Systems Development, discuss the consequences and benefits of running a green contracting company.
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April 15, 2005 - The newest version of TREAT has a variety of very cool new modifications, including some that make TREAT much more user-friendly. Learn about all the great new features in the latest version, and get all your most detailed questions answered. This is a hands-on workshop delivered by Greg Thomas, one of the designers of TREAT software. May 13th from 9am to 5pm at the Syracuse PEACE Center at 811 East Washington St. in Syracuse, NY. Call (607) 277-6240 ext. 202 or click here to register.

March 17, 2005 - PSD's president, Gregory Thomas presented on the award winning EcoVillage at Ithaca green building community where PSD provided green consulting for the first neighborhood ( Presentation, Paper) and HVAC installation services for the second neighborhood. Mr. Thomas also presented a new presentation on the Greening of a Home Performance Contractor. This presentation was based on activities of Performance Systems Contracting and will also be covered in a feature article in Home Energy Magazine in the May/June 2005 issue (Green Contracting Download).

February 24, 2005 - Performance Systems Development president Greg Thomas presents techniques and best practices to increase profits for Home Performance contractors at the Affordable Comfort Northwest Conference 2005.
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January 05, 2005 - Performance Systems Development announces a new series of distance learning workshops for home performance contractors. These webcast workshops can be attended from your home or office, and will include a wide range of topics centered on home performance contracting. The first of this series will be targeted at existing home performance contractors and Community Action Programs around the country. "Building A Successful Home Performance Business Process" will be delivered in 3 two-hour segments by Greg Thomas - President of Performance Systems Contracting. It will look at the nuts and bolts of what it takes to prosper in Building Performance contracting - based what's really working around the county.
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November 29, 2004 - Gregory Thomas, President, and Jerone Gagliano, Building Performance Engineer, of Performance Systems Development LLC., have just returned from the Greenbuild Expo, the largest green building conference in the world. The conference is the annual event of the US Green Building Council (www.usgbc.org), and showcases the organization's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building rating system.
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November 25, 2003 - PSD, in cooperation with BKi, has completed work on a California Energy Commission funded report on the business and technical practices of successful home performance contractors. Results of this report have been presented at a number of conferences including EEBA, Affordable Comfort, ACEEE Summer Study, and others. The report includes recommendations for programs looking to establish home performance programs and for contractors looking to get into the business.
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April 8, 2004 - Home Energy's March/April 2004 cover article focused on the results of PSD's California Energy Commission funded survey of successful home performance contractors. Jon Harrod, General Manager of Performance Systems Contracting, PSD contracting subsidiary, was featured on the front cover.
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March 5, 2004 - PSD moved into new facilities on March 5. We have a new mailing and physical address:

January 28, 2004 - Gregory Thomas, President of Performance Systems, spoke at the National Building Museum on "Industrializing the Process of Producing Energy Savings" on January 27th, 2004. The talk was sponsored by the US Department of Energy as part of the Building for the 21st Century lecture series. The talk addressed the process of creating cost effective feedback systems for energy savings including a discussion of design of the data flow and feedback systems being developed by Performance Systems as part of TREAT and TREAT tracker.
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April l, 2003 - PSD's TREAT and TREATtracker next generation software was covered extensively in the article "Keeping Score" in the March-April 2003 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
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PSD’s and Taitem Engineering’s TREAT software has been approved by the Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program for use in single family, multifamily, and mobile homes. TREAT has also passed its BESTest requirements for use as a Home Energy Rating Tool and has been providing energy ratings since April 2003.