If you haven’t read through the Advanced Energy Now 2019 Market Report, *SPOILER ALERT* it’s full of great news for the future of the advanced energy industry. In short, 2018 was a year of promising growth. Advanced energy generated $238 billion in revenue and supported 3.5 million U.S. jobs — an 11 percent increase over the previous year. That’s on par with the aerospace manufacturing industry and double the biotechnology industry.

We recently received some very exciting news! In case you missed it, Franklin Energy shifted its ownership to Abry Partners. We are excited by this new partnership and the ability this gives us to continue to focus on growth and meeting the needs of our utility clients.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a key component in all kinds of industries, and this growth isn’t anticipated to slow down. It has even begun affecting the energy industry, and this revolution could reinvent how utilities run, compete and thrive in the near future. Whether you’ve recognized it or not, AI has already penetrated the industry and will continue to do so. Let’s take a look at some of the ways utilities should begin leveraging AI capabilities to provide a more integrated experience for their customers.

PORT WASHINGTON, WIS. AUGUST 05, 2019 Franklin Energy, a leading national energy efficiency and grid optimization program implementer, has been honored to receive four awards from the 2019 ANA Milwaukee Bell Awards.

Hospitals are one of the most energy-intensive commercial building types—the US healthcare sector occupies only 1.6 billion square feet, but its energy consumption is disproportionately high, at 1.5 quadrillion BTU’s each year.

Although the healthcare sector typically prioritizes spending on medical equipment over energy efficiency upgrades, 69 percent of hospitals already have computerized building automation systems in place along with electronic healthcare management for tracking patient records, scheduling and so on. That’s why this sector is uniquely suited to adopt smart data-providing and energy-saving technologies that can integrate with these existing systems.