Energy Efficiency Opportunities For Businesses
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Energy Efficiency Opportunities For Businesses October 22, 2020
Transcript of Energy Efficiency Opportunities For Businesses
Energy Efficiency Opportunities For Businesses
October 22, 2020
Agenda
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Program Overview
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New Program Opportunities
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Tips on Steam System Maintenance, Testing and
Replacement.
Program Overview
What We Offer
• Assessments✓ Identify Energy Saving Opportunities
✓ FREE installation of energy-saving products
• Rebates✓ Prescriptive rebates for efficiency upgrades
✓ Custom rebates based on calculated savings
• Studies✓ Gas Optimization Studies
✓ Engineering Studies
✓ Retro-Commissioning
• New Construction✓ Prescriptive rebates for efficiency upgrades
✓ Custom rebates based on calculated savings beyond code
✓ Holistic studies with incentives for implementation
Prescriptive Rebates
• Menu of 1-for-1 upgrades with predetermined per unit rebates• Must replace existing equipment and meet specified requirements• Pre-approval required for rebates > $10,000 and all steam trap projects• Rebate may not exceed 100% of total project cost (excluding internal labor)
Boiler Tune-up Requirements
• Pre and post combustion tapes• Final invoice listing
✓ Gas service address✓ Boiler make and model
• Boiler tune-up checklist• Final signed application
Pipe Insulation• Keeps water in your water
pipes warm longer, helping you lower water consumption and energy used by your hot water heater.
• This incentive can be lucrative, and it is one of the most rapid ROIs in the program.
New Program Opportunities
Online Energy Assessment
Find energy opportunities for your business • Complete the online energy assessment
• Receive a unique energy report
• Contact an Energy Advisor to review the report with you
• Develop a plan for energy efficiency upgrades and work with one of our Trade Allies
Visit us online to get started• Online Assessment
• North Shore Gas Rebates
• Peoples Gas Rebates
New Business Recovery Assistance Opportunities
• Customers eligible✓ Commercial and Industrial✓ Public Sector✓ Small and Midsize Business
• Boiler tune-up incentives✓ Increased to $.50 per MBH✓ Rebates capped at $1,500 for space heating and $3,000 on process
• New measure! Laminar flow faucet inserts✓ Prevent bacterial growth✓ Available for fixtures with current flow rate of at least 3.74 gallons per minute✓ Incentives range from $10 - $24 for each installed insert
• Ozone laundry incentive increased to $35 per pound capacity
Public Sector Bonus
Peoples Gas Public Sector Customer through December 31, 2020
• 150% Rebate increase on everything except:✓ Steam trap testing✓ Steam and hot water boilers✓ Custom projects
o New applications submitted 8/26/2020 or later.
• Boiler tune-ups✓ Up to 100% of project cost or $2,500 (increase from $1,500)
• Custom projects✓ Lifting the cap on the project cost 75% to 100%
New Business Recovery Assistance Opportunities
Small and Midsize Business(less than 400,000 therm users)
• Multi measure applications received after May 1st 2020 receive:✓ 20% bonus toward the 2nd project✓ Limited time
• New customer bonus! A customer that has never participated in the programs can receive $500 (limited time)
Our experts are here for you!
For a limited time, the Energy Efficiency Program will allow all steam traps to be tested regardless of the trap type. Waived 36-month requirement, any trap tested over 12 months ago qualifies.
• All replacement requirements still apply, including: ✓ The testing rebate will be paid only after a minimum of 50% of the
identified failed open traps are replaced✓ If no failed open traps are identified, the project is ineligible for testing
rebates.• Temporarily waived testing timeline for space heating traps. Previously could
only test between September 15th to March 31st.
New Business Recovery Assistance Opportunities
Custom Projects
Custom Rebates
• Private Sector Rebates (the lesser of):
✓ $1 per therm first year savings (projects > 7,500 therms) or $0.75 per therm first year
savings (projects ≤ 7,500 therms)
✓ Buy down to one-year payback
o 50% of the total project cost of full incremental project cost
• Public Sector rebates (the lesser of):
o $2.50/therm first year savings
✓ Buy down to one-year payback
✓ 75% of the total project cost or full incremental project cost
Program Basics
Phase 1
Identifying Opportunities
• Pre-Approval
• On-site walkthrough audit to gather high level data
Phase 2
Scoping of Savings Potential
• Project Scoping
• Engineering calculates potential savings
• Rebate letter sent out via mail and electronically
Phase 3
Implementation
• Schedule Implementation
• High level post-inspection
• Incentive Payout
Examples of Eligible Projects
• Wireless Pneumatic Thermostats
• Energy Recovery Wheel
• High Efficiency Burner Retrofit
• Optimizing BAS
• Runaround Heat Recovery Loop
Examples of Eligible Projects
Wireless Pneumatic Thermostats
Project: Building Automation System (BAS) upgrade from pneumatic to Wireless Pneumatic Thermostats
Custom Incentive: $ 90,000
Examples of Eligible Projects
Energy Recovery Wheel
• Project completed at a university campus.
• Preconditioning fresh air with recovered energy to reduce heating load by 12%
Examples of Eligible Projects
Burner Upgrade
• The program identified that a main boiler that was operating inefficiently due to excessive cycling and an improperly sized burner. This resulted in a capital project to right-size the burner, leading to a 20 percent increase in overall boiler efficiency
• HVAC optimization efforts started with the building’s space heating and supply air reheat boilers. Two new high-efficiency burners were installed featuring high turndown, linkageless controls and oxygen trim.
Examples of Eligible Projects
Optimizing Building Automation System (BAS)
• Through a program funded study, the facility was able to identify immediate opportunities to save energy through temperature setbacks and optimization of existing BAS system.
• Estimated Savings ~ 8% of Annual Gas Use
Examples of Eligible Projects
Optimizing Building Automation System (BAS)
• Installation of a glycol runaround heat recovery loop to recover heat rom the lab exhaust and pre-heat incoming makeup air.
• Savings achieved ~ 20%
• Incentive Paid ~ $85,000
Contact Us!
Aadil Ahesan, Technical Lead
312-878-0038, Ext. 2618 (office)
224-334-7654 (cell)
Josh Routhieaux, Energy Advisor
517-489-2013, Ext. 2512 (office)
920-493-8773 (cell)
Commercial and Industrial Small and Midsize Business
Anne Nick, Energy Advisor
312-878-0038, Ext. 2636 (office)
773-294-1088 (cell)
Bill Holub, Energy Advisor
312-878-0038, Ext. 4262 (office)
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