Q&A: ESPC Equipment Maintenance Agreements

clock March 31, 2011 05:23 | commentComments (0)
When facilities implement an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC), it can help them maximize and leverage American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, and finance energy conservation measures (ECMs) without any upfront capital costs. ESPCs are a financial mechanism that can pay for today’s facility upgrades with tomorrow's energy savings – all without tapping an organization’s capital budget. A contracted partnership between a facility owner and an energy servic... [More]
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GWCC Receives Funding for Lighting Project

clock January 14, 2011 11:33 | commentComments (0)
The Georgia World Congress Center recently got a $2.3 million stimulus grant for a major lighting retrofit and controls system upgrade. The grant, secured through the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority and its state energy program, was funded through the U.S. Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The GWCC will use the grant to replace nearly 1,500 lighting fixtures in the convention center’s 12 exhibit halls. Click here to read more about this st... [More]
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Q&A: Policies for A/C and Heating Temperature Set-points in Municipal Facilities

clock December 8, 2010 14:14 | commentComments (0)
Grantee Question: A grantee from Florida asks: Our city is preparing a policy for setting A/C and heating temperatures in City-owned facilities. This policy will say, “A/C occupied temperatures shall not be less than 78 °F and heating not more than 68 °F. A/C unoccupied temperatures shall not be less than 82 °F and heating not more than 60 °F.” Do you know of any standards that we can reference for our policy, or other grantees that have similar policies?  TAP t... [More]
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Energy Management Systems: Optimizing Efficiency

clock November 30, 2010 05:50 | commentComments (0)
Remember a time before sensors and computers, when all operations were manual? Lights that were left on stayed on until someone turned them off.   This is the dawn of a new, energy-smart age. Today, automated systems that use computers to control building operations have become standard practice in facilities that use large amounts of energy. By remotely monitoring and controlling energy-consuming devices, a building’s Energy Management System (EMS) can optimize cost and energy sav... [More]
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November TAP Webinar Schedule

clock October 22, 2010 16:32 | commentComments (0)
DOE’s Technical Assistance Program (TAP) will continue its fall webinar series to assist state, city, county and tribal energy practitioners across the country with their clean energy programs. Join TAP in November for webinars that will cover:•    Effectively working at the community level to deploy energy efficiency and renewable energy,•    Driving demand for home energy improvements by engaging with and learning from contractors,•  ... [More]
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