Our 3D CAD Services helps customers optimize and visualize lighting options, model possibilities and validate improvements. We provide 3D CAD for Interior Design, Parking Areas, Street / Roadway and Residential. Our EE and lighting services have helped companies make optimal lighting decisions for Offices, Bridges, Roadways / Parking, Schools / Universities, Warehouses, Manufacturing and Homes.

Real example information from projects:

Value Chart, Photometric, , Grayscale, False Color, Grayscale, 3D Layout, Summary Report, Isoclines, Floor Plan, Multiview Layouts

    

More goes into energy efficiency calculations than just the cost per Kwh and rate per Kwh. Example are Kwh saved due to reduced HVAC load, cost of replacement lamps and maintenance cost of replacements. We provide comparative product cost and savings calculations.

Included as part of our Project Planning Service:

• Kwh calculations used to determine usage and cost
• Month, Annual and Lifetime cost and savings:
• Maintenance cost
• Waste Heat Cost
• Payback, ROI, NPV, IRR
• Comparative investment cost
• Number of replacements
• Supporting Graphs and Charts
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Project planning is a key to realizing energy cost savings. We use our proven methodology for capturing essential details and developing a plan to meet your activities. This planning includes standard project management process of (Initiation, Scoping, Planning Implement and Close).

Information provided in the plan is used to build a business case, project plan and presentations for project approval. Without proper planning and business case most projects will not get required approval causing lost opportunity.

Initiation

First, we meet with management and facilities staff to understand the high business value of effective energy use reduction. With our client, we develop a sound financial plan that is aligned with the goal of the business.

Scoping

The next step is to determine when the client company is ready for the implementation. We develop a high-level plan that timetables the steps that need to occur. Plan covers procurement of products to installation.

Planning

Determine requirements from on-site survey, resources, equipment required, task time and lighting products selected to meet financial and energy goals.

Implement

The next step in the methodology is to carefully remove old technology and replace with energy efficient technology. In-house team or the service provider carries out this task. We can assist in bringing in professionals technicians to help as required. Our goal is to integrate the technology solution without causing disruption or vulnerability to the business operations or end-users.

Close

At Close of project the business should see reduction in their energy use right way. We follow up with clients to insure they are realizing energy reduction and meeting goals.

Optimize

Technology and business requirements change. We adapt to change through close alignment with the technology leaders who are innovating new and exciting business solutions. ESPC understands the future of technology and knows where it is going.

We assist in the preparation and generation of business cases that reduce energy use through lighting optimization. This can be included with our Project Planning Services.

The case for green / clean / sustainable / energy efficient buildings

There are a number of names used for reducing buildging energy use. But the bottom line is to reduce business operating cost. An area of low hanging opportunities is lighting due to relamping and ongoing maintenance regardless of the technology used. Lighting use 22-30+% of building electricity cost and its the most flexible usage cost to control. Upgrade of lighting has a high ROI and quick breakeven point.

Statistics: 

Perceived cost benefits of green building according to building owners:

• Operating costs decrease 13.6% for new construction and 8.5% for existing building projects
• Building value increases 10.9% new construction and 6.8% existing building projects
• Return on investment improves 9.9% new construction and 19.2% existing building projects
• Occupancy increases 6.4% new construction and 2.5% existing building projects
• Rent increases 6.1% new construction and 1% existing building projects

Benefits reported by owners from green projects:

• ROI improvements: 19.2% on average for retrofit/renovation green projects as compared to 9.9% on average for new projects

Benefits to Corporate Leaders:

• 75% of firms view sustainability as consistent with their profit missions.
• Market differentiation:
• 61% of corporate leaders believe that sustainability leads to market differentiation and improved financial performance.

Customer attraction & retention:

• 73% of corporate leaders expect to attract and retain customers as a direct result of their sustainability efforts.

Source: McGraw Hill Construction (2010). Green Outlook 2011: Green Trends Driving Growth.

Case for Energy Reduction and  Savings:

1. Competitive Differentiator 

Green buildings with lower operating costs and better indoor environmental quality are more attractive to a growing group of corporate, public and individual buyers. Green features will increasingly enter into tenants' decisions about leasing space and into buyers' decisions about purchasing properties and homes.

2. Quicker Sales and Renting

A benefit of green buildings in the private sector is the faster sales and leasing of such buildings, compared to similar projects in the same town. Green buildings tend to be easier to rent and sell, because educated tenants increasingly understand their benefits.

3. Attract Tenants

Today's savvy tenants understand the benefits that green building spaces have to offer. The new Class A office space is green; lease-up rates for green buildings typically range from average to 20 percent above average.

4. Cost Effective

The cost per square foot for buildings seeking LEED certification falls into the existing range of costs for buildings not seeking LEED certification. An upfront investment of 2% in green building design, on average, results in life cycle savings of 20% of the total construction costs – more than ten times the initial investment. Additionally, building sale prices for energy efficient buildings are as much as 10% higher per square foot than conventional buildings.

5. Lower Operating Costs

Green buildings cost less to operate and maintain. There are also tax benefits and incentives available for green buildings and green building strategies available. Additionally, building showed a net present value return of almost 20 to one on its initial investment.

6. Building Green Saves Energy

Reducing energy consumption has gone from being a "good idea" to a business necessity. It's not just that energy conservation has a positive life-cycle cost impact, but also that it offers a direct reduction in an organization's "carbon footprint." A number of studies have shown that energy conservation not only also offers a positive "life-cycle-cost" investment , but that it's the most cost-effective way to lower society's carbon dioxide output. 

Source: USBGC http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=2331

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