Energy Efficiency: EIS Helps You from Start-to-Finish
Installing solar power technology is one positive step towards cost-effective energy management. By incorporating energy efficiency upgrades into your solar power project, you can maximize energy savings, and further reduce your carbon footprint.
EI Solutions' (EIS) experts can perform a free on-site energy audit at your facility. We analyze your electricity, natural gas, and water consumption, benchmarking them against industry averages to identify and prioritize savings opportunities. In addition, EIS will research and administer all available incentives and rebates, provide information on potential state and federal tax credits, and determine whether you are on the optimal utility rate to ensure maximum financial return on your investment. Our comprehensive service offerings help you combine the savings of solar electricity with greater energy efficiency:
- Onsite Energy Audit and Analysis
- Equipment Implementation and Technology Retrofits
- EE Project Management and Rebate Administration
- Commissioning
- Measurement & Verification (M&V)
Synergistic Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Solar
Energy efficiency can deliver:
PV offsets expensive daytime energy loads;
EE reduces daily base loads that include peak, partial-peak,
and off-peak loads.
- Reduced O&M costs and lower energy bills
- Improved quality built into the operation for consistent long-term savings
- Increased employee comfort and productivity
- A powerful PR and recruiting advantage
- A hedge against future carbon taxes and rising electricity costs
Audit recommendations might include retrofits and/or upgrades to lighting, HVAC, motors, pumps, fans, refrigeration, and water heating systems, as well as changes to the building envelope. Together, solar power and energy efficiency leverage proven technologies and demonstrated conservation methods for the soundest possible investment in long-term energy management.
LEED Certification and Energy Efficiency
EI Solutions will guide you toward LEED certification either for your existing facility or in designing and building a new facility. By generating on-site solar power and by optimizing your current energy performance, the EI Solutions team can directly help you attain up to 14 of the minimum 26 credits to become LEED-certified, as well as provide direction for you to reach Silver, Gold or Platinum LEED levels.
The Process in Detail
The best time to perform an EE audit and implement recommended
measures is prior to the installation of the solar power system. Energy
usage data gathered after successful EE upgrades provides EIS with
additional information to optimize design and maximize production from the solar power system. We understand that every client has unique needs and timelines, and we work with each client's situation to develop appropriate scheduling for project implementation.
Our planning and execution process begins with a thorough assessment of your needs and potential. Through energy audits and recommendations, solar systems design, engineering, sourcing, finance, installation and maintenance, we tailor our efforts to suit the unique requirements and opportunities of your site, your company or institution. We can help you navigate the Federal, state, and municipal incentives processes, design a net cash flow that's positive from the first day, and source the best suppliers and components to maximize your ROI. We design and implement turnkey solutions that deliver both the immediate and long-term financial and environmental benefits of improved energy efficiency and clean solar energy to you.
Our process can take 3-6 weeks, and includes:
- Gathering site data prior to audit and benchmarking by industry
- Performing free investment-grade energy audit at your facility
- Analyzing energy and resource use and proposing recommendations
- Highlighting and communicating any available tax credits
- Managing the complete EE retrofit project
- Administering financial incentives and rebates
