Commercial New Construction

• Program incentivizes comprehensive energy efficient design for all regulated (code covered) elements.  This includes envelope, lighting, and heating and cooling equipment that all exceed code.

• A prescribed menu of design features that allows designers to select their preferred options for building type, lighting systems, and HVAC type, although not all HVAC types (e.g., baseline efficient rooftop units) are allowed.

• The menu-driven program gives designers control and decision-making confidence to move quickly, not causing delays for the customer.

• Designers have a good idea of the savings potential for their preferred designs as part of the initial training.  This allows them to move forward with decision making while the building simulations for the specific design are completed in parallel.

• Measurement and verification includes a quick review of operating parameters as well as physical inspection of equipment and systems.  This helps ensure savings are maximally realized because substantial savings can go unachieved when operating parameters (controls) are not according to plan.

• Deeper energy savings.

• Participants have no problem selecting design characteristics to suit their liking.  Acceptance is high.  Savings are extensive with little administrative cost.  This also reduces costs because designers can be trained in the program once and apply the menu to all future projects.

• High customer satisfaction produces grapevine marketing, lowering administrative costs.  Projects (designers/customers) do not drop out of the program resulting in deeper savings than a few prescriptive measures that would otherwise be implemented.

• Keeps designer/customer/consultant meetings to a minimum, reducing costs and keeping things moving for high participation rates.  More cost effective.

• Avoids savings deductions at the time of third party EM&V.  Customers are more satisfied with deeper savings / lower energy bills.  Lower energy bills can be benchmarked against industry standards like CBECS rather than engineering theory based on hypothetical models alone.

To learn more about our commercial new construction program.