Industrial New Construction

• Captures a major new source of energy savings that nearly all portfolios lack.

• Baselines are well documented, using commercial energy codes for building parameters including envelop, lighting, heating and cooling equipment.  For unregulated process and manufacturing equipment and systems, Michaels has developed a comprehensive set of standard design and equipment standards.  Michaels uses the same standards when evaluating the many process and manufacturing projects we do each year.

• Includes increasing graduated incentives that persuade customers/designers to go deeper for energy savings.

• Program is set up to evaluate construction in waves as is typically the case for industrial and manufacturing facilities.

• The program features handsome incentives for the design team.  Industrial design teams are not accustomed to energy codes and designing for efficiency.  They tend to design with excessive margins of safety which often leads to substantial energy waste.  They are more risk averse than commercial and residential designers/builders, who are accustomed to numerous design alternatives and system types.

• The program provides M&V for implemented projects that includes inspections of key operating parameters as well as physical inspection of equipment and systems to ensure design intent is met.  Unintended operating parameters (controls) are often the reason for unrealized energy savings.  Verification of controls helps ensure design intent and savings are realized.

• Helps utility/administrator meet portfolio goals, which is good for the bottom line, directly (goal bonuses) or indirectly (rate cases).

• Defendable savings that persist.  Third party evaluators can review design baseline documents and any differences can be resolved before impacts get wiped out during EM&V.  More retained savings = more cost effective.

• More savings toward goal and more cost-effective program, and all the benefits that come with it.

• Customers and designers can get incentives along the way during the long design and construction process.  This improves trade ally and customer satisfaction resulting in more projects.

• Attractive designer incentives help ensure the customer and the program benefit with designers/builders sharpening their pencils and giving efficient design alternatives deeper thought and consideration.  The design incentive is paid by spending less customer incentive as these customers are more willing to accept efficiencies with returns on investment that are generally higher than commercial new construction projects.

• Less deduction of savings at the time of third-party EM&V.  Greater realized savings can substantially move portfolios closer to and past goals.  Customers are pleased.  The program is more cost effective with deeper savings and satisfied participants.

To learn more about our industrial new construction program.