Retro-commissioning

• Screening and enrollment process is very fast for the customer, requiring only one brief site visit at most.

• Customer proposals include savings targets, capital commitment, and time limit criteria for 100% study reimbursement.  This results in very high close rates.

• Functional performance testing / real time verification.  Active verification allows/requires for contractor to correct deficiencies before the project is closed out.  This provides leverage on the contractor and ensures the intent of the study has been fully incorporated.

• Includes a strong dose of customer, site, and measure specific training to ensure savings persist for many years.

• Probable substantial new source of energy savings as codes and standards ratchet down impacts from widgets.

• Keeps customers engaged to strike while iron is hot.  Low cost of screening and higher close rates improve cost effectiveness.

• Low administrative costs resulting in a more cost effective program.

• Savings don’t get wiped out on third party EM&V.  Savings are most likely to be demonstrated at the meter, resulting in customer satisfaction with the program.  Grapevine marketing improves cost effectiveness of the program.

• Training overcomes a substantial hurdle in the minds of some regulatory agencies.  Allowing the program to move forward helps realize these other benefits, and the training with persistent savings is good for participants and the program.

• Helps utility/administrator meet portfolio savings goals which brings earnings benefits to utilities, directly (bonuses), indirectly (more amenable to rate cases), or both.

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