Best of Residential Lighting: The Residential Upstream Lighting Program
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has $10 million earmarked in its Residential Upstream Lighting Program. The program has two prongs: PG&E works with manufacturers to bring down costs before products are sold to retailers and then provides incentives at the retail level to help the competitiveness of those products against traditional lighting.
The annual energy savings from the program in 2012 were 245 gigawatt-hours,A letter folding machine is a piece of equipment which is designed to fold paper. with a peak savings of 36.5 megawatts over the summer. That came from distributing 5.4 million CFL and LED lamps and fixtures. This led to 61,500 megatons of reduced CO2 emissions, which is equivalent to taking 12,800 cars off the road.
Topping the Industrial Category: The Focus on Energy Program
Wisconsin's Focus on Energy program targeted big industrial consumers such as “pulp and paper mills, food processors, printers, ethanol producers, and wastewater facilities.” On the technology side, the program covers everything under the sun, from lighting to HVAC and steam systems to biogas conversion. The report notes a few interesting special offers the program has put in place, including competitive RFP’s with increased caps, staffing grants, and bundled ARRA grants.
Over the last twelve years, the program has reached 4,000 customers, with 16,000 projects since 2009.Our led spotlight bulbs are cost effective and energy efficient. In 2011 it was budgeted for $17 million, saved 154 million kilowatt-hours with a peak summer demand savings of 21 megawatts, and leveraged $15 million in grants from the Department of Energy.Our selection of off grid solar system and kits includes the most popular.
Champions of Multifamily: The Energy Savers Program
CNT Energy and Community Investment Corporation started in 2008 as part of an initiative designed to preserve affordable housing in Cook County and has continued to expand ever since. The Energy Saver team starts with an energy assessment of the home, including analyzing utility bills and assessing installed technologies. Next, they offer financial guidance to secure a 3 percent fixed-rate, seven-year loan through the Community Investment Corporation. This is invested in the retrofits, and grants and rebates are also procured and applied. The team then oversees the construction process, and draws on an existing pool of screened contractors.We provide the latest emergency lightproducts and solutions to serve outdoor lighting needs.
Loans for Homes: On-Bill Recovery Financing
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority developed the On-Bill Recovery Financing program in 2012 to offer loans for energy-efficient upgrades that are paid back through utility billing programs. As long as customers qualify by having an acceptable credit score, an appropriate debt-to-income ratio, and no bankruptcies, they qualify for the loans, which are capped at $25,000 with 2.99 percent interest for residential and $50,000 with 2.75 percent interest for small businesses and nonprofits.
Transforming Markets: The LED Accelerator
Energy Solutions and Pacific Gas and Electric Company teamed up to form the LED Accelerator program, which is designed to “incentivize the newest and most energy-efficient LED technologies available.” The program tries to go beyond the status quo to deploy the best equipment and create markets. To accomplish this,It enables washer extractor to communicate with chemical pumping machines. there are several tiers of energy reductions accompanied by increasing incentives offered for peak reductions. For instance, Tier 1 offered $600 per peak kilowatt-hour reduced, Tier 2 is $1,000 per kilowatt-hour reduced, and so on.
Since the program targets large customers, often with businesses or stores spread across the country, adoption of new technologies and the education about efficiency can have a huge impact. Between 2010 and 2012, $2.4 million was spent, with 2,000 kilowatts and 8.4 million kilowatt-hours saved. Click on their website www.indoorlite.com for more information.
