Energy planning for operating organizations

Alpine Flamingo can help businesses, non-profits and government agencies develop and implement comprehensive energy strategies.

Situational overview - Energy consumption - energy supply - Business case

Situational overview

  • What are your total energy costs?  What fraction of your energy costs are for electricity, gas, or other fuels?
  • What are your total greenhouse gas emissions and what are the sources of your greenhouse gas emissions?  What would be the most important thing you could do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
  • What are your long-term goals?  Do you need to plan to meet extremely aggressive energy or carbon targets?
  • What are your priorities?  Your constraints, both legal and technological?
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Energy consumption options

  •  Are your energy-consuming systems up to date?  For instance, do you have modern lighting, HVAC systems, and controls?  How about your other systems, like office equipment, refrigeration or industrial equipment?
  • How can you save money on maintenance while reducing your energy costs?
  • Can you gain business advantages, in addition to reducing your energy use, via the use of advanced meters, lighting, or other innovative energy technologies?
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Energy supply options

  • What options do the utility regulations at your site provide as regards your ability to install your own energy supply systems, or to buy energy from organizations other than your current incumbent utility?
  • What on-site options are available to you for energy recovery from otherwise-wasted sources, like the heat in your wastewater, or solid wastes that could be used as fuel?
  • What on-site energy production options are available to you through the installation of renewable electric generation or renewable heat sources?
  • Are there opportunities for you to work with your incumbent utilities or other providers to acquire renewable energy from off-site sources, like utility-scale solar farms or natural gas recovered from local sewer utilities?
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Business case and implementable energy plan

  • Is there a technologically and legally viable pathway to your energy goals?
  • What should your priorities be?  Metering?  Controls?  Energy efficiency?  Solar or other on-site renewables?
  • How can you finance energy conservation, energy management, energy storage and renewable energy systems?  What effect will savings on maintenance have on your energy finance model?  Are there opportunities for your organization to pass energy system improvement costs through to tenants?  Are there any utility or government subsidies or grants for which you can qualify?
  • What is the value of reliability and resilience?  For instance, if you could guarantee that your major systems would always be on even if local grid electricity was off, how much would that be worth?
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