Electricity & heat

Metering - Conservation - storage & microgrids - Renewable & conventional supply options

Alpine Flamingo can help you develop and implement a comprehensive energy strategy, considering these and other relevant concepts.

Metering & billing

  • Modern utility meters provide real-time information on electric, gas, steam and water.  Live data enables detailed analysis of use, costs, and reliability.  Effective metering strategies can reduce utility bills, but a modern metering program has many benefits that go beyond cost management.
  • You might want to install your own advanced meters.  Advanced meters can help campus managers or landlords to identify maintenance issues.  Advanced meters and analytical software can also be used to pass energy costs through to tenants, enabling you to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars to use on other elements of your energy plan.
  • You will want to use your utility metering data to determine how to use energy when it costs the least.  Utility rates can vary significantly based on controllable factors like time of day, or peak load at your facility.  Alpine Flamingo’s staff has experience in analyzing utility bills and utility rates, and recommending strategies to lower your bills.
  • Our people have managed the development and installation of advanced utility metering systems, and accompanying analytical software, for systems ranging from small microgrids up to campuses with hundreds of electric, gas and steam meters.
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Energy conservation & advanced controls

  • Conservation is the reduction of the amount of energy you need for the energy-consuming equipment to function well.
  • Conservation does not mean that the performance of energy-consuming equipment needs to be reduced.
  • A good conservation strategy will make use of innovative technologies that will actually improve the performance of energy-consuming equipment like lighting and HVAC systems…
  • …and may even offer new business opportunities!
  • For example, advanced lighting systems use less energy for the same amount of light.  They can, depending on your needs, also do things older lighting systems cannot do, such as change color, improve occupant comfort…and even help promote your business!
  • There are many additional conservation opportunities, including HVAC and refrigeration systems, industrial equipment, and Internet-of-Things control and monitoring systems.
  • Our people have managed major utility-run conservation programs to promote the latest technologies.  Our people have developed and tested conservation technologies.  We are well-prepared to help you select the right systems for your facilities, based on your cost, maintenance, emissions and other relevant goals.
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Energy storage & microgrids

  • Power reliability and power supply resilience are essential to enable your organization to operate normally in the event of minor or major emergencies.
  • Energy storage and microgrid technologies can help you improve reliability and also to integrate renewable energy sources into your systems.
  • At a small facility, you may want something as simple as uninterruptible power supplies or backup generators that only serve certain pieces of equipment or a limited number of facilities.
  • At a large facility or campus, you may want combinations of fueled generators, renewable generators, grid-based storage, and energy storage…
  • …with or without controls that can make your facility independent of the main grid in the event of a prolonged emergency.
  • Our people have developed and tested systems that combine fueled generation, renewable generation, efficient energy-consuming systems, energy storage and controls.  We are well-positioned to help you develop systems that will keep your essential equipment running, with the least possible cost and emissions.
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Energy supply options, including on-site & off-site renewables

  • In a grid-connected location, there may be legal or engineering constraints on installing your own renewable or conventionally fueled generation systems…
  • …and in an off-grid system, you will want to consider whether it is economic to extend grid electricity or grid gas to the location, or whether it is preferable to install generators that use delivered fuels, or renewable/storage options, or both.
  • For any location – urban or rural; on-grid or off-grid – we can help you to identify your options, and to develop your best supply strategy considering your uses, reliability needs, and the costs and tradeoffs between fuel types (e.g., grid electric water heating vs. solar water heating vs. gas water heating).
  • Our people have developed energy supply plans that consider all available on-grid and off-grid options.  We have prepared long-term supply strategies and recommendations for businesses, governments and even utilities – whether their energy supply needs prioritize reliability, cost or emissions.
  • Our supply analysis process is not focused on a single technology like solar photovoltaic generation.  We consider all conventional and renewable options, along with the feasibility of using energy storage systems to reduce costs or emissions.
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