Green for Green: Funding Opportunities to make your Building more Energy Efficient

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Green for Green:

Funding Opportunities to make your Building more Energy Efficient

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Agenda

1. Elevate Energy Introduction

2. Services for Nonprofit Organizations

3. Funding Sources:

 ComEd Smart Ideas for Your Business

 Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation

 Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas, & Nicor energy efficiency

programs

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Elevate Energy Introduction

Smarter energy use for all

We ensure the benefits of energy efficiency reach those who need them most.

We give people the resources they need to make informed energy choices.

We design and implement efficiency programs that lower costs, and protect the environment.

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Areas of Focus

 Smart grid and dynamic

electricity pricing

 Energy efficient buildings

 Community-level programs

 Research, policy, and

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Building Strong Communities

 More than 22,000 upgrades

since 2008

 15 to 30 percent energy

reduction

 500 local construction jobs

created

 Reaching underserved building

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Follow-Up

Services for Nonprofits

Elevate Energy works with you, from start to finish.

Full-Service

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Full-Service Assessments

 Electricity, natural gas, and water

use

 Organization interviews

 Equipment testing

 Operation and maintenance

 Building envelope

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What about water?

 Typical indoor domestic water usage is 70 gallons

per person per day

 Can be reduced by:

 Low-flow showerheads  Faucet aerators

 High-efficiency toilets, laundry machines, etc.

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Services for Nonprofits

Follow-Up Full-Service

Assessment Guidance Technical Assistance Funding Construction Oversight Quality Control

AVG. BUILDING UPGRADED BUILDING 56 50 ₇₅ ₁₀₀ MORE EFFICIENT LESS EFFICIENT CURRENT BUILDING 93

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Follow-Up

Services for Nonprofits

Full-Service

Assessment Guidance Technical Assistance Funding Construction Oversight Quality Control

Help putting together a financial package, including:

• Utility incentives

• Available grants

• Affordable financing options

• Self-investment

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Funding Sources: Illinois Clean Energy

Community Foundation

 Program Areas:

 Energy Efficiency – Closed for 2015

 Renewable Energy

 Natural resources

 Eligibility:

 501c3 nonprofit organizations

 State and local government agencies

We’ll be looking out for 2016!

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Funding Sources: People’s Gas & North Shore

Gas Natural Gas Savings Programs

People’s Gas: http://www.peoplesgasdelivery.com/business/rebates.aspx

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Funding Sources: energySMART, a Nicor Gas

Program

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ComEd Smart Ideas® _{Energy Efficiency Program}

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Energy efficiency is good for business…

2 Community benefits Payback Bills Equipment Ratepayer funded

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How Ratepayer Funding Works

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 Energy Efficiency Programs charge on monthly bill (all

customers in service territory)

 Based on kWh usage  What Commercial

Demand Rate are you on?

 How much are you contributing?

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ComEd Smart Ideas for Your Home

Incentives for energy efficient products and services

and money-saving energy awareness tips online

• Fridge & Freezer Recycling • Lighting Discounts

• Home Energy Assessment • Home Energy Rebates

• Energy Efficiency Loan • Central AC Cycling

• Multi-Family Efficiency

• Peak Time Savings (Smart Meter) • Low Cost/No Cost Tips

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ComEd Smart Ideas for Your Business

®

Cash incentives, technical services and

whole-building solutions to help use energy more efficiently

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• Small Business Energy

Savings (SBES)

• Smart Ideas Opportunity Assessment

• Lighting, HVAC,

Refrigeration, Commercial Kitchen Equipment, Lab Equipment, Farm

Equipment, Battery

Chargers, Transformers, & Custom Incentives

• Business Instant Lighting Discount

• New Construction

• Retro-Commissioning • Data Center Efficiency • Industrial Systems

• Multi-Family Property • Load Response

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Common Types of Small Businesses

Traditional small businesses

Childcare centers

Private educational institutions

Healthcare

Food service

Multi-family building common areas

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Small Business Options

Full-Service

Standard

• SBES Trade Ally completes FREE

assessment and installs projects

• Instant incentives for equipment & labor

• Customer selects SBES Trade Ally and

improvements

• Customer directs and controls the whole

process

• Just follow eligibility requirements on app

• Customer chooses installer and supplier

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Three Years of SBES Impact

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SBES Customer Experience

Streamlined experience with your SBES Trade Ally.

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Choose an Energy Expert

Select your SBES Trade Ally:

855-433-2700 or ComEd.com/SmallBizTradeAlly. Get Your Free Energy Assessment

Trade Ally will complete free assessment and provide you with a recommendations report.

Program Application

Select your energy efficiency improvements and sign the application.

Install Equipment

Trade Ally makes process hassle-free by completing incentive paperwork.

Receive Instant Incentives

You only pay the balance after the incentives are applied.

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Case Study: Sinai Medical Group and Mount Sinai Hospital

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Business Name

Sinai Medical Group and Mount Sinai Hospital

(15 locations)

Program SBES Full-Service

Total Project Cost ($) $ 71,698.00 Payback Without

Incentive (years) 3.84

Incentive ($) $ 41,507.00 Final Project Cost ($) $ 30,191.00 Payback With Incentive

(years) 1.62

Annual Energy Savings

(kWh) 249,233.60

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Case Study: Trinity Lutheran School, Burr Ridge, IL

 Replaced existing high-pressure sodium lamps with high bay florescent lamps  Replaced motors on freezers and refrigerators with electronically commutated

motors

 4-lamp fixtures were replaced with 2-lamp high efficiency fixtures with reflectors

 Installed new exit and outdoor security LED lights

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Replaced existing

high-pressure sodium lamps

with high bay florescent

lamps

$ 1,854

savings per year

pays for itself in

1.2

years

(with incentives from ComEd Smart Ideas)

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Installed new exit

sign and repaired

exit sign

$ 502

savings per year

pays for itself in

1.5

years

(with incentives from ComEd Smart Ideas)

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 Call us: (855) 433-2700

 Email us:

smartideasbiz@comed.com

 Visit our website:

− Program information

− Application forms

− Sign up for our

newsletters • ComEd.com/bizincentives • ComEd.com/home-savings  DCEO information • Illinoisenergy.org 14

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Case Study: WTTW

 Public television and radio stations WTTW and WFMT studios

 Replaced office and studio lighting

 Reduced electric bills by 659,319 kWh annually:

 enough to power nearly 62 homes with electricity for a year  13% on their electricity bills

 Also helps with heating and cooling, leading to phase 2 to include

HVAC upgrades and renewable energy

 Received ICECF grant combined

with $58,100 provided by ComEd’s Smart Ideas for Your Business

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Green for Green: Funding Opportunities to make your Building more Energy Efficient

Green for Green:

Agenda

Elevate Energy Introduction

Smarter energy use for all

Areas of Focus

Building Strong Communities

Services for Nonprofits

Full-Service Assessments

What about water?

Services for Nonprofits

Services for Nonprofits

Help putting together a financial package, including:

•

Utility incentives

•

Available grants

•

Affordable financing options

•

Self-investment

Funding Sources: Illinois Clean Energy

Community Foundation

Funding Sources: People’s Gas & North Shore

Gas Natural Gas Savings Programs

Funding Sources: energySMART, a Nicor Gas

Program

Energy efficiency is good for business…

How Ratepayer Funding Works

ComEd Smart Ideas for Your Home

Incentives for energy efficient products and services

and money-saving energy awareness tips online

ComEd Smart Ideas for Your Business

Cash incentives, technical services and

whole-building solutions to help use energy more efficiently

Common Types of Small Businesses

Traditional small businesses

Childcare centers

Private educational institutions

Healthcare

Food service

Multi-family building common areas

Small Business Options

Full-Service

Standard

Three Years of SBES Impact

SBES Customer Experience

Streamlined experience with your SBES Trade Ally.

Replaced existing

high-pressure sodium lamps

with high bay florescent

lamps

1.2

Installed new exit

sign and repaired

exit sign

1.5

Case Study: WTTW

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