Does your company have an energy management plan? Empower can assist you with an energy audit to help reduce energy costs and compliance with corporate or regulatory goals and objectives.

Energy audits are comprehensive evaluations of the actual performance of your energy using systems and equipment compared against the designed performance level or the industry best practice. The difference between observed performance and “best practice” is the potential for energy and cost savings. Conducting energy audits is vital to a strong energy management program; without audits it is difficult to continuously improve energy efficiency and demonstrate savings.

Energy audits help your business to:

• Identify actions for improving energy performance;
• Prioritize projects; and
• Track progress.

A 2009 study conducted by Georgia Tech distilled 19 separate reports published across the region over the past 12 years. It found that better use of energy-efficient products could bring consumption 9 percent below the levels now projected for 2020. It also found that the South has been one of the last regions in the country to embrace energy efficiency programs and to foster a culture where consumers value energy efficiency. The South — which the study defines as a 16-state area that extends from Texas to Maryland — accounts for 44 percent of the nation’s total energy consumption. That’s significantly more than the region’s population share, which hovers around 37 percent.

Regular business energy audits are most effective when they are part of a strategic corporate energy management program. Let’s get started on your energy management plan. Contact Empower to learn more. Call Mark Bell at 404.681.3270 x302 or email at mbell@empoweret.com.