Pioneer's Energy Advisor Program offers three services to help understand energy use: In-Depth Phone Audit, Check Appliance Energy Use with a Kill A Watt Meter; and Blower Door Test and Infrared Inspection.
RenewableNY provides grant funding and project management support for industrial facilities to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy measures, including lighting upgrades, solar energy systems, cogeneration, and process efficiency upgrades. The project helps businesses to invest in energy-efficiency capital improvements now that will save them money in the long run.
An energy study can take the uncertainty out of planning energy-saving projects. The Energy Studies program is available for existing facilities, as well as new construction, and offers up to $15,000 in rebates for existing facilities that complete an energy study.
Residential, commercial/industrial and agricultural customers can receive free energy conservation recommendations to improve comfort and lower operating costs.
SECO partners with Texas Industries of the Future (TIOF) to meet these objectives by offering specialized training, energy management forums and technology showcases. They also have developed targeted software tools to assist Texas manufacturers in evaluating energy-saving opportunities and their effects on air emissions. Through its collaboration with TIOF and in partnership with the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), SECO provides technical assistance and training for Texas industrial energy consumers. TIOF conducts conferences, workshops and forums, providing outreach to engineers and consultants in process industries on a variety of industrial energy-efficiency topics.
Across the state, businesses are generating solar energy to manage their operations costs and be more sustainable. Energy Trust makes it easy with technical assistance, valuable incentives and referrals to qualified local contractors. Energy Trust incentives and tax credits could offset up to 75 percent of system costs.
