8. Plan for ActionMaximize Return on Investment A Planned Approach to Energy Cost Savings Step 1: Define Organizational Goals & Objectives Step 2: Conduct Energy Assessment Step 3: Conduct Financial Analysis Step 4: Secure/Allocate Funding for Projects Step 5: Implement First Projects Step 6: Measure and Verify Step 7: Capture Savings Step 8: Implement More Projects
9. Plan for ActionMaximize Return on Investment A Planned Approach to Energy Cost Savings Step 1: Define Organizational Goals & Objectives Step 2: Conduct Energy Assessment Step 3: Conduct Financial Analysis Step 4: Secure/Allocate Funding for Projects Step 5: Implement First Projects Step 6: Measure and Verify Step 7: Capture Savings Step 8: Implement More Projects
10. Step 3: Conduct Financial Analysis What is your energy use breakdown? Source: Center for Sustainable Systems
11. Step 3: Conduct Financial Analysis What is your energy use breakdown? Use energy audit data to discover opportunities Focus on highest energy use areas Low Cost No-Brainers: Replace lighting t-12 to t-8 Incandescent to CFL/LED Turn up A/C 3-5° Turn down heat 3-5° Power strips off at night
14. Common Energy Savings Projects Engage your Employees! Regardless of company size, the ideas for cost savings, innovation and change will come from your employees
15. Step 4: Secure/Allocate Funding for Projects Get out more than you put in Budget Allocation Finance Grant Award Pay-as-you-save
16. Step 4: Secure/Allocate Funding for Projects Reinvest Savings Along the Way Use energy cost savings to fund additional projects
23. Summary Facility characteristics & uses are key factors Energy audit data helps prioritize Financial strategy requires planning & goals Staged implementation minimizes first costs Funding streams & financing vehicle vary Employees are vital resources for ideas Planning first yields better results
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Editor's Notes
With more than 16,000 members, the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) is a membership association of Northeast Ohio companies and organizations and one of the largest metropolitan chambers of commerce in the nation. Our organizational core includes our small-business partner, the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), a one-stop resource for our small-business member companies. COSE provides cost-effective group-purchasing programs, advocacy on legislative and regulatory issues, and resources focused on helping companies grow.Our HistoryThe Greater Cleveland Partnership was created in March 2004 by the consolidation of Cleveland Tomorrow, the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and their primary affiliates—COSE, the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition (NorTech), and the Commission on Economic Inclusion. Through this merger, the private sector is able to better allocate two of its most precious resources—dollars and committed leadership—toward creating a more vibrant economy in Northeast Ohio—as well as speak with one voice on behalf of job- and wealth-creation priorities locally, in Columbus, and in Washington, D.C.Our MissionThe Greater Cleveland Partnership mobilizes private-sector leadership, expertise and resources to create jobs and leverage investment to improve the economic vitality of the region.The efforts of COSE, the GCP’s small business partner, support the region’s small businesses and provide them with resources to achieve growth and success. About COSE: The Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) is the small business partner of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. COSE is the region’s largest small business support organization and provides cost-effective group purchasing programs, advocacy on legislative and regulatory issues, and networking and educational resources to help Northeast Ohio’s small businesses grow. With more than 17,000 members, COSE is a driving force in advocating for the priorities of Northeast Ohio’s small businesses. COSE has a long history of fighting for the rights of all small business owners, whether it’s through group purchasing programs in healthcare, workers’ compensation and energy or advocating for specific changes in legislation or regulation. As COSE enters its 37th year, it is positioned more than ever to take charge and fight for small business rights throughout our region, the state and across the nation.
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