This document summarizes an event promoting ComEd's Smart Ideas energy efficiency program. It provides an overview of the program's goals and incentives for upgrading lighting, HVAC systems, and other equipment. Case studies show the program has helped offices, warehouses, hospitals, and industrial plants upgrade their lighting and other systems, reducing energy use and paying back the investments in under three years on average. Attendees are encouraged to identify energy savings opportunities and work with Smart Ideas trade allies to complete projects and receive incentives.

1. Smart Ideas for Your Business ®
ASHRAE Chapter Meeting
Downers Grove, IL
May 10, 2011

2. Where Smart Ideas Started . . .
• Provides incentives for energy
efficiency upgrades and
equipment Smart Ideas Energy Efficiency Goals
• Part of Illinois energy legislation (MWh)
passed in 2007
1,000,000
• Program implemented by ComEd,
800,000
Ameren Illinois and the Illinois
600,000
Department of Commerce and
400,000
Economic Opportunity
200,000
• Fourth year of program begins
0
June 1 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012* 2013*
• Ratepayer funded program

3. How Ratepayer Funding Works
• Energy Efficiency
Programs charge on your
monthly bill
• Based on kWh usage
• How much are you
contributing?

4. Where the Energy Savings Come From
Smart Ideas kWh Savings
HVAC
Other
VSD 2%
9%
Refrigeration 5%
2%
Motors
6%
Lighting
76%

5. Who Receives Incentives from
Smart Ideas for Your Business?
Grocery
Warehouse Heavy Industry
2%
16% 17%
School/College
2% Hotel / Motel
Retail/Service
2%
12%
Restaurant
Light Industry
0%
Office 22%
14% Miscellaneous Medical
7% 6%
By kWh, 2008 to Present

6. Smart Ideas Helps You Become More Energy Efficient
• Prescriptive and custom
incentive program (KEMA)
• New construction program
(ECW)
• Retro-commissioning program;
compressed air studies (Nexant)
• Small Business program; under
Incentives
100 kw (Nexant, Franklin)
Services

7. Incentives
Prescriptive and Custom Incentives
Prescriptive Measures Custom Measures
“Off-the-shelf” equipment Tailored-for-you energy efficiency
retrofits, replacements and upgrades, such as:
upgrades: • Energy management systems
– Lighting
• Industrial process improvements
– HVAC
• And other efficiency
– VSDs
improvements not captured by
– Refrigeration
the prescriptive program
– Commercial kitchen/food
service equipment
– Controls and sensors
– Compressor retrofit to
100HP

8. Where Are Your Opportunities to
Improve Energy Efficiency?

9. Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Office Buildings
• Lighting Energy Use in Office Buildings
– Replace old overhead T12 tubes with more Other
Water
efficient T8s and electronic ballasts and 13%
save 35% of lighting energy use. Heating
1%
• HVAC/VSD Refrigeration Lighting
– Install VSDs on fans and compressors and 5% 39%
save 12-28%, depending on your Office
application.
Equipment
• Controls and sensors 15%
– Install occupancy sensors in storage areas
and meeting rooms and reduce energy use HVAC
45-65%. 27%
• Exit signs
– Replace incandescent exit signs with LED
exit signs and save about 300 kWh per
year per sign.
(Savings estimates based on average use.)

10. Office Buildings in the Smart Ideas Program
• Best Bet: Upgrade lighting and add Smart Ideas kWh Savings in
Office Buildings
occupancy sensors
HVAC
• Most popular projects: Installing new 3%
T8 or T5 fluorescent light fixtures
and upgrading incandescent exit
signs to LED exit signs
HVAC-VSD
• Average incentive: $10,616 Lighting 34%
62%
Over $8,500 in
estimated annual Motors
savings per project 1%

11. Case Study: LaSalle Income & Growth Fund III
and Jones Lang LaSalle
Measures Retro-
implemented: commissioning
Building size: 803,000 sq. ft.
Incentive amount: $74,713
Projected annual
755,400 kWh
energy savings:
Projected annual
$64,000
energy cost savings:
Total project cost: $28,300
Projected payback Less than six
period: months

12. Case Study: Merchandise Mart
Lighting and
Measures implemented:
VSDs on HVAC
Total project cost: $350,000
Projected annual energy
909,463 kWh
savings:
Incentives paid: $89,436
Payback period without
2.0 years
Smart Ideas incentive:
Payback period with Smart
1.6 years
Ideas incentive:

13. Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Healthcare
• Lighting
– Upgrade to more energy efficient Energy Use in Healthcare Facilities
lighting.
Other
– Install occupancy sensors in storage 14%
rooms and meeting rooms. Office Equipment
– Replace your incandescent exit signs 5%
with LED exit signs.
• ENERGY STAR® equipment and demand- Lighting
controlled ventilation in the kitchens Refrigeration
44%
3%
• Guest room energy management systems
– Occupancy sensor or key card controls
heating and AC.
• Medical compressed air HVAC
• Ice machines 34%
– ENERGY STAR® commercial ice
machines are on average 15% more
energy efficient than standard models.
(Savings estimates based on average use.)

14. Medical Facilities in the Smart Ideas Program
• Best Bet: Upgrade lighting, install Smart Ideas kWh Savings in
occupancy sensors Medical Facilities
• Most popular project: Upgrading HVAC-VSD
obsolete T12 fluorescent lighting to HVAC 10%
T8 or T5 fluorescent lighting 5%
• Average incentive: $16,494
Over $25,000 in
estimated annual
savings per project
Lighting
85%

15. Snapshots: Healthcare Facilities
A Hospital in the North Suburbs A Hospital in Chicago
• Specializes in emergency and • Operates kitchen 15 hours a day, seven
cardiac care, so lights are on 24/7 – days a week, to prepare food for 400
8,760 hours per year patients, 2,300 staff members plus
• Upgraded almost 3,000 obsolete visitors.
T12 fluorescent light fixtures to • Installed demand controlled ventilation
energy efficient T8 fluorescent system on kitchen exhaust and makeup
fixtures air fans
• Upgraded 90 exit signs to LEDs • Cost of running fans will drop by almost
• Project cost: $167,700 50%, and system also saves wear and
• Incentive: $48,500 tear on the fan motors.
• Projected annual savings: Over 1 • Keeping air conditioned and heated air in
million kWh the building will save another $4,700.
• Payback: 1.2 years • Project cost:$58,900
• Projected annual energy savings:
186,115 kWh
• Incentive:$9,000
• Payback:2.4 years

16. Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Warehouses
Energy Use in Warehouses
• Lighting
– Upgrade inefficient hi-bay lighting.
Cooling Ventilation
– Install occupancy sensors and other 8%
4%
controls to turn lights out when not
needed.
Lighting
– Look at outdoor and parking lot lighting, Heating 40%
including sensors and timers. 20%
– Install LED exit signs.
• Refrigeration
– In refrigerated warehouses, look at
refrigerated doors and cooler lighting. Other
Refrigeration
17%
11%

17. Warehouses in the Smart Ideas Program
• Best Bet: Upgrade lighting and Smart Ideas kWh Savings in
install occupancy sensors Warehouses
• Most popular project: Replacing HVAC
high-bay lighting with new T8 or T5 0.12%
fluorescent light fixtures and
installing occupancy sensors
• Average incentive: $16,983
Over $25,000 in
estimated annual
savings per project Lighting
99.88%

18. Snapshots: Warehouses
A new 208,000-sq.-ft. warehouse operating 24/5 (6,240 hours per year)
had built-in energy savings measures: 160 skylights and 280 T5
fixtures. For additional energy savings, the owners installed occupancy
sensors and daylight sensors on all 280 T5 fixtures.
The occupancy sensors reduced the hours of operation/year to 3,750,
and the daylight sensors further reduced hours of operation/year to
3,000.
Installing the sensors cost just under $10,000 and saved 79,466 kWh
per year. With a $4,877 incentive from ComEd’s Smart Ideas for Your
Business program, the project paid for itself in seven months.

19. Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Industry
• Improve common plant systems Energy Use in Industry
such as motors, compressed air Facility lighting Other
and process cooling. 6% 7%
• Control HVAC with an energy Process cooling
and refrigeration
management system. 7%
• Check the lights:
Electro-chemical
– Replace old fluorescent and processes Machine drive
8% 52%
incandescent lighting with T-8s
or another energy-efficient
Facility HVAC
lighting system. 9%
– Maximize task lighting, Process heating
daylight, and use of occupancy 11%
sensors.

20. Industrial Facilities in the Smart Ideas Program
Smart Ideas kWh Savings in
• Best Bets: Lighting, compressed air Industrial Facilities
• Most popular project: Replacing
Chiller
inefficient lighting with new T8 or T5 VSD 1% Other
fluorescent light fixtures and Process 2% 3%
installing occupancy sensors 5%
Compressed air
• Average incentive: $36,437 13%
Refrigeration
3%
Almost $25,000 in Motors
0%
estimated annual HVAC
Lighting
savings per project 3%
70%

21. Case Study: Ford Motor Company
Measures implemented: Lighting
Total project cost: $212,800
Projected annual energy
1,184,582 kWh
savings:
Incentives paid: $90,685
Payback period without Less than 3
Smart Ideas incentive: years
Payback period with
2 years
Smart Ideas incentive:

22. Case Study: Armacell Plant
Measures implemented: Chiller retrofit
Total project cost: $248,523
Projected annual energy
1,596,269 kWh
savings:
Incentives paid: $100,000
Payback period without
2.4 years
Smart Ideas incentive:
Payback period with
1.7 years
Smart Ideas incentive:

23. Case Study: Tribune Direct
Measures implemented: Compressed air
Total project cost: $116,942
Projected annual energy
495,102 kWh
savings:
Incentives paid: $34,597
Payback period without
2.28 years
Smart Ideas incentive:
Payback period with
1.16 years
Smart Ideas incentive:

24. How to Cash In

25. 1 Reserve your cash
2 Do project
3 Get paid

26. Next Steps . . .
What can our resource team do to help you
leverage Smart Ideas for Your Business
incentive opportunities to get some of your
projects done?
What projects starting soon could take
advantage of this program?

27. Smart Ideas Trade Allies
• Independent businesses with
Smart Ideas experience and
training
• Trade Allies can help you:
– Identify opportunities
– Select, purchase and install
equipment
– Manage your project
– Complete and submit your
paperwork
www.comed.com/TradeAllyDirectory

28. For Answers to Your Questions . . .
• For general program information
and application forms:
www.ComEd.com/BizIncentives
• Questions about eligibility,
specifications, how to fill out
applications, finding a trade ally,
and anything else:
ComEdSmartIdeas@KEMA.com
(888) 806-2273
Fax: 1-630-480-3436

29. Thank You!