Energy

Consider creating an online account with your utility. With this service you can track your bills and quickly look up how much energy you are using. When you implement an energy efficiency practice or a renewable energy technology this information will help you identify how much money you have saved. 

New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program (“NJCEP”) offers a FREE benchmarking service that assesses the energy performance of your facilities compared to similar buildings.  Click here to learn more about how to get started. 

Example Action: Provide results from your facility’s benchmarking study.

Go to NJCEP to find out more about getting an audit for your facility. Energy audits will evaluate energy use in your building. It will result in a report that lists recommendations on what and how to make your building more energy efficient. A good auditor should also be able to help direct you to resources to help make those upgrades more affordable, including incentives available from NJCEP and some utilities.

At the NJCEP website you can find an approved professional company to perform an energy audit. Following your audit, you should receive a report including an evaluation of the following: 

• Building Shell 
• HVAC (Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) and Other Systems 
• Office and Industrial Equipment 
• Lighting 

Example Action: Provide results from your facility’s energy audit. Describe actions you will implement to reduce energy. 

Smaller businesses may be able to take the express path to energy savings by participating Direct Install Program run by their energy provider. Direct Install provides a turnkey solution for small- to medium-sized facilities designed to help cut energy costs by making it easy and affordable to replace outdated operation equipment with energy-efficiency alternatives. The program pays up to 70-80 percent of eligible energy-efficiency measures. Click here to learn more. 

Larger businesses that don’t qualify for the Direct Install Program should consider Engineered Solutions Program and to look at different incentive programs offered by NJCEP . These NJCEP incentives rely on a network of program partners to implement efficiency projects.

Don’t forget to contact your utility they may have additional programs and/or incentives that you may be eligible for. 

Potential Funding: Check the NJ Clean Energy ‘s New Construction Program, Direct Install Program , and Presciptive and Custom Programs through utility provider. for funding.

Example Action: Reserach different inventive programs to achieve energy savings.

• Invest in energy efficient equipment and appliances. Look for the ENERGYSTAR symbol when buying office equipment. If you are looking at any water related equipment, look for the Watersense symbol. Energy efficient computers, monitors, and other office equipment. 
• Invest in tankless water heaters.
• Install variable frequency drives on pumps, fans, and motors where applicable. 
• Upgrade to more efficient and properly-sized electric motors – Use the U.S. Dept of Energy’s MotorMaster Tool to choose the most efficient motor  
• Consolidate office equipment. Use high-speed printers or multi-function networked copiers that can be used as printers to reduce the number of printers in your office. 
• Consolidate use of small appliances (microwaves, toaster, coffee pots, mini-fridges, etc.) by using larger more energy-efficient appliances in break rooms. 
• Install power strips to allow employees to easily control “phantom” power loads from chargers for laptops and other electronic devices or simply instruct employees to unplug when not in use. 
• Improve efficiency of computer servers by consolidating and using virtualization software that optimizes IT assets. Use PC management software that allows software patches to be performed without being left on all night and power management software or power saving modes on computers. 
• Use energy management software to turn off vending machines and other equipment when not in use. 

Resources: Check out ENERGYSTAR’s guide for office equipment and their Low Carbon IT Campaign. 

Example Action:  Describe measures taken to improve the energy efficiency of your facility and include results (e.g. kWh, Therms or gallons of fuel reduced) and costs savings where available. 

• Replace incandescent lighting with energy efficient fluorescent lighting and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other energy efficient lighting. Replace all T-12 fluorescent lighting with energy efficiency T-8 or T-5 fixtures and install LED exit signs.
• Install motion sensors, timers, manual dimmers or or automatic daylight dimming controls.
• Maximize use of natural light (windows, skylights and solar tubes) and use task lighting where extra lighting is needed.

Example Action: Describe measures taken to improve the energy efficiency of your facility and include results (e.g. kWh reduced) and costs savings where available.

Having your empoloyees be onboard and engaged with energy conservation is one of the best ways to save energy. Check out the follow resources to help train your employees on conservation practices:

• Energy Star’s Employee Education Kit
• How to engage employees in saving energy at work

Example Action: Describe educational program and actions implemented to train employees and results (e.g. kWh, Therms or gallons of fuel reduced) and costs savings where available. 

Several NJ utilities offer their own energy efficiency programs and others have features that supplement NJCEP program offerings, including some no-interest on bill repayment programs. Some electric companies may have demand response opportunities to help you manage your peak load or special renewable energy programs. 

Interested in finding out? Check out their websites or give them a call. 

Electric
Atlantic City Electric: 1-800-642-3780 
Jersey Central Power & Light: 1-800-662-3115 
Orange Rockland Electric: 1-877-434-4100 
PSE&G: 1-800-436-7734 
Gas
Elizabethtown Gas: 1-800-242-5830 
New Jersey Natural Gas: 1-877-455-NJNG (6564) or https://savegreen.com/ 
PSE&G: 1-800-436-7734 
South Jersey Gas: 1-888-766-9900 

Example Action:  Describe what program and resrrouces you are using with your utility company and report results (e.g. kWh, Therms or gallons of fuel reduced) and costs savings where available. 

• NJ Clean Energy Program – Solar Energy 
• State and local incentives for renewable energy  
• https://dep.nj.gov/cleanenergy/incentives/ 
• Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) – Funding for Farmers

Example Action: Describe renewable energy systems installed at your facility and include results (e.g. kWh generated) and cost savings where available. Describe type of renewable energy contract or credits purchased and include amount (e.g. kWh) where available.