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OUR STORY

Since 1986, APenergy has become the best utility incentive management company for industrial manufacturing. We provide long-term solutions for manufacturing as an independent and brand-neutral technical consulting firm. Our Energy-first approach helps customers improve their energy using systems and reduce costs. From discovery through implementation, we monetize funding solutions to reduce customers’ financial risk and out-of-pocket costs.

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Working with your associates, we implemented the air energy conservation plan. The result is a $158,000 per year cost savings.

We have implemented the programs where we are now running only two (2) of the four (4) air compressors when we run the mill and packaging lines. This is phenomenal when you consider that it took up to four (4) compressors in the past to do the same thing.

Your audit already resulted in substantial improvements in our compressed air system. A new dryer had been specified for the actual operating conditions. The old dryers were not designed for the conditions they were being used. Also the distribution piping has been revised and the storage added. The control system has been budgeted for this year. The projected energy savings is well in to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.

This award is to acknowledge your hard work, dedication and many hours of voluntary effort in developing the curriculums and implementation strategy for the Compressed Air Challenge Training Program.

With the audit by Air Power USA, we have reduced our energy bill for compressed air by 74%. Our new compressor that was recommended in the audit is performing great. Whenever we have had a follow-up question about any compressed air issue, Air Power USA’s staff are always helpful in getting us the answer. We were so pleased with their program that we helped recruit another plant to participate.

We had Air Power USA come in and do a compressed air survey. The initial findings pointed to some issues that we were not aware of. We are in the process of forming a plan to address these issues. Everyone here was very impressed with Air Power USA’s crew. The preliminary report turned on a lot of “light bulbs” in people’s heads. We should have done this, years ago. It would have saved us the cost of a new compressor and so much electricity that it boggles my mind. If anyone has a doubt in their mind whether to do the survey or not, I would say do it. They can see things that even pipe fitters and engineers don’t see. Save your company money, too. If anyone has, questions contact me.

You guys did an outstanding job.

Short and long term projects to reduce our daily operating costs and compressed air horsepower requirements.

To inform you of your selection as an Engineering Partner in Excellence Award winner. This very special recognition is for your tremendous efforts supporting the Compressed air Optimization program. Your contributions have been very important to us.

After the seminar and plant assessment … I fully expected to hear that I had to spend millions of dollars and thousands of hours to achieve any kind of savings. To my amazement, the action plan to reduce air consumption involved a relatively small amount of money but plenty of projected payback. The plan, which was laid out to be completed in various stages over an 11/2 to 2 year period and, costs about $45,000. The plant was completed in January 1997. Since then I have been comparing utility bills from last year to this year and we have an annual savings of $80,000. This savings is in utilities only and does not include labor, materials, or projected PM cost savings of shutting off the 200 HP compressor.

The review of our compressed air system by Air Power USA has been a great help to Air Industries. We are under a “supplier mandate” to reduce our production costs by 10% over the next three years. The savings of more the $100,000 that we gain from improving our compressed air system (about half of our current cost) will help us achieve this goal. Quite frankly, without Air Power USA’s, efforts, it is unlikely we would have captured any of these savings.

Air Power USA has really performed at our plant in El Monte. By implementing 14 of the audit recommendations, we expect to cut our electric bill by $400,000 and our electric demand by more than 500 kW. As part of another energy program, the KEMA – XENERGY team also reduced our energy cost by a similar amount at our Madera plant served by PG&E In the Madera project, savings levels projected in the audit report were within 1% of the actual savings level achieved. We have confidence that Air Power USA will deliver the project energy savings projected for El Monte.

The amount of value that one can create by saving energy here is immense. But limited know how and proven business models, have been holding us back. Anyway, I just wanted to write to you and thank you for sharing your expertise! It has truly been helpful.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

Optimal energy efficiency in your facility is the result of continuous improvement. We are technical experts that help you start down the right path on a strategic energy management program.

With unbiased insights and cost-effective strategies, our energy efficiency experts reduce your energy consumption without sacrificing the product quality or production uptime. With our unique navigation of utility incentive programs, we can typically offer our services without charging your facilities a dime.

Energy Analysis

On-site & Remote Energy efficiency inspections to create a portfolio of opportunities at each facility. ASHREA level 1, 2, and 3 compliant studies suited to the local utility standard. Detailed financial analysis is performed for each opportunity based on site-specific operating cost savings and the customer’s investment criteria. Our approach guarantees the support needed to justify project implementation.

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Implementation

We provide turn-key implementation solutions to efficiently implement projects that are technically sound, reduce energy, and support facility objectives to improve performance. We take on projects anywhere in the process from project identification through procurement and verification of impact.

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Utility Incentives

We can fund up to 20-100% of your project with the right energy-efficient incentives. Our energy efficiency consulting team understands the rules of utility incentives and how to operate within them. Rather than searching for the right program for your project, work with a nationally recognized service provider to streamline incentive acquisition.

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WHY OUR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSULTANTS
ARE DIFFERENT

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INDEPENDENT & BRAND NEUTRAL

Optimal energy efficiency in your facility is the result of continuous improvement. We are technical experts that help you start down the right path on a strategic energy management program.

We have chosen to remain independent and brand neutral so our solutions are the most economical for our clients. Our core service is energy consulting and our efficiency consultants are super talented in implementing the systems.

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CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

No facility is the same, and we don’t offer a packaged solution. Each facility is a clean slate, with new opportunities and new avenues for unique improvements. We become an extension of your internal technical staff by paying personal attention to your project planning, implementation, and completion. Our mission is to manage energy consumption while meeting production objectives of industrial clients.

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TRADE ALLY NETWORK

Our 35+ years of industrial assessments have fostered relationships with implementers all over the continental US. This is a direct benefit of working directly with facilities’ preferred vendors, and we are now in the unique position to offer those relationships to clients, filling in gaps to better manage the clients’ objectives.

TECHNOLOGIES WE ADDRESS

We provide support over a wide range of technologies and industrial systems. Our utility incentive management success extends well beyond traditional Energy Savings Projects to cover Plant Expansions, New Production Lines, New Industrial Processes, and most any project being considered in a plant’s capital budget plan.

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

Each person is a specialized energy efficiency consultant at APenergy and helps manufacturers and industrial facilities improve their energy performance and pay for it through utility incentives and funding. We don’t sell or install equipment, but we have established connections with trusted vendors that do. We work with individual facilities or multi-plant organizations.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY SUCCESS STORIES

Read about how we’re helping our clients achieve their carbon-reduction and energy productivity goals. Provided at the link is a series of case studies showcasing practical solutions we have implemented. Through these case studies, we aim to show the breadth of industrial systems we serve, and analyze the strategies employed to address them. These case studies serve as valuable illustrations of our work and our hands-on approach to energy efficiency improvements.

OUR AWARDS

These awards represent our exceptional individuals and the hard work they have contributed to us at APenergy. Here, we celebrate the fortitude, innovation, and unwavering dedication of our employees. Take a look at the finest praises we have received, emphasizing our dedication to improving energy efficiency for industrial manufacturing.

2020

COMED INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICE PROVIDER – MOST SAVINGS ACHIEVED

2019

COMED EXCELLENCE AS AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICE PROVIDER

2018

COMED EXCELLENCE AS AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICE PROVIDER

2017

MOST COMPREHENSIVE COMMERCIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY TRADE ALLY AWARD

2014

TOP PERFORMER AWARD

2013

EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AWARD

FAQ

What services does APenergy provide?

Technical assessment, system troubleshooting, project implementation support, project incentive management and funding, monitoring and tracking systems, incentive management for capital projects and plant expansions, corporate programs for benchmarking and annual energy initiatives.

What does Brand Neutral mean?

For us, this means that APenergy does not sell equipment. We take an independent, impartial assessment of your facility and work with your recommended implementers to develop energy-efficient projects. However, if the facility does not have a preferred vendor, APenergy has preferred trade allies located all over the US to assist in the implementation process.

How does my capital project cost me $0 to implement?

Many of our recommended projects can be implemented with little to no capital costs. We work towards that goal because of the ever-restricting corporate budgets being allocated. Even projects upwards of $10K typically require a corporate budget approval. Developing utility funding options, as well prioritizing focus on projects the facility wants to implement, APenergy is typically able to keep these decisions at the facility level, quickly improving implementation timelines and maintaining a low, up-front cost.

What creative funding options do you have expertise in?

ESA
Operating leases
EFA
Off Balance Financing
PPA
Fixed-price energy supply

What types of projects does APenergy manage?

APenergy started as a compressed air industry expert, focusing on implementing compressed air-related projects with our in-house expertise. Now, APenergy maximizes its trade ally network to implement and manage incentives for all types of industrial projects including but not limited to: lighting, HVAC, vacuum, process cooling, process improvement, plant expansions, hydraulic and pumping systems, thermal insulation, and variable frequency drives.

Where does APenergy work?

We primarily focus on US manufacturing with focus localities that vary year-to-year.

We have an ongoing project, is there any reason to get APenergy involved?

Many programs have specific rules about what is referred to as a free rider. These are projects that would occur or are occurring, regardless of their utility benefit, and therefore the project is ineligible for Utility incentives. This is exactly why it’s best to get APenergy involved as early as possible to verify eligibility prior to starting the project. The specifics are different for each utility program and having APenergy involved with a low/no-cost walkthrough to assess eligibility is always a good idea.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSULTANTS

OUR STORY

CLIENTS WHO TRUST US

CUSTOMER REMARKS

OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

WHY OUR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSULTANTS
ARE DIFFERENT