
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE BACKED BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Hank van Ormer founded Air Power USA in 1986 as a technical consulting company specializing in compressed air systems. Hank had a significant role in establishing the Compressed Air Challenge Program – a program designed to educate engineers and technicians the principles of compressed air systems. Hank’s approach emphasizes transparent analytics and economic evaluation, with a commitment to remaining independent and brand neutral. Before the 2000s, manufacturing facilities paid for studies directly to get a sense of their compressed air use. With the dawn of data analytics and sensors available to make long-term trends the environment changed. Air Power USA adapted to collaborate with electric utilities, focusing on the energy efficiency principles of our surveys.
Today, over 70% of revenues come from utility incentive programs based on verified savings. Maintaining the transparent, brand neutral approach and providing the services on a performance basis resonated well with manufacturing facilities. Recently, Air Power USA took up the tradename, APenergy, to reposition to our energy-centric approach to various energy-using systems and now provide turnkey solutions, covering System Assessment, Project Implementation, and Funding Solutions. The expertise in Utility Incentive Management has become a clear asset for industrial manufacturing to reduce stress on companies’ limited capital budgets.
- • ENERGY ANALYSIS AND AUDITS
- • PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSULTING
- • UTILITY INCENTIVES AND FUNDING
WHY COMPANIES CHOOSE APENERGY
We’ve earned the title of an industry leader by helping a multitude of facilities and plants, large and small, save substantial amounts of money by reducing their energy costs, boosting production quality, or both. Our team of experts offer practical solutions backed by our years of experience and the results we’ve seen in the past.
We chose to remain independent and brand-neutral because our first priority belongs to the customer. We base our consulting and recommendations on what works best for you and what will deliver the optimal results.
ACTIVE CLIENTS
OUR HISTORY
1985
DECEMBER 5TH, 1985 – APENERGY WAS INCORPORATED
APenergy was founded in 1986 by our president, H.P. “Hank” van Ormer, to meet a growing demand for expert counsel on ways to improve production and reduce electric power costs of compressed air systems. We are not a compressor dealer. We are practical, down-to-earth compressed air consultants, not “blue sky” theorists.
1990
DECEMBER 5TH, 1985 – APENERGY WAS INCORPORATED
• Initial compressed air study completed for the department of defense, culminating and reviews of 15 sites. • Industry Award from Compressed Air Challenge, U.S. Department of Energy. • Identified our largest compressed air leak to date. • APenergy adds project implementation support to its services.
1998
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE
Partners in Excellence from Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories.
1999
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS
Comprehensive review of compressed air systems in more than 30 GM plants from 1999-2000.
2000
IMPROVING COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE: A SOURCEBOOK FOR INDUSTRY
From 2000-2003 Hank Van Ormer worked with Bill Scales in key advisory role for the publication of “Improving Compressed Air System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry” – The NREL sourcebook for the DOE’s Industrial Technologies Office
2002
UTILITY PROGRAMS
APenergy moves strongly into working within utility programs to fund and develop compressed air studies. This is a result of traditional customers having fewer resources available for efficiency improvements.
2007
PROPRIETARY MODELING SOFTWARE
Developed proprietary modeling software for modeling and report automation from 2007-2014.
2008
60 AUDITS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
From 2008-2012 we completed 60 Audits throughout California which represented our first concentrated utility program blitz.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE BACKED BY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Take a deep dive into our case studies of past work along with the awards and recognition we’ve earned over the years. Learn more about the difference APenergy can make in your operations.