by AF 0816 h3 — August 21, 2009—TAC by Schneider Electric, the building management and energy services business of Schneider Electric, and its nationwide partner affiliates, now offer building owners TAC EnergyEdge. This comprehensive energy-savings program is designed to reduce facility operating costs, improve building performance and environments, and increase employee productivity. The program helps building operators better meet their business mission, realize sustainable operating cost reductions, and meet environmental responsibilities.
The TAC EnergyEdge program includes a professional energy audit and comprehensive facility analysis to discover energy saving opportunities. A trained energy engineer studies a building’s operations and energy use and devises targeted energy conservation measures (ECMs) that deliver tangible results with fast payback. The program includes a focus on areas to address business problems and high energy use, backed by monitoring and support services to ensure performance and sustain energy reductions. Typically, a return on investment is realized between two and five years.
The most common and practical ECMs are grouped in six general categories: building automation, lighting, mechanical equipment, electrical, building envelope and water measures. The results of a thorough energy audit of a facility determine which ECMs are most applicable to a given building and the payback period for each. TAC also trains building operators and staff to run the facility in a more energy-efficient manner.
According to TAC EnergyEdge, a building’s environment can directly impact worker productivity and customer comfort and that regaining from one percent to two percent in staff productivity could offset a company’s entire energy budget.
Because aging, inefficient equipment costs companies worldwide billions of dollars a year in maintenance and energy, an important component of TAC EnergyEdge is to help building operators to upgrade their old equipment. TAC EnergyEdge projects often pay, or more than pay, for themselves with targeted energy savings. TAC also helps customers take advantage of incentives from government, utilities or other authorities for energy projects. The result is improved building performance, long-term savings, and reduced maintenance costs. In addition, the building operator becomes a “greener” company and projects a better public image.
The TAC LEED AP program is only available to TAC partners who are exclusively representing TAC’s building automation solutions. In order to receive the TAC EnergyEdge program, qualified partner companies must have a minimum of one LEED Accredited Professional (AP) or CEM (Certified Energy Manager) on staff.
To help TAC partners achieve this requirement, TAC previously extended training programs for partner employees that covered all the necessary fees and provided study materials, including a step-by-step guide to help participants prepare for and pass either the LEED AP or CEM exam. Partner companies are then required to submit a business plan and attend an introductory TAC EnergyEdge workshop.
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