Expert in Energy Efficiency, Natural Gas Transportation Services, Industrial Technology & Transfer, Electric, Water, Telecom

Available for your Consulting, audits and Expert Witness Needs

Expertise Description:

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FACILITY-WIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS. Expert has performed over 100 studies on facility energy efficiency. He has conducted more than 20 field tests involving the monitoring of equipment and then documented the performance of these systems. He has been called on to help clients with process and equipment selection, which often involves process retrofitting with advanced technologies. He evaluates capital purchases based on a lease/buy/rebuild decision analysis.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. Expert has coordinated the transition of new technologies from the laboratory to field demonstration, and then to commercial availability and marketing. He founded a trade organization dedicated to technology transfer in the metalworking industry. Expert developed co-operative programs involving industry, government, and academia. He provided the organizational, managerial, and marketing skills needed to start-up the trade group, successfully submitted matching grant proposals, and was awarded matching funds. He signed a "Space Act Agreement" with NASA to transfer advanced industrial sensor technology.
MARKETING RESEARCH. Expert conducted market research relating to new industrial technologies. He studied market entry strategies, price sensitivity, competitive analysis, and barriers to market introduction and penetration. He developed and successfully launched several new technology ventures involving the design, development, and implementation of business and marketing plans and programs.
TECHNICAL MARKETING. In a related area, Expert has been deeply involved with marketing of new products, technologies, and services using state-of-the-art marketing database programs and techniques. He has played an active role in advertising, public relations, sales, sales training, trade shows, publications, focus groups, and group presentations.
MARKETING SOFTWARE. As an authorized marketing partner for a leading marketing database software application, Expert is proficient in the adaptation and customization of marketing software for specific industry or marketing applications.
NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION. Expert managed the start-up of a natural gas marketing company where he was responsible for marketing and sales of natural gas transported via interstate and intrastate pipelines to the customer burner tip. He was involved with natural gas purchasing, customer nomination, and account balancing, tracking, and reporting.
Energy Savers electricity demand analysts are experts at unraveling the mystery behind energy use in commercial facilities. Before a lighting upgrade, Good Energy identifies existing conditions and gathers all the data required to make an analysis leading to an informed recommendation regarding custom upgrades designed to save money.

ELECTRICITY DEMAND MANAGEMENT

We analyze power consumption trends to advise our customers how to reduce their power costs. Some of the services we offer include real-time electricity load monitoring to help identify power consumption problems and lighting retrofit analysis and implementation to reduce the amount of electricity consumed in a facility. We can also offer building mechanical systems analysis to ensure the most efficient use of electricity at your business.

Reducing Electrical Costs for
Industrial & Commercial Facilities

We are the leader in providing comprehensive intelligent energy management systems for industrial and commercial applications. Powerit Solutions can help your company manage energy usage, gain control over costly peak demand spikes, and realize significant energy cost savings without compromising production, safety, or quality.
Nothing Pays Like Experience.
Our technology is already producing savings with thousands of installations in industries with traditionally high energy demands. View case studies that show how we’ve helped our customers save hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy costs.
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How Does It Work?
We use our innovative hardware/software technologies Spara EMS™ to intelligently manage energy usage within a facility. We slash energy expenses for our customers by uniquely combining three proven strategies for reducing energy costs and managing consumption. By implementing energy efficiency, regulating costly demand charges, and enabling demand response participation, Powerit Solutions’ energy management system provides customized solutions with proven results.

Energy Services

ES engineering staff can provide valuable services on a per hour or per project basis:

• Measurement and Verification
• Use and Cost Reporting and Forecasting
• Energy Cost Allocation
• Energy Management
• Project Management
• Utility Marketing Support
• Renewable Power Assessment
• On-site power Generation

ES staff has years of experience in developing and implementing energy management and conservation programs. ES can assist in developing budgets, targets and implementation strategies to get the most bang for the buck (kW and/or kWh reduction). ES was selected by the City to develop the I.D.E.A.S. Program (Innovative Design and Efficiency Assessment Service) due to our proven expertise in energy management. The program allowed designers and builders to forecast various energy efficiency measures that they could incorporate into their designs and predict the value achieved in reduced operating expense.

Water Audit & Conservation

• Conducting water audits, benchmark setting, evaluation of process efficiency levels.
• Explore potential for water conservation measures
• Providing water & wastewater treatment solutions
• Assistance in Implementation, post-implementation monitoring (optional)
• Water audit and conservation studies

Water Demand Management
Water demand management and conservation aims to conserve water quality and quantity by controlling demand.

Conservation Pricing

Water is an increasingly valuable commodity. Whereas some parts of the country have historically recognized the value of water (the arid Southwest), other parts of the country where water has typically been plentiful are having supply issues due to population growth and environmental factors. As a result, more utilities are implementing programs to ensure that water is used as efficiently as possible. Many of these utilities have found that conservation pricing is integral to the success of their overall conservation program. The inclusion of a pricing component ensures that customers are receiving the appropriate financial signal that discretionary water use comes at a higher unit price.
RFC has significant expertise and experience in developing conservation-oriented rates and rate structures. Potential benefits of conservation pricing include delaying costly infrastructure expansions and enhanced environmental stewardship. Since each utility’s conservation objectives are different, there are a number of different rate structures that can be implemented to promote conservation. In order to establish and implement a conservation rate structure, it is necessary to:
•   Understand the conservation and financial objectives of the utility;
•   Identify costs associated with peak usage;
•   Develop appropriate consumption level cut-offs for identifying the usage that is surcharged; and
•   Estimate consumption that will be subject to the surcharge.
There are challenges associated with each of these tasks. For example, it can be very difficult to accurately estimate consumption because one of the goals of a conservation rate structure is to change consumption patterns. Since we have had the opportunity to assist a number of utilities in implementing conservation rate structures, we are well aware of the challenges and how to overcome them. One advanced approach to addressing the consumption challenge that RFC has successfully employed is the use of risk modeling to assess the potential for revenue variability associated with conservation rates.
WANT TO PAY LESS FOR YOUR TELECOM EXPENSES?
Telecom and data-com charges are a major expense for most organizations. But if you have the knowledge and know where to look for overcharges and inefficiencies, telecom is also the area where you can realize significant savings. Working with an experienced telecom consultant can make the process easier.
Why a telecom consultant is a good investment

Telecom bills are voluminous, specialized, and confusing. They are comprised of myriad coding details and pricing programs for a wide range of services including local, long distance, broadband, data, paging, cellular, and also includes maintenance services and various taxes and tariffs. An experienced specialist can help get results by accurately checking all invoices, finding billing errors worth pursuing and following up to get refunds from carriers.

Most Telecom Bills Contain Errors

Accepting telecom bills at face value can be an expensive decision for your organization. Recent industry surveys show that that telecom overcharging is rampant and that the amount of overcharges can be significant -- anywhere from 8-15%.   Since the average company spends 5-10% of its operating on telecom bills, the dollar amounts can be considerable. Even a small company with $200,000 in annual telecom expenses could be missing an opportunity to deliver an extra $20,000 to their bottom line each year!

Hire a Telecom Consultant

If your telecom bills contain overcharges, you are entitled to a refund. But your carrier is not going to help lower your bill, you will have to find the errors and present them yourself. That’s why you need an experienced consultant to lower your telecom bills.

Moving or Re-Organizing your Company?

If your company is moving or has recently undergone a merger or acquisition, or is managing multiple vendors and contracts for its telecommunication services, you are in a good position to realize significant cost savings.

Energy Savers Consulting Gets Results

Energy Savers Consulting has been reducing telecom and data-com bills for its clients since 1990.  Energy Savers gets results because we are specialists in managing telecom expenses and have many years of experience honing their skills. The average Energy Savers Consulting analyst has over 20 years of experience. Because our analysts are experienced and know what to look for, they can efficiently evaluate your invoices and find expensive errors. Energy Savers estimates that clients will generally save $2 dollars for every $1 spent on auditing and renegotiating services. However many clients have realized much higher ROIs, for example, one recent client spent $60,000 and saved over $2 million in telecom bills over a 3-year period!

Energy Savers Consulting Services offers a range of services to meet the needs of any organization, large or small. Services can range from project work such as telecom audit and bill review, contract negotiations, dispute resolution, and telecom service evaluation. However, Energy Savers also regularly performs ongoing services such as monthly bill paying and outsourcing key personnel to provide clients with specially trained telecom experts to help control their telecom costs.

CALL FOR FREE TELECOM COST ANALYSIS

If you think that your telecom bills are too high, call or email today for a free one-hour evaluation and analysis. You will speak to an experienced telecom specialist who will ask you questions about your telecom system, provide you with a high-level review and suggestions about how telecom outsourcing can mean immediate savings.

To receive more free information about Telecom Consulting Services or to arrange for a free Telecom Analysis, please call 818-853-2300, email renewableenergy2@msn.com

The Audit Process

Our process involves the following stages. Throughout the process the client is kept abreast of our progress and a detailed report and analysis are presented prior to implementation of any claims or account changes.
1) Commencing The Analysis; Obtaining Information.
In this stage we obtain your utility account history detail from either the utility or the client. We also discover information about the facilities as needed. ES will obtain billing histories directly from the utilities using a Letter of Agency, as possible.
2) Performing the Analysis.
We then enter the data in to usable formats which can then be used to set billing parameters which indicate the need for further investigation. Using our proprietary software program, we develop hourly load profiles and review the cost under various alternative rate structures and operational scenarios. Experimental rates and programs are also evaluated. Further analysis, if warranted, is then performed and individually verified. In addition, ES researches current PUC programs and former PUC precedents to look for additional opportunities which you may benefit from.
3) Review of Past Charges and Optimizing Pricing
ES will also recalculate all billing that is suspect to verify charges. We attempt to verify meter read accuracy, demand charges, misapplied discounts and allowances, unapplied credits, power factor adjustments, and taxes. ES will review the applicability of tariffs for possible misclassification by the utilities. ES will review all overcharges to develop claims for refunds for the full length of term allowed by law that the overcharge may have occurred. We will discuss your case and negotiate with the utilities as needed. ES, at our discretion, will proceed to file complaints against the utility before the Public Utilities Commission for any unresolved issue.
4) Recommendations and Supplier Interaction
ES will draft all letters to the utility to activate any tariff changes. Your company personnel merely have to copy them on to letterhead sign and return them to us. ES will follow up the utilities and monitor the savings. We can also directly negotiate with your supplier or their affiliate and any available alternate suppliers for advantaged pricing. All suppliers will be ranked not only for price, but also for their stability and performance guarantees. ES assures that any alternate supplier chosen will not result in any reduction of quality of service.
5) Continued Review of Best Available Pricing
ES will continually review the national regulatory environment to identify any lower cost supplier, tariff, contract, programs or other means to reduce the operating cost to your company. This review will be periodic and dependent upon a number of factors including changes at the site (i.e. expansion, change in operating hours, etc.), by the vendor utility or incumbent supplier, changes in the industry or changes in regulatory matters.

Contact Us

Interested in our services?
Please feel free to contact us at:
9420 Reseda Bl., Unit 274
Northridge, California 91324
Tel: 818-854-2300
Fax: 818-366-6999
Please note than utility invoices must be greater than
$20,000 per month for contingency based audits.

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"Paying for utility costs without using a Utility Auditor and Monitor is like driving a car at night with the lights turned off"

Clean Technology Consulting

With the complex range of clean technologies available today, our team can save you time by independently researching the costs, financing options, and payoffs of each. For example we can help you obtain bids for:

• Solar, wind, or geothermal installations• Energy management systems and building management software • Wastewater treatment and methane capture systems• Energy efficiency upgrades, including lighting retrofits and HVAC
  optimization• Fuel cell and co-generation installations • Bio diesel procurement • Fleet and warehouse logistics systems • Intermodal shipping options, including transport by rail.

Energy Savers Helps Hotels, Other Facilities Decrease Operating Expenses.

Energy Savers Water Conservation - Water Audit Service

Energy Savers Water Audit Service provides facilities with a comprehensive review of their current water use, and helps a hotel operator or building engineer evaluate how much water a property can save. The service includes rigorous inspections, tests, and measurements and culminates with a detailed report that includes cost analysis and ROI modeling.

"We provide the client with a complete audit report and water conservation plan, which includes recommended corrective measures to save water," said Energy Savers "When appropriate, our plans include specific retrofit recommendations, and in most cases, result in an almost immediate payback, often with a double-digit ROI for the property." The service helps hotel operators and facilities managers conserve water and energy and reduce operating expenses.

The service evolved from customer demand. One of Energy Savers Healthcare customers asked if the company could help them discover the cause of a recent spike in water use. They did. Energy Savers work ultimately helped the customer save more than 5 million gallons of water, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in utility and sewer expenses, per year. Energy Savers now markets the service and has completed projects for both major healthcare concerns in California, Illinois and healthcare operators across the United States. The company's work-load continues to expand, and it has several new projects in the pipeline.