Commercial energy audits for Holy Cross Energy business customers

Holy Cross Energy offers its business customers
two energy audit options:

• A complimentary limited-scope energy audit
• A 20 percent commercial efficiency grant to help
  pay for a engineering-grade energy audit

Complimentary limited-scope audit

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Craig Tate is the commercial energy efficiency manager for Holy Cross Energy. In his 19 years of work at Holy Cross, he has conducted more than 500 commercial energy audits and about 5,000 residential energy audits. Tate is also a certified building aalyst through the Boulding Performance Institute. He will provide a limited energy audit, using an infrared camera if appropriate, for any commercial-scale customer of Holy Cross Energy.

The audit takes about 90 minutes, and should be attended by the building’s operations manager or custodian as well as the building owner or decision-maker. The audit is generally focused on three aspects of electrical usage.

• Building envelope: walls, ceiling, windows, floor and basement (tied to cooling load and furnace fan or pump load)
• Building mechanical system: heating, water heating, small appliances, lighting and refrigeration
• Building controls: thermostat, switches, sensors and timers

After the audit, Tate will send out a written audit report of his findings.

To request a complimentary limited-scope energy audit, call Holy Cross Energy at (970) 945-5491. Please allow about two weeks lead time for your request.

20 percent commercial efficiency grant

Commercial and industrial consumers may apply for a grant to fund an engineering-grade energy audit and/or efficiency measures based on the following formula.

Previous 12 months billing total x 20% = grant amount, capped at $10,000

Grant spending can be spread out over more than one year. Commercial and industrial customers may reapply for the reainder of the grant if they identify additional efficiency measures, providing they have not reached the $10,000 cap.

The grant can be used to pay for 50 percent of the cost of an engineering-grade energy audit and energy use evaluation.

• The customer must cover the remaining 50 percent of the audit cost.
  
  
• The customer must agree to spend at least an equal amount on labor, equipment and/or materials to implement energy saving measures identified by the energy audit.
  
  
• The customer must implement their match spending for effficiency upgrades within 12 months of receiving the engineering-grade audit.

More information on Holy Cross commercial energy efficiency upgrade grants.