Regular Maintenance Makes All the Difference
Reduce operating costs by improving the energy efficiency of your facility—while taking advantage of incentives to cover up to 75% of service costs. Returning your equipment to peak operation makes it run more efficiently, improves air quality, and increases comfort.
The tune-up pays for itself quickly, with a return on your investment typically realized in less than two years.
The building tune-up helps optimize energy performance by monitoring, troubleshooting, and adjusting electrical, mechanical, and control systems.
Over time, commercial buildings undergo operational changes that hinder energy performance. Today’s systems are highly interactive, increasing the need for proper integration.
Properly integrated systems perform better, last longer, and require less maintenance and fewer repairs, while providing a more comfortable environment.
Two Kinds of Building Tune-ups
Which is right for your business?
Small Building Tune-up
By focusing on issues most likely to reduce your unit’s efficiency, this service provides most businesses with quick improvement and a rapid return on investment. This tune-up is designed for industrial process systems and commercial facilities 75,000 square feet or less.
The tune-up typically includes:
- Walk-through assessment and development of an action plan
- Calibration of building systems and controls
- Replacement of equipment filters
- Cleaning of evaporator and condenser coils
- Detecting and sealing compressed air leaks
- Rebalancing of air handling systems
- Educating facility personnel
SMECO offers incentives that cover up to 75% of the cost, with a cap of $25,000 per project. Customers must be willing to match the incentive.
Also, up to $5,000 per project is available for the installation of additional equipment meters to keep track of usage and help verify savings. Project pre-approval is required.
Large Building Tune-up
This service is designed for large industrial and commercial facilities. If you have unexplained high energy use, persistent equipment issues, or frequent complaints from occupants about comfort, this service can help. By focusing on the most common issues that affect operating efficiency, the tune-up helps realize a quick return on investment, often within two years.
The tune-up typically includes:
- Engineering studies to identify energy-saving opportunities
- HVAC calibrations
- Diagnostic and function tests of major systems and equipment
- Air and water systems balancing
- Calibration of energy management systems and controls
- Educating facility personnel
Program incentives cover up to 75% of the cost, with a cap of $50,000 per project. Customers must be willing to match the incentive.
Also, up to $5,000 per project is available for the installation of additional equipment meters to keep track of usage and help verify savings. Project pre-approval is required.
Minimum requirements:
- Functioning direct digital control system
- Accessible and up-to-date building documentation and records
- No major maintenance problems
- No planned major renovations or retrofits
- Facility staff to be actively involved in tune-up
- Building Tune-up Terms and Conditions (PDF)
A Virtual Alternative to a Tune-up
Virtual Commissioning Services
This complimentary option analyzes your small- or medium-sized building’s energy usage and provides specific recommendations on how to reduce energy use and save.
Because it’s virtual, your business can proceed without disruption as Power TakeOff, SMECO’s energy advising partner, uses data from your smart meter to learn about your energy use. Power TakeOff will create a list of no- and low-cost energy-saving steps that are easy to implement, such as:
- Optimizing equipment schedules based on occupancy
- Managing equipment startup and shutdown schedules
- Identifying equipment setbacks targeting excess energy use
All communications are through email and phone. Your energy advisor will report back to verify energy-saving impacts and review your success with you.
To get started, email an Energy Advisor or call (720) 729-0030.
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Questions?
Get answers. Call 877-818-4094 for more information or email business@SMECO.coop.
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