Save Energy & Money

Use the Business Energy Advisor from E Source for energy-use information and energy-saving ideas.

• Buying Equipment provides you with an extensive online library of educational information on energy-related products that are often purchased for use in commercial buildings.
• Facility Efficiency Advice gives you low- and no-cost steps you can take to operate your facilities more efficiently as well as longer-term solutions you can employ to save energy and money.
• Maintaining Equipment details what you can do to improve the performance and energy efficiency of your equipment in five key areas.

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Buying Equipment provides you with an extensive online library of educational information on energy-related products that are often purchased for use in commercial buildings.

Each section offers you a concise summary of the key facts and advice for a given product category, the types of products available for purchase in each category, what the future may hold for these products and a list of the key manufacturers.

The Calculators section contains links to tools that can help you evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a variety of HVAC, lighting, power quality, refrigeration and water heating purchases.

Facility Efficiency Advice provides you with detailed breakdown of energy consumption and daily demand loads for the following eight types of commercial buildings.

You'll also find advice on low- and no-cost steps you can take to operate your facilities more efficiently as well as lists of longer-term solutions such as building recommissioning or the purchase of more energy-efficient equipment that can improve building performance and save energy and money.

Did you know that operations and maintenance best practices can reduce a commercial building's energy consumption by 15 to 20 percent? The Operations and Maintenance Advisor gives you highly detailed information you can use to improve the performance and energy efficiency of building equipment in the following five key areas: