Working with Energy Advocate Consulting towards your energy management objectives is easy because our clients know our process and what to expect from our consultants. Our continuous 7-step energy management process is a good fit with any size and type of organization. This process helps our clients to form the basic outline for their customized energy management program and will help to insure desired results.Energy Advocate Consulting total energy management program consists of 7 key steps as follows:
- 1. Commitment to Continuous Improvement
- 2. Consultation and Performance Assessment
- 3. Setting Goals
- 4. Create an Action Plan
- 5. Implement Action Plan
- 6. Evaluate Progress
- 7. Recognize Achievement
Energy Advocate Consulting services capabilities help to insure that your energy management program is implemented successfully across your organization. Our service offerings provide the opportunity for efficient implementation of our client’s energy management program.
Commitment to Continuous Improvement:
Making a Commitment with Energy Advocate Consulting is the first step to your organization’s seeing the financial returns from a superior energy management program. EAC will help your organization to continuously strive towards improved energy performance. Your success is based on regularly assessing energy performance and implementing steps to increase energy efficiency. With Energy Advocate Consulting in the lead, commitment is easy no matter the size or type of organization. EAC will work with your organization to improve and maintain a commitment to energy management resulting in maximized energy savings.
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Energy Consultation and Performance Assessment:
Defining current and past energy use is how Energy Advocate Consulting identifies opportunities to improve energy performance and realize meaningful financial savings.
After a commitment has been made Energy Advocate Consulting will meet with a client and map out a baseline in terms of energy usage and cost. EAC will audit all utility and related energy bills to determine past, current and future energy cost and considerations. EAC also carefully reviews past utility bills for errors that have been overlooked and identifies possible refunds that are available. Conducting a valid and comprehensive energy audit is an essential step for the client to make future sound energy management decisions. EAC consultants have the training and experience to deliver a meaningful energy audit to our clients.
Energy Advocate Consulting continues the periodic process of evaluating energy use for all major facilities and functions in the organization and establishing a baseline for measuring future results of efficiency and cost savings efforts.
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Setting Goals:
Setting realistic energy performance goals are the driving force behind any successful energy management program. EAC will help to promote continuous energy management improvements. Energy Advocate Consulting will help define measurable goals that are critical for understanding intended results, developing effective strategies, and realizing energy savings. Well-stated goals are essential in guiding daily decision-making and form the basis for tracking and measuring progress. EAC will help to communicate your goals within your organization to support energy management efforts throughout.
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Create an Action Plan:
Energy Advocate Consulting will help to create a detailed action plan to ensure a systematic process to implement energy performance measures. EAC will help to update the action plan on a periodic basic, to reflect recent achievements, changes in performance, and shifting priorities. Energy Advocate Consulting's comprehensive service abilities help to insure maximum success in planning and implementation.
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Implement Action Plan:
Implementation of your energy plan is an area where most consultants leave you behind. Energy Advocate Consulting however is uniquely qualified to get your energy management plan on the fast track to success. Educating your staff and helping them to implement your energy action plan is one area where EAC really delivers. Our consultants work with your organization to bring our unique service capabilities into play. Because EAC has developed effective service capability your organization is ready to move quickly into the implementation phase of your energy management program. Having a wide range and depth of services available is particularly effective in organizations with multiple locations having varying energy management requirements.
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Evaluate Progress:
Energy Advocate Consulting will conduct a formal review of both energy use data and the activities carried out as part of the action plan as compared to your performance goals. Evaluation of the results will measure the effectiveness of programs and projects implemented. During the formal review process best practices are identified and new action plans and energy performance goals are set.
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Recognize Achievement:
Providing and seeking recognition for energy management achievements is a proven step for sustaining momentum and support for your program. Energy Advocate Consulting will help to identify and recognize those who helped the organization achieve desired results. Recognition of these results motivates staff and employees and brings positive exposure to the energy management program.
Receiving recognition from outside sources validates the importance of the energy management program to both internal and external stakeholders, and provides positive exposure for the organization as a whole.
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