ABSTRACT

This book will reveal cost reductions and how to slash your energy costs without investing big money. The three pillars of costs reduction will discussed: Assembling your options and analyzing your risk; developing options with your utility; and cutting out obvious waste in your operation. Those who will benefit from this excellent text are business owners, CFOs, plant managers, plant engineers, and energy managers. You will learn how to distill what savings are possible and how you can quickly accomplish those savings from what you already know and can expect to walk away at the end of this book with confidence and a realistic plan of action for reducing your costs.

part I|32 pages

What’s in This for You?

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

How to Lower Your Costs Fast

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

Three Case Studies—Can You Really Save Millions?

part II|74 pages

Tools for Demand and Cost Reduction

chapter Chapter 3|12 pages

Demand Response/Interruptible Service

chapter Chapter 5|5 pages

Real Time Pricing (RTP)

chapter Chapter 6|5 pages

Coincident Peak Costs

chapter Chapter 7|18 pages

Solar Power

chapter Chapter 8|10 pages

Energy Management Systems

part III|25 pages

Free Money

chapter Chapter 9|8 pages

Sales Tax

chapter Chapter 10|6 pages

Billing Line Items You Can Remove

chapter Chapter 11|9 pages

Combining Meters

part IV|38 pages

How to Get Things Done with Your Utility

chapter Chapter 12|11 pages

Dealing with Your Utility

chapter Chapter 13|12 pages

Appoint a Champion and Get Things Done

chapter Chapter 14|6 pages

Long-term Monitoring and Acting on Your Data

chapter Chapter 15|6 pages

Summary and Plan Going Forward