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Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency must be a central component to every energy strategy as it addresses energy security by reducing fuel and power consumption and enhances economic performance by reducing operating costs. Energy efficiency has saved consumers and businesses billions of dollars in the past three decades, and new technologies and best practices are being introduced that will enable more productive use of the energy consumed by buildings and industry. Liebman & Associates (L&A) can help you change the way you power your business by leveraging the resources, partnerships and technologies available from both the federal government and the private sector.

Buildings account for more than two-thirds of the electric energy consumed in the U.S. today. New and improved building components and equipment coupled with integrated design and construction techniques can significantly reduce the energy consumption and peak electrical demands of residential and commercial buildings. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) predicts a 70% reduction in a building's energy use by 2025 with advances in building envelopes, equipment and systems integration. Buildings can become net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters and net energy producers (also known as zero energy buildings) if augmented by on-site energy technologies, such as solar photovoltaics (PV) or distributed sources of combined heat and power (CHP). New building technologies include: intelligent building systems (e.g. energy management systems, load balancing, automated sensors and controls); solid state lighting (SSL) systems, such as inorganic light emitting diodes (LED) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED); heating and cooling systems, including HVAC, dehumidification and water heating; and building envelope components, such as advanced thermal insulation and advanced building materials.

Analysis shows that the cheapest and most available source of new energy for the industrial sector is the energy that is wasted, and that industrial energy efficiency is the quickest and most reliable way to reduce future carbon emissions in the U.S. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that industries throughout the world can reduce carbon emissions by 19% to 32% simply by using proven technologies and best practices. Advances are being pursued for energy-intensive and high-carbon emitting processes and for technologies that can impact all industries, including energy conversion, steam generation, isothermal melting, nano-structure materials, nano-manufacturing, wireless motor monitoring, and the recovery and utilization of waste and feedstocks, including the capture and use of waste heat.

Energy efficiency is an important tool for reducing operating costs and energy consumption in your business operations. Technical and financial resources from the federal government can help you identify energy efficiency opportunities and apply available technologies and best practices to capitalize on them. Ask L&A to show you how.

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