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Guides, case studies, and policy analysis on Pennsylvania Tier II AECs, CHP, and utility rebate strategy for commercial buildings.
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Office parks combine interior lighting on office hours with garage and exterior lighting running dusk to dawn. The two profiles behave differently, and modeling them separately changes the answer.
A 200,000 sq ft cooling-dominated office complex replacing 25-year-old chillers with a 400-ton GSHP would conserve roughly 840 MWh of electricity annually. Here is what that produces in Tier II AECs, with the arithmetic shown.
Compressed air is typically 20 to 30 percent of an industrial facility's electricity load, and a quarter to a third of it is wasted. This model works through what a system upgrade would save and what those savings produce in Tier II AECs.
A 200,000 sq ft warehouse retrofitting 1,200 metal halide fixtures and adding VFDs to dock ventilation would save roughly 3,200 MWh annually — here is what that is worth in Tier II AECs, with the arithmetic shown.
