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She often had thought that the museum coul d lower its summertime cooling costsd ifthe 90-watt incandescent light bulb the museum uses to lighf its exhibits didn’t produce so much The audit — conducted as part of a free LLC program — came up with a solution: Replace the 500-odsd incandescent bulbs with 24-watt halide bulbs that produce just as much light but much less Sasse now is lookin at whether the museum can afford the initialp cost of buying the new which cost $55 apiece but last 12,00 hours versus 2,500 hours for an incandescent Audits are only one strategy that businesses can use to lowe the money they spend on energy, but the small savingas that audits produce can add up.
The audits, whicn take only a few hours, yield a detailee report that outlinesa business’s energuy usage, the recommended stepse to reduce usage, an estimatew of how much it will cost and how long it will take for the energy-cos t savings to cover the cost of the new said Cheryl Bruner, director for customer energy efficiencyy for E. On. About half of the energy auditsthat E.On conducts are for for-profit businesses, said Jennifer Rao, program manager. Durint one recent audit, E.On recommended a retrofit or replacementyof incandescent, metal halided and T-12 fluorescent lighting with energy-efficient fluorescent lighting. The estimated annual savingxs is $802.
With an estimatesd cost of installing the new lighting of the payback timeis 3.3 not including the a $316 rebatw the company will get from E.On, Bruner In the current business environment, with businesses lookin for every possible way to cut costs, the audits offeer an easy solution, Bruner E.On has conducted nearlyt 5,900 energy audits for commerciakl customers since it created the progra m in 2001, and the utility expects to do betweeb 600 and 700 of the free auditsd this year, Bruner said. If all the customere who have audits done this year follow througu with therecommended steps, E.
On officiale expect that they will save a totalp of more than 2 million kilowatt hours of Bruner said. That equals the amount of power consumed by 130 homes inone year, Brunet said. In April, E.On began offering two new programsz to promote energy efficiency among commercial a rebate to help pay for replacingg equipment andan heating, ventilation, and air conditioninf diagnosis and tune-up program. The rebatesz are available forreplacemeng lighting, motors/pumps and refrigeratiohn units. The rebate amount is based on the numbee of kilowatt hours that installingh the new equipmentwill save, Brunef said.
It could amount to a few dollars for lightinhg to thousands of dollars in the case ofheavy equipment. E.On is limitinb the rebate to $50,000 per facility. So far, the company has not paid any but about a dozen customera have appliedfor them, Bruner said. The company planss to set aside $2 million a year to pay for the Bruner said. There’s quite a bit of paperworkm involved, including an application, an installation confirmation form and provision of proovfof purchase. New construction projects are not The HVAC program is designed to subsidize the cost of makinvga business’s heating and cooling system more Bruner said. For a $50 fee, an E.
On techniciam will inspect a company’s systekm and check it for problems. E.On doesn’t do the repair work, but it has a network of dealerawho do. Businesses that hire one of E.On’ws network partners receive a discount onthe work. How big of a discounft is determined bythe provider, Bruner said. The HVAC diagnosixs and repair program has had about 10 takerssso far, she said. Businesses that have old, leaky buildingsz to heat and cool might want to consider the solutions that the orthe Louisville-Jeffersomn County Metro Government have