The Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) Accelerator was designed to expand the use of ESPC by state and local governments and K-12 schools. The ESPC Accelerator catalyzed public-sector energy efficiency investments of $2 billion from January 2013 to December 2016 through the use of innovative and best-practice approaches to enhance ESPC programs. Partners worked together to develop their approaches and implement them for the long term.
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This document is an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Building ESPC Accelerator, which was a three-year partnership with states, local governments, and K-12 schools to expand access to performance contracting. Energy savings performance contracting can provide a one-stop procurement process that allows building owners to use future cost savings to pay for new efficient equipment and services, while guaranteeing that cost savings.
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The Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) Accelerator is designed to expand the use of performance contracting by federal, state, and local governments, K-12 schools, and others to catalyze public sector energy efficiency investments. Focus areas include: contract design, energy measurement and verification (M&V), performance benchmarking, reporting of successful outcomes, streamlined project processes, and approaches for deep-energy and small building retrofits.
General
Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) is a budget-neutral approach to make building improvements that reduce energy and water use and increase operational efficiency. By partnering with an energy service company (ESCO), a facility owner can use an ESPC to pay for today's facility upgrades with tomorrow's energy savings—without tapping into capital budgets. State and local governments can implement ESPC projects in their own facilities, as well as promote and support ESPC projects through ESPC programs.
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ESCO Industry Trends & Analysis | Electricity Markets and Policy Group (lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory assesses ESCO industry performance and market trends and manages the largest database of ESCO projects in the world.
Partners
- Alachua County Public SchoolsCincinnati, OHCommonwealth of MassachusettsCommonwealth of VirginiaEl Paso, TXFort Lauderdale, FLFort Worth, TXHouston, TXNewark, NJSchool District of PhiladelphiaState of AlabamaState of ColoradoState of ConnecticutState of HawaiiState of IllinoisState of MichiganState of MinnesotaState of MissouriState of MontanaState of NevadaState of New HampshireState of New MexicoState of North CarolinaState of South CarolinaState of WashingtonU.S. Virgin Islands
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State of South CarolinaAlabama
State of AlabamaColorado
State of ColoradoMassachusetts
Commonwealth of MassachusettsIllinois
State of IllinoisOhio
Cincinnati, OHTexas
El Paso, TXFort Worth, TXHouston, TXConnecticut
State of ConnecticutMontana
State of MontanaHawaii
State of HawaiiNew Jersey
Newark, NJWashington
State of WashingtonPennsylvania
School District of PhiladelphiaNorth Carolina
State of North CarolinaMinnesota
State of MinnesotaNew Mexico
State of New MexicoFlorida
Fort Lauderdale, FLAlachua County Public SchoolsMichigan
State of MichiganNevada
State of NevadaVirginia
Commonwealth of VirginiaMissouri
State of MissouriNew Hampshire
State of New Hampshire