rob detta colli, towerwise conservation incentives advisor keeping your dollars in your pocket
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Rob Detta Colli, TowerWise Conservation Incentives Advisor
Keeping your dollars in your pocket
How can TowerWise help?• No-nonsense advice
• Valuable information from folks who have done it
• One-window access to incentives
Why Go Green?• Energy - largest controllable expense
• Good returns on investing in efficiency
• Expenses
• Building value
More great reasons
• Comfort
• Breakdowns
• Complaints
• Visible building improvements
Incentives & rebates available for projects:
• Reduce natural gas consumption
• Reduce electricity use
• Conserve water
• Generate solar power
Icing on the cake
Take the first stepTake the first step
1. Start a green committee
2. Call me: 416-450-7989
3. Know where you are – audit?
4. I’m there to make the next steps easier
No Brainers1. Toilet retrofits2. Building envelope tune-up3. Lighting – common & in-suite4. Variable speed drives5. Boilers6. Building tune-ups
What should we do?
1. Solar Photovoltaic2. Solar Thermal3. Geothermal4. Exterior Cladding5. Heat Reflectors
What should we do?
Options to think about…
What should we do?
Best Practices
• Be strategic – combine short and long-term payback items to get deep savings
• Be systematic – consider all the options
• Be smart – look at more than simple payback
What should we do?
Best Practices
• Be persuasive – explain the benefits to your residents and board
• Be patient – take the time to plan your project and get it right the first time
• Be persistent – keep looking for new energy saving opportunities
Pitfalls to avoid
1. Setting yourself up for future problems
2. Taking a piecemeal approach
3. Over reliance on an RFP
4. Right equipment - wrong application
5. Not knowing if it worked
Why act now?
• HST impacts now being felt• There is a cost to waiting• Some programs ending…like mine!
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