Education

Make the grade when it comes to controlling utility costs and improving efficiency.

Educational institutions are often self-contained communities, incorporating office buildings, restaurants, retail shops, residences, sports facilities and classrooms. Energy markets, aging infrastructures and equipment make controlling energy costs a challenge while budget constraints make upgrading equipment virtually impossible.

A Lesson on energy

Budget uncertainty, inefficient equipment, and poor sustainability programs can put your institution at financial risk.
The biggest challenge to implementing an effective energy management program is not technical, but administrative. By examining all the factors — existing practices, philosophy, assumptions, technologies, costs and desired outcomes — we can help you develop a well-defined plan to achieve your energy-related goals.

Building the foundation

Controlling energy costs and usage means increasing your facilities’ energy efficiency and limiting your price volatility exposure. Acclaim will help compile and organize your utility data, prioritize energy-efficiency and conservation initiatives, and give you the tools you need to measure the impact of those efforts.
We push beyond better pricing and contract terms, providing counsel on behavioral modification, equipment retrofits, upgrades, as well as improving building automation systems. In addition, we can also help you identify publicly available funding and incentives to reduce the impact of your initial investment.

The reward of controlling risk

Today, in light of the market’s extreme volatility, controlling energy cost risk is more important than ever in helping you forecast and budget accurately. Acclaim has experienced professionals and sophisticated tools to help you quantify and manage energy cost risk.

Take energy costs To school

Acclaim offers utility bill verification, energy risk management and energy procurement to help you take control of your energy costs. Our team can assist you in sustainable design development, central heating and cooling efforts, and thermal systems upgrades.

Using POWERVIEWS™, our proprietary, web-based information management platform, allows you to login 24/7 to view and analyze your actual utility data from all of your electricity and natural gas providers for each meter and location. Then you can measure and track performance, analyze data, develop budgets, benchmark key metrics, and monitor consumption and expense trends. POWERVIEWS™ also meets the reporting and data accessibility requirements for new reporting regulations, including those stipulated in Texas House Bill 3693 and SB 361.