Reducing Energy Costs for an HVAC Equipment OEM January 13, 2016 Result EFI Group established a basis for immediate and future energy cost reduction actions for the client by linking specific processes to their respective utility costs, thereby enabling utility costs to be treated as a controllable operational budget item versus a relatively uncontrollable fixed budget item. Challenge Historically, utility costs were booked as fixed expenses and thus difficult to control. The client sought to understand the impact of utility costs on the plant’s operational budget, as well as any opportunities to control those costs. EFI Group’s challenge was to thoroughly understand the electrical power, natural gas, propane, water and fuel oil costs, which included: Analyzing historical trends Quan

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