California businesses collectively spend more than $15 billion a year on heating, cooling, lighting and other energy uses. Much of this cost is unnecessary. While high and variable energy costs will continue to impact their bottom line, companies of all types and sizes can take action to reduce these impacts.

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Commercial Buildings Best Practice Guide
Flex Your Power's Commercial Buildings Best Practice
Guides showcase a number of building strategies that
owners and managers can use to save energy and money.

Each guide contains tips for planning and funding energy
efficiency upgrades as well as recommendations to
improve specific building and equipment systems.

Real world examples are provided in each chapter. For
in-depth information, select case studies to read how a
company planned, financed, and implemented its energy
management program.

Read the Commercial Buildings Best Practice Guide

Conserve Energy and Reduce Your
Business' Energy Bill

    •  Install energy management system (EMS) technology
        to control lighting systems automatically. Energy savings
        can range from 10 to 15% of total lighting energy use.

    •  Install occupancy sensors in the proper locations to         
        automatically turn off lighting when no one is present,
        and back on when they return. Use sensors in rooms
        with high traffic (break rooms, restrooms, conference
        rooms) for reduced lighting costs of up to 40%. But
        don't install the sensor behind a coat rack, door or book
        case. It must be able to "see" the motion of occupant
        approaching an unlit area to turn on the light before,
        or as they enter.

    •  Perform regular maintenance on cooling equipment.
        Regularly clean condenser coils, change belts and
        filters and fix duct leaks. Also check for proper
        economizer operation and adequate refrigerant levels.
        Maintenance activities can save up to 30% of fan energy
        and up to 10% of space conditioning energy use.

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