Energy efficiency makes dollars and sense for Wisconsin businesses. That’s because every dollar your business saves on energy costs goes straight to your bottom line.  If you an OEC member, all Focus on Energy programs are available to you.  In this article discusses Focus Business Programs.

Focus on Energy (FOE) Business Programs work with a variety of businesses including farms, hospitals, grocery stores, manufacturers as well as schools and government facilities to identify and implement smart energy solutions that save money, boost productivity and reduce maintenance costs.

Experienced energy advisors can visit your site and assess your facility’s energy use, find inefficiencies and recommend solutions. Focus on Energy also offers grants and financial incentives to help you offset the costs of energy efficiency and renewable energy installations.

Agricultural Businesses

Focus on Energy can show you how to cut operating costs – whether by updating lighting in the barn or by installing variable-speed drives on your vacuum pumps. Focus programs will help you find your farm’s energy wasters and recommend solutions. The program can also provide information on new agricultural technologies, such as anaerobic digesters, to make your farm more energy independent.

Commercial Businesses

The FOE Business Program offers an array of services to help businesses make smart energy choices. From developing a customized energy action plan to researching new technologies, experts can save you energy and money. They also offer training and access to educational materials that can help you identify cost effective solutions.

Industrial Businesses

The Industrial Business Program offered by Focus on Energy includes specialized best-practice support to improve the energy efficiency of manufacturing  processes for the pulp and paper, metal casting, plastics, printing, food/dairy and water/wastewater industries.  The program also supports emerging technologies such as condensing heat recovery systems and works with businesses to help them employ good energy management practices. FOE experts can also help your business take advantage of renewable energy options.

School and Government Facilities

Energy efficiency save money that schools and government facilities can put toward other uses. The School and Government Program promotes the installation of cost effective energy improvements in these facilities. Focus experts offer independent advise to help identify and implement energy saving projects, such as lighting, heating and cooling, motors and variable frequency drives.