Upcoming
Training
Opportunities
Continuing Education Units and other education credits are available for the following training sessions.
You can obtain information on these programs through the website or by contacting Joy Adamson
at 207-287-8350.
March 5, 2008
Free BOC Informational Web Cast
March 31 – April 1, 2008
Reducing Energy Costs
Portland, ME
April 10 - June 19, 2008
Building Operator Certification
Level I
Brewer, ME
July 15 - August 26, 2008
Commercial Energy Auditing
Brewer, ME
Upcoming
Conference
March 26, 2008
Maine Indoor Air Quality Conference
Augusta, ME
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PROGRAM CHANGES
EFFECTIVE 2/1/07
EFFICIENCY MAINE
2006 ANNUAL REPORT
From the Efficiency Maine Business Program Director:
Plenty of room for greater savings: the benefits of vacancy sensors.
There are two basic types of automatic lighting controls that operate by sensing motion within a space: occupancy sensors and vacancy sensors. Both types of sensors can save energy, but vacancy sensors offer additional savings because they keep the lights off until an occupant feels they're needed, whereas an occupancy sensor will turn on the lights as soon as a space is entered, whether they're needed or not.
Here's how they work:
Occupancy Sensors turn on the lights when they sense motion in a space, such as someone entering a room, and keep the lights on until no motion is sensed for a period of time (usually 5-15 minutes). Then the lights go off.
- Occupancy sensors are best for large open areas with many occupants, and areas without sufficient daylight or spillover from other areas for the performance of basic tasks.
Vacancy Sensors never turn lights on - they only turn lights off. The lighting must be turned on manually, and the vacancy sensor then keeps the lights on as long as motion is sensed. When no motion is sensed, the vacancy sensor turns the lights off...until they are manually turned on again.
- Vacancy sensors are best for smaller offices, classrooms or lobbies-especially with windows - which often have enough ambient light not to require electric lights for basic tasks or passing through.
The bottom line: for spaces that don't necessarily need lights on every time someone enters the room, a vacancy sensor can save more money.
For more information, visit: http://www.efficiencymaine.com/business_programs_energywise.htm
Help us speed up your application...and delivery of your incentive check!
With "Efficiency" as our first name, we hate to delay processing your application and sending you your incentive check. But we need your help to expedite the process: just make sure you follow every step on your application - they are all simple but very important. (TIP: one of the biggest reasons for delays in processing is missing cut sheets and invoices).
One of the biggest reasons for delays in processing is missing invoices and technical data or (“cut”) sheets. Why do we require that these accompany all incentive applications?
As a taxpayer and business owner, you probably appreciate that we at the Public Utilities Commission are committed to spending all public funds prudently.
- Invoices ensure that the equipment for which incentives are claimed was indeed purchased.
- "Cut sheets" enable us to evaluate whether the equipment will reliably save electricity.
So please be sure to include both items—for faster receipt of your check, and to ensure the integrity of the Efficiency Maine process. Click here for all the info you’ll need.
Efficiency Maine is the sole sponsor of a half-hour show on WPXT-TV and WPME-TV featuring an energy-efficiency makeover of a local family’s home. Tune in to watch host John Marshall and Efficiency Maine’s own Dick Bacon, Dick Fortier and Lotte Schlegel oversee the installation by local contractors of a solar hot water system, energy-efficient lighting and appliances, green insulation and more! As the final step to make the home “carbon-free,” clean energy supply was donated to offset all remaining carbon emissions for one full year.