Commercial Energy Assessments: Enhancing Efficiency for High-Performance Commercial Spaces
Our Commercial Energy Assessments are designed to help businesses and institutions optimize energy performance, reduce operating costs, and create more comfortable, resilient environments for occupants. These assessments apply to a wide range of commercial facilities, including:
- Shopping centers & retail spaces
- Educational & institutional buildings
- Medical clinics & health facilities
- Storage and warehouse facilities
- Fire halls and emergency services buildings
- And other commercial or public-use structures
What Makes Commercial Assessments Unique?
While the fundamentals are similar to residential energy audits — including envelope analysis, mechanical evaluation, and air leakage testing — commercial assessments focus more deeply on the building’s function, operating hours, and occupant resilience. We take into account your business operations, occupancy patterns, and equipment loads to provide recommendations that are practical, cost-effective, and customized to your facility’s needs.
Levels of Assessment
To meet a variety of needs and budgets, we offer energy assessments in three levels, depending on the depth of analysis required:
- Level I – Walk-Through Audit: A basic overview of energy performance, identifying obvious inefficiencies and low-cost upgrade opportunities.
- Level II – Detailed Energy Analysis: A comprehensive assessment including utility bill analysis, equipment inspections, building modeling, and prioritized recommendations with estimated savings.
- Level III – Investment-Grade Audit: A high-detail evaluation with in-depth financial analysis, often used to support large capital upgrades, grant applications, or guaranteed energy savings contracts.
