Energy-efficiency projects can not only reduce energy bills but also offer non-energy benefits (NEBs). While NEBs may be hard to quantify, they could help tip the scales in getting an energy-efficiency project approved. This downloadable graphic explains some of the possible savings related to NEBs and the ways to account for NEBs in your energy-efficiency project’s cost estimates.

Energy-efficiency projects can not only reduce energy bills but also offer non-energy benefits (NEBs). While NEBs may be hard to quantify, they could help tip the scales in getting an energy-efficiency project approved. This downloadable graphic explains some of the possible savings related to NEBs and the ways to account for NEBs in your energy-efficiency project’s cost estimates.

Q:What energy-saving tips can help residential customers lower their bills in the summer?

The Business Customer Satisfaction Study (formerly the E Source Large Business Gap and Priority Benchmark), now in its fourth year, identified reliability in 2012 as the most important attribute that large business customers want from their utilities. The results are based on survey responses from more than 1,600 large business customers of 17 US utilities.

When most people think of electricity, they immediately think of plug loads (devices that plug into an outlet). This is a reasonable jump to make; we all use plug loads every day and they represent a sizable chunk of our energy consumption, accounting for as much as 15% of all residential electricity consumption and 20% of commercial consumption.

At E Source, we talk to demand-side management (DSM) industry professionals every day about the work they’re doing and the challenges they face on the job. Two common sentiments that we often hear from DSM program managers and execs about performance are: