Municipalities

Energy efficiency can help municipalities (towns, libraries, park districts, etc.) save.

Energy is often the largest cost for municipalities, behind employees. Making smart energy efficiency investments to municipal facilities can have an impact on the bottom line—allowing you to reinvest funds into public initiatives (like libraries, parks, public service programs, and more).

Key Energy-Saving Opportunities

The following studies may be a good starting point to evaluate cost and energy savings for your Municipalities sector facility.

Portfolio Prioritization Plan: The Portfolio Prioritization Plan is a quick, high-level analysis designed to assess energy usage and building system performance for a set of facilities within your building portfolio.
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Scoping Study: During a scoping study, an Energy Expert evaluates all facility areas and systems like building controls, insulation, heating and cooling equipment, lighting and more to identify energy-saving opportunities.
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Comprehensive Business Assessment: Comprehensive Building Assessments take a deeper dive into energy savings and reducing a building’s carbon emissions with electrification and energy efficiency measures.
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Focused Study: Focused Studies provide precise cost, savings and emissions impact estimates for selected energy efficiency or decarbonization measures, along with documentation required to complete a Mass Save custom incentive application.
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1. Efficient Lighting Design

Energy-efficient lighting can contribute to municipality energy savings and drive citywide safety with reliable outdoor lighting. Indoor and outdoor LED lighting and controls use light and energy more efficiently, saving money and energy. LED lightbulbs are long-lasting and require fewer changes, freeing up maintenance time.

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2. Water Heating Upgrades

Hot water is used every day, and it’s a cost that can add up quickly. Upgrade to higher-efficiency systems to lower heating expenses, decrease equipment maintenance time, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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3. Heating & Cooling Equipment Upgrades

Heating and cooling are often large expenses for municipalities. By properly maintaining equipment or upgrading to high-efficiency systems, your municipality can enjoy long-term reduced energy usage, decrease equipment maintenance time, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create a comfortable environment.

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4. Retro-commissioning

Retro-commissioning is the process of fine-tuning building systems to ensure a building is running at its optimal performance. Municipalities can greatly benefit from working with qualified energy consultants to examine equipment that is not working effectively.

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Case Study: City of Chelsea

The state’s smallest city saved $150,000 annually by helping their small businesses make energy-saving improvements to their stores and shops.

Case Study: Town of Andover

By installing high-efficiency lighting systems in town offices, the library, a public safety center, and more, Andover saved $750,000 annually.

Not Sure Where To Start?

Looking for advice on how to save energy? The Sponsors of Mass Save offer no- cost energy assessments to support your efficiency projects from start to finish.

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