Prism's Cohort Resources
Collection Prepared by Brenda
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Achieve Immediate and Ongoing Energy Savings
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
An overview of Industrial SEM, its benefits, and some of the practices used to achieve savings.
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BPA ESI Monitoring, Targeting and Reporting (MT&R) Reference Guide 7.0, 2018
Post Date: 28 December, 2016
The Energy Smart Industrial (ESI) program uses a Monitoring, Targeting, and Reporting (MT&R) methodology—in conjunction with a process to track specific activities—to estimate energy savings...
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BPA ESI Program Overview 2014
Post Date: 28 December, 2016
Publicly available presentation on ESI program savings. Includes focus on ESI’s new offer: Small Industrial High Performance Energy Management.
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Co-branded plant posters for communicating energy-efficient best practices
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
These posters are intended to help build employee energy awareness within your facilities, and to promote energy efficiency behaviors in the workplace and at home. Select posters are also offered...
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DOE eGuide
Post Date: 27 December, 2016
The U.S Department of Energy’s eGuide is a dynamic tool that guides your energy team to build and continually improve your energy management program over time. With three levels for you to choose...
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Compressed Air Employee Engagement Toolkit
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
For most sectors, compressed air is among the largest consumers of energy in the industrial space and can have a payback of well under a year.
This campaign toolkit from BC Hydro motivates...
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Employee Engagement Worksheet
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
Developed by Cascade Energy, this program participant worksheet template can help companies identify and align on goals and promote employee engagement in energy efficiency and continual energy...
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Energy Driver Discovery Worksheet
Post Date: 28 December, 2016
SEM program participant worksheet to identify facility energy drivers influencing energy use.
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Advanced metering for SMEs
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This report investigates savings that could be achieved through the use of advanced metering in SMEs and reviews its case from the perspective of the site, the energy supplier and the Government.
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Energy Surveys
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This guide is based on the experiences of the Carbon Trusts survey programme and is intended to help you and your organisation find practical opportunities to save energy.
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Enhanced O&M
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
Enhanced O&M goes beyond the basics, by anticipating problems and proactively addressing equipment issues before they affect performance. A well defined and executed O&M plan will improve...
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Guide for selecting an EMIS for an industrial customer
Post Date: 16 January, 2017
An Energy Management Information System (EMIS) is a software tool that stores, analyzes, and displays energy consumption data. The challenge for potential users of EMIS is that the number of...
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High Performance Energy Management Case Study: Fitesa Washougal
Post Date: 27 April, 2017
BPA and Northwest public utilities are helping industrial facilities save energy and increase profitability. BPA's Energy Smart Industrial program works with industrial facilities of all sizes and...
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How to Choose the Best Energy Projects
Post Date: 08 September, 2021
[2021 Refreshed Course!] This step-by-step approach guides you through the process of identifying, evaluating, scoring and selecting energy projects. It reviews the importance of necessary...
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How to Estimate Costs for Energy Projects
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This course takes a common-sense approach to options for calculating the costs, savings and the payback timeframe of energy projects. It walks users through an example of calculating investment...
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How to Form an Energy Team
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
Understand the benefits of forming an energy team, including diversified knowledge and building enthusiasm. This course will help energy managers learn who should be on the team, their roles, common... -
How to Improve through Operations and Maintenance
Post Date: 30 November, 2020
[2020 Refreshed Course!] This course examines how to improve energy savings through changes in operations and maintenance (O&M) practices. It provides examples of effective commercial and...
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How to Manage the Energy that Matters Most
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This course goes through a step-by-step process for identifying your organization's Significant Energy Uses (SEUs) to help prioritize your energy project efforts. It includes examples of using the...
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How to Monitor, Target and Report Performance
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
The importance of a monitoring, targeting, and reporting system to optimize and maintain best possible energy performance is the focus of this course. It includes examples of effective commercial and... -
How to Perform an Energy Audit
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
An energy audit helps your organization find practical opportunities to save energy. This course provides a step-by-step approach for performing an audit. It includes methods to translate audit...
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How to Translate Data into Performance
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This course explains how to create a baseline using simple averaging, single and multi-variable regression. It provides examples, including how to use spreadsheets to develop your organization’s...
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Incremental Optimization Worksheet
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
This is a sample strategic energy management program participant worksheet that identifies specific energy saving opportunities and action plans for improvement.
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Industrial Strategic Energy Management (SEM) Impact Evaluation Report
Post Date: 06 April, 2017
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) began offering its Energy Management (EM) Program to industrial facilities in 2010. Through the program, BPA provides long-term energy management...
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Industrial Energy Talk Cards
Post Date: 06 September, 2021
[SEPTEMBER 2021]
We’ve refreshed, updated, and improved the Industrial Energy Talk Cards to make it easier than ever to stimulate energy efficiency conversation and learning among your...
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Manufacturer's Control Energy Costs through Strategic Energy Management
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
A high-level overview of SEM in manufacturing, including answers to some frequently asked questions, the benefits of SEM, and a list of some of Oregon's biggest practitioners.
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Metering
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This overview introduces metering technology and shows how organisations can adopt an appropriate level of metering in a way which will help them to save energy and cut costs.
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Monitoring and Targeting
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This technology guide explores monitoring and targeting techniques, and shows how organisations can adopt an appropriate level of monitoring and targeting in a way which will help them to save...
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MT&R Reference Guide - Revision 5.0
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
This document outlines recommended methodologies to establish the baseline energy models at a whole-facility or subsystem level, and ultimately quantify energy savings associated with the...
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Online Strategic Energy Management
Post Date: 27 December, 2016
Online-sem.com helps you implement Strategic Energy Management (SEM) at your facility and within your organization. On the website you can access online training modules, find tools and resources,...
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Using an Energy Management Information System Guide for an Industrial Customer
Post Date: 29 December, 2016
An Energy Management Information System (EMIS) is a software tool that stores, analyzes, and displays energy consumption data. The challenge for organizations that are new users of EMIS is that...
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Strategic Energy Management Plan Example
Post Date: 08 December, 2016
Report style template for communicating and managing organizational energy management plan.
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