Energy-efficient upgrades in your healthcare facility can lead to significant cost savings while improving the safety and comfort of patients and staff. This presentation will teach you how to apply for financial incentives to cut project costs and payback periods.
For commercial buildings, the building envelope (walls, roof, windows, doors, and insulation separating indoors from outdoors) is one of the most important yet overlooked opportunities to reduce energy waste and improve comfort. When the envelope leaks, a building's heating and cooling systems work overtime, driving up utility costs and creating drafty, inconsistent indoor temperatures.
Improving energy efficiency in your business doesn’t have to require significant investments or equipment upgrades. Simple operational changes can help improve comfort for staff and customers, manage energy usage and reduce overall costs. The following low-cost and no-cost strategies are practical steps that any business can implement without disrupting daily operations.
Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLCs) are advanced, networked lighting systems that integrate sensors and controls directly into each fixture. This allows for precise control over lighting in specific areas — down to individual desks or workstations — and can boost energy savings by up to 50% more than LEDs alone.
The Ameren Illinois Public School Carbon-Free Assessment (PSCFA) Program provides free energy assessments to K–12 public schools, helping districts plan for a transition away from fossil fuel-based heating toward high-efficiency electric technologies.
With the help of Illinois Electric Works, an Ameren Illinois Program Ally, in the summer of 2020 Caseyville installed six variable frequency drives on three 125 HP aeration blower motors and three 300 HP aeration blower motors to help control the varying demand of a plant load that averages 4.4 million gallons per day.
East Side Health District received a free Energy Assessment which identified more efficient lighting options at three District locations. Beyond cost savings, the new LED lighting provides a brighter, more welcoming environment for staff and patients alike.
New LED lighting has significantly improved the look and feel of the facility, while significantly reducing operational costs.
Hillsboro Health’s LED lighting upgrade showcases the power of modern infrastructure to transform healthcare facilities.
Since 2018, Mark Mathis, maintenance director at CUSD #3 Fulton County, has been a man on a mission. That mission: energy efficiency.
Architecture, engineering and design-build firms can get compensation for time spent helping non-residential Ameren Illinois customers design energy efficiency into their new construction projects.
The Ameren Illinois Public School Carbon-Free Assessment Program was featured on local news station, The RiverBender.
Monmouth area radio station 97.7 WMOI interviewed Michael Pittman of Ameren Illinois about the Public School Carbon-Free Assessment Program.
Students at Manual High School in Peoria learned how the PSCFA Program is helping their School District lower energy costs while leaving a positive impact on the environment, and paving the way for future careers in clean energy
Peoria Public Schools District 150 completed its Public School Carbon-Free Assessment and was able to identify no-cost, energy-saving recommendations, heat mapping of areas that would benefit from mechanical insulation, fleet electrification and solar panels that could save the district roughly $138,000 annually.
As Maria discovered, working with Ameren Illinois to create a more comfortable and efficient environment can be as satisfying as a meal at Mi Patio.
Today, thanks to federal tax credits and evolving technology, CHP — also known as cogeneration — is enjoying a renaissance.
With energy efficiency a growing priority on many building projects, the decision tree often feels more like a forest.
Blessing Hospital leveraged Ameren Illinois incentive dollars to help cover the cost of a wide range of energy efficiency projects — with estimated annual savings of 6.4 million kWh and over 267,000 therms.
Learn about the latest technologies for energy efficiency in refrigeration and how Ameren Illinois business customers can get financial incentives to reduce or even eliminate project costs.
The West Washington County School District has improved the comfort of students, faculty and staff, creating a comfortable learning environment while reducing their monthly electric and gas bills.
Parkland continually seeks savings in every corner of its one-million-square-foot campus.
Lighting upgrades bring brightness, savings and safety to the East St. Louis School District.
Combined heat and power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, refers to the simultaneous production of electricity and thermal energy from a single fuel source.
The cost savings from energy efficiency improvements at Dot Foods in Mt. Sterling allow the company to reinvest in their core business.
The Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program helped the school district create comfortable, cost-effective learning environments that serve students (and taxpayers) well. View Full Case Study
LED lighting upgrades allowed Eastern Illinois Foodbank to expand its operations while remaining cost-neutral.
The company had been a fixture in Danville for decades. But after more than half a century of service to customers in the heat exchange industry, the Tridan manufacturing plant was poised to close its doors. In a unique twist of fate, one of its own customers would give the company — and the people who work there — a new lease on life.
Illinois family farmers Bill, Sr. and Alma Wyffels were first inspired to produce a better-performing seed corn for their neighbors and friends nearly 75 years ago. Since then, a simple formula has made Wyffels Hybrids one of the fastest-growing seed corn brands in the Corn Belt — One Thing. Done Right. The Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program applies that same singular focus to helping customers improve comfort, manage usage, and reduce costs.
Working with the Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program and Program Ally, Alpha Controls & Services, in 2021 the bank completed a state-of-the-art lighting project that will help reduce energy costs and its impact on the environment.
As a Program Ally, Bautista Electric Enterprises is proud to deliver real savings that can make all the difference to small businesses and nonprofits in their community — including a number of churches in the Champaign-Urbana area.
Offering big benefits — and a decrease in energy use — light emitting diode (LED) technology has been a bright idea since it arrived on the scene. As more people choose LED bulbs for their homes and businesses, progressive cities like Peoria, Illinois are taking LEDs to the streets.
It takes a lot of energy to run a school — human energy as well as electricity and natural gas. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, in many school districts, energy costs surpass the cost of books and supplies and are second only to salaries. The good news is that energy improvements have the potential to create better learning environments while saving our nation’s schools $1.5 billion each year — and Ameren Illinois can help.
Known for the precision and performance of its roller bearings, NTN-Bower has partnered with Ameren Illinois on a variety of energy-saving projects. Strategic Energy Management (SEM) is a continuous process of planning, implementation and monitoring energy consumption and operational practices to provide a path to achieve energy savings goals. The rewards of SEM can be substantial in terms of bottom-line benefits and environmental impact.
The new air purification system could be easily installed on existing HVAC equipment on the library’s rooftop. As an Ameren Illinois Program Ally, ENTEC was able to utilize Ameren Illinois’ Custom offering to cover a large percentage of the project costs. The Custom offering provides financial incentives for unique projects or emerging technologies that save energy and money.
Buildings tend to shift and settle over time, creating cracks and gaps that leak air and cost money. The Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program offers incentives to help schools, businesses and organizations reduce the size of those gaps and open the door to energy savings. By sealing the building envelope and reducing energy loss, the Cahokia School District will save an estimated $25,000 a year — money that will make a real difference for students.
Bradley University developed a two-year, campus-wide control integration and spending plan — including incentives from Ameren Illinois — to become more energy-efficient. Ameren Illinois’ Metering & Monitoring offering provided a base incentive for the installation of new monitoring equipment as well as a performance incentive based on the energy savings generated from the resulting projects.
Powered by a team of 100 — and about 8.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year — the Vesuvius plant in Charleston, Illinois produces ceramic materials used in the continuous casting process, which transforms molten metal into steel. After examining plant processes for a week, the Ameren Illinois Process Energy Advisor identified a variety of recommended energy-saving measures and nearly $30,000 in incentives to help complete the upgrades.
Managing waste is all in a day’s work at the Pittsfield, Illinois, wastewater treatment facility. But these days, the facility is proving that energy waste need not be part of that equation.
Helping students reach their full potential is the mission of the Peoria Public School District. Helping school equipment — from lighting to motors — reach its energy efficiency potential has become another worthy goal.
From country crooner Blake Shelton to local talent like the Peoria Rivermen Hockey Club, the Peoria Civic Center offers an array of world-class entertainment. Lighting helps create a mood to match every performance. Through the Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Program, two major LED lighting projects qualified for more than $152,000 in cash incentives that cut project costs by more than half.
Beyond energy savings, LED bulbs boast a long life that translates to lower maintenance costs while offering better illumination that enhances everything from cooking and cleaning to safety and marketing.
With the Gateway City and the Mighty Mississippi just a stone's throw away, O'Fallon, Illinois, boasts big city amenities and small town charm. One of the region's fastest growing communities, O'Fallon has a growing appetite for energy efficiency - thanks to services from Ameren Illinois.
