PHILADELPHIA, PA · ENERGY
Commercial energy audits in Philadelphia.
We run ASHRAE Level I, II, and III commercial energy audits for Philadelphia buildings, then rank the measures so a limited budget funds the best ones first.
Find the waste before you buy the upgrade.
Most commercial buildings are paying for energy they never use. A proper commercial energy audit puts numbers on it: where the waste is, what the fix costs, and what it returns. From there, efficiency consultants sequence the upgrades so the cheap wins pay for the big ones.
The audit also tells you when the answer is bigger than efficiency. High demand charges point at battery storage; aging equipment points at a mechanical replacement that pays back in utility savings. Either way, you decide with real numbers on the table.
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How Philadelphia facility teams scope ASHRAE Level I, II, and III audits
A commercial energy audit is a site study of how your Philadelphia building actually uses energy. We walk the HVAC, lighting, and control systems, pull your utility history, and build a ranked list of energy conservation measures with the cost and payback for each one. We scope the audit to ASHRAE Level I, II, or III. A Level I pass finds the easy no-cost adjustments and points to the bigger items. Level II is the common choice when the report has to support a capital plan, a compliance filing, or a PECO incentive application. Level III adds deeper engineering on the measures you already plan to fund.
BEPP and benchmarking come before the audit scope
Philadelphia has a Building Energy Performance Program. It is a jurisdiction-specific requirement, and it changes how audit work gets scoped in this city. So we start with two questions: does your building fall under the program, and is your benchmarking data clean? Bad benchmarking makes a good audit look wrong. We check meter assignments, tenant spaces, and gross floor area against how the building is actually metered, then line the audit deliverable up with what the filing asks for. If your building is not covered, we say so and scope the audit around your capital plan instead.
Deliverable contents
What a Philadelphia commercial energy audit report has to contain
Inventory of existing equipment
INVENTORY
We list the HVAC, lighting, and control equipment in place, unit by unit. Without that inventory, measure costs are estimates nobody can check, and a reviewer cannot follow the math.
Weather-normalized site EUI baseline
BASELINE
Philadelphia runs a real heating season and a real cooling season, so raw utility totals swing with the weather. We set the baseline on weather-normalized site EUI so a mild winter does not get counted as savings.
Payback at the measure level
PAYBACK
We report cost, site EUI savings, and simple payback for each individual measure and for the total project. That split is what lets you fund three measures now instead of stalling on the whole list.
Measures tied to a stated target
MEASURES
We list the efficiency measures needed to reach the target you are working toward, not only the ones that are quick to install. You see the gap before you commit a budget.
PROJECT PLANNING
Questions to ask before you hire a commercial energy auditor in Philadelphia
- Ask who walks the building and who writes the report. Handoffs between a site tech and a report writer lose the details that make control measures work.
- Ask whether a licensed Professional Engineer or Certified Energy Manager leads the engagement, and whether that person stays on through the final report.
- Ask how no-cost and low-cost HVAC control measures get found. Inexperienced auditors miss them, and they are often the cheapest savings in the building.
- Ask which diagnostics are included. Blower door testing, duct leakage testing, and thermal imaging show envelope and distribution losses a walkthrough alone misses.
- Ask what happens if the audit finds little. A building that already ran an audit and installed the measures may have less left to save, and we will tell you that.
- Ask for a ranked measure list. A limited efficiency budget should go to the strongest measures, not to whatever appears first.
WHAT WE HANDLE
Everything under the energy door.
MANAGEMENT
Utility incentive path
How PECO incentives shape a Philadelphia commercial energy audit
Act 129 program coverage
PROGRAM
PECO's business efficiency work sits under Pennsylvania's Act 129 Phase IV Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program. We confirm what the current program covers before we rank measures, because an unfunded measure drops down the list.
Custom measure engineering
CUSTOM
PECO runs a custom measure path for business customers. Custom applications need engineering backup that the audit itself has to produce, so we flag those measures during the site visit rather than after the report is issued.
Combined heat and power screen
CHP
PECO offers a combined heat and power custom measure. We look at your electric and gas profile to see whether CHP deserves a study, or we rule it out early so you stop paying to explore it.
One utility, both fuels
FUELS
PECO delivers electric and natural gas across southeastern Pennsylvania, so a fuel-switching measure lands with a single utility. We pull both meter histories together instead of auditing electric use alone.
BEFORE YOU BUY
Timing a Philadelphia commercial energy audit around permits and renovation work
Audit before the drawings lock
SEQUENCE
Philadelphia issues renovation and new construction permits in high volume. If a renovation is already coming, we audit first so efficiency measures ride in the same permit and the same contractor mobilization.
Pair it with mechanical work
HVAC
HVAC and mechanical permits are one of the busiest trade categories in the city. When a rooftop unit or boiler is already being replaced, that is the cheapest moment to change system type or add controls.
Fold lighting into electrical scope
ELECTRICAL
Electrical permits move steadily in Philadelphia. Lighting and panel measures found in the audit cost less when they are added to an electrical permit you are already pulling.
Skip areas under demolition
SCOPE
A floor being gutted does not produce usable energy data. We either wait for it or exclude that area from the baseline and state the exclusion in the report.
Project in Philadelphia?
Tell us the building, exact scope, and target date. Flux will review the request and send the next step.
QUESTIONS
Straight answers.
Which ASHRAE audit level does my Philadelphia building need?
Most commercial engagements land at ASHRAE Level II. Level I is a screening pass for no-cost adjustments, and Level III adds deeper engineering on measures you already plan to fund.
Does a commercial energy audit support Philadelphia BEPP compliance?
Yes. Philadelphia's Building Energy Performance Program is a jurisdiction-specific requirement, so we scope the audit and the benchmarking data together and keep the numbers consistent.
What does a commercial energy audit cost in Philadelphia?
Cost tracks building size, system complexity, and audit level. We price after a scoping call and a look at your utility history, not from square footage alone.
Can you support a PECO incentive application?
We produce the engineering backup PECO's custom measure path needs and confirm which measures the current Act 129 program covers before you commit to a scope.
GET STARTED
Find the waste in your building.
The audit is free to scope, and most audits find their fee several times over. Tell us about the building and we'll price yours.
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