Aging infrastructure, deferred maintenance and inefficient systems increase facility maintenance and energy costs throughout many government buildings. Facility managers and financial officers often have poor visibility into their energy consumption and savings potential. Even as energy costs are rising by nearly 3-5% each year, despite less expensive fuel costs for utility companies, municipalities are already spending over one third of their energy bills on wastewater plants and drink water systems.

 

Plug Smart has worked with federal, state, county and city government agencies to reduce their facility operating overhead costs. By taking advantage of energy rebates and state legislated programs in Ohio such as HB264 and HB295, we have delivered projects with minimal capital budget finding, often none at all.

 

Our customer-focused solutions allow our clients to use trusted vendors, and our objective approach reduces high overhead costs that are often incurred by larger companies. While traditional contracting methods result in low-bid scenarios and undesirable equipment choices, our design-build process has been proven to successfully eliminate change orders while increasing the client’s ability to shape and influence their design.