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Building Energy Assessments
Businesses can save money and energy by implementing measures identified through a building energy assessment. Three main options are based on whether your building is heated with natural gas and if you'd like a full facility audit or a lighting-only audit.
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for buildings heated with NATURAL GAS
National Grid-Sponsored Building Energy Assessments
Contact the following National Grid representatives for the Concord region to begin the process. Find out more via Mass SAVE: https://www.masssave.com/en/business/programs-and-services/building-energy-assessments and by contacting your Energy Efficiency Representative:
- Commercial Buildings:
- Small to medium customers: Rylie Murray: (781) 250-9952 Rylie.Murray@NationalGrid.com
- Large customers: Chandra Bilsky: (401) 871-4567 Chandra.Bilsky1@NationalGrid.com
- Municipal Buildings: Sean Krusz: (774) 270-8392 Sean.Krusz@NationalGrid.com
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for buildings heated with any fuel other than natural gas (such as propane, heat pumps, electric baseboards, or heating oil)
CMLP-Sponsored Building Energy Assessments
Step 1:
Check your CMLP bill to see the type of commercial customer you are, which is based on the maximum electric demand at that service address:
- Small commercial customers (G1) demand up to 20 kW every month
- Medium commercial customers (G2) demand from 20 to 200 kW per month
- Large commercial customers (G3) demand more than 200 kW at least one month of the year
Step 2
Small Commercial Customers:
CMLP pays 100% of the energy assessment costs for small (G1) businesses.
| Building Footprint | Audit Costs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Small Businesses | ||||||
| G1 | CMLP | |||||||
| 0 | to | 5,000 | ft2 | $0 | $1,600 | |||
| 5,000 | to | 10,000 | ft2 | $0 | $2,400 | |||
| 10,000 | to | 25,000 | ft2 | $0 | $3,200 | |||
| 25,000 | to | 50,000 | ft2 | $0 | $4,000 | |||
| 50,000 | to | 75,000 | ft2 | $0 | $4,800 | |||
| 75,000 | to | 100,000 | ft2 | $0 | $5,600 | |||
| 100,000 | to | -- | ft2 | Quote Available on Request | ||||
| Building Footprint | Audit Costs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Medium & Large Businesses | ||||||
| G2 or G3 | CMLP | |||||||
| 0 | to | 10,000 | ft2 | $1,575 | $1,575 | |||
| 10,000 | to | 25,000 | ft2 | $1,950 | $1,950 | |||
| 25,000 | to | 50,000 | ft2 | $2,400 | $2,400 | |||
| 50,000 | to | 75,000 | ft2 | $2,850 | $2,850 | |||
| 75,000 | to | 100,000 | ft2 | $3,750 | $3,750 | |||
| 100,000 | to | -- | ft2 | Quote Available on Request | ||||
Step 2
Medium & Large Commercial Customers:
CMLP pays 50% of the assessment costs for medium (G2) and large (G3) businesses. See the chart for these charges based on facility size.
Step 3:
Contact CMLP's audit partner, Energy New England (ENE), at Commercial@ene.org to initiate the process. If you have further questions, please get in touch with Pamela Cady, CMLP's Energy Efficiency and Electrification Specialist at pcady@concordma.gov or (978) 318-3149.
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for buildings heated with any fuel: Free Lighting-Only Assessments - For information on a free lighting-only audit, please see our Commercial Lighting Rebate page.