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Pre-Screen / Site Qualification

If you answer "yes" to 3 or more of these of the following questions, your facility may be good candidate for CHP, and the U.S. DOE Northwest Clean Energy Application Center may be able to help:

Do you pay more than $.06/kWh on average for electricity (including generation, transmission and distribution)?
Are you concerned about the impact of current or future energy costs on your business?
Are you concerned about power reliability? Is there a substantial financial impact to your business if the power goes out for 1 hour? For 5 minutes?
Does your facility operate for more than 5000 hours per year?
Do you have thermal loads throughout the year (including steam, hot water, chilled water, hot air, etc.)?
Does your facility have an existing central plant?
Do you expect to replace, upgrade, or retrofit central plant equipment within the next 3-5 years?
Do you anticipate a facility expansion or new construction project within the next 3-5 years?
Have you already implemented energy efficiency measures and still have high energy costs?
Are you interested in reducing your facility's impact on the environment?
Do you have access to on-site or nearby biomass resources (i.e. landfill gas, farm manure, food processing waste, etc.?

If you were able to answer yes to 3 or more of the questions, then we encourage you to go forward with a Level 1 Screening Analysis and to get in touch with us for additional free support.