Reduce Energy Costs &Build Customer Interest

NYSERDA and Focus on Hospitality program

Key energy issues in restaurants

Short-term solutions Long-term investments Incentives for efficient

food service equipment

New York State

Energy Research and

Development Authority

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A not-for-profit public benefits corporation

Promotes energy awareness, efficiency, and alternative resources.

Funded by the System Benefits Charge (SBC) from utility bills across the state.

You and your customers have paid into the SBC since 1998!

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Note that:Roughly HALF your energy is used up by building equipmentFood prep is only 35-40% of your total energy costs

Utility Rate vs. Demand Rate

Your utility rate is simply “X” multiplied by how much electricity you’ve used, like an odometer.

Your demand rate measures speed of electric use (i.e. how much you consume at any given moment), like an speedometer.

DID YOU KNOW THAT your utility company charges are based on the highest “speed” (i.e. demand rate) you hit that month, even if your load hits that high only once?

Graph of a typical load throughout one day

•Turn on equipment•Serve breakfast

•Turn on equipment•Serve breakfast

•Lunch crowd arrives•AC kicks on

•Lunch crowd arrives•AC kicks on

•Dinner rush•Night-time lighting comes on

•Dinner rush•Night-time lighting comes on

① ASSESS and take stock of what you have and what you are doing now

② KNOCK OUT or reduce the small things

③ PLAN for investing in your business

Habit Assessment: Look at the daily practices that can be changed to save money and resources.

Energy Assessment: Identify where you are needlessly wasting energy, in the short term and the long term.

the staff is heating and cooling the great outdoors:Building doors and windows are propped

open

Poor or lack of circulating air in the kitchen

“the lights are on, but nobody’s home”:No one ever touches a light switch

Morning crew fires up everything at once

Parking lot is lit up during lunchtime

Check if:

What do you need to upgrade or replace right away?

What new equipment should you plan to buy in the future when the old one dies?

Replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs

Replace incandescent exit signs with LED exit signs

Weatherstrip windows; install door sweeps on hard doors

Install or replace curtains on loading or service doors

Update or add ceiling insulation Perform regular service

maintenance on AC and heating

Which NYSERDA program is right for your business?

FULLY REFUNDED when at least ONE recommendation equal to

the fee is installed

Audit fee based on annual electric cost

50/50 cost shared energy analysis for buildings above $75K in annual electric bills

Can be used for any type of energy analysis

Older one-story neighborhood restaurant

Bruno’s Restaurant, Saratoga Springs, NY

Open for lunch and dinner

Electric Savings

Measure Cost Annual Saving

s

Demand

Savings(in kW)

Electric Saving

s (in kWh)

Fuel Savings(MBTUs

)

Pay back

in years

WEATHERSTRIP DOORS

$100 $56 0 0 370 1.8

INSULATE ATTIC $4,500 $1,193 0 0 79.5 3.8INSULATE WALLS

$1,413 $513 0 0 34.2 2.8

Project Totals

$9,212

$2,458

3.8 6,696 101.9 3.5

100 %return on investment

in 3.5 years

Fuel & Other Savings

Easy application process!

Lighting◦ Efficient fixtures◦ Occupancy sensors◦ LED options

Efficient Building Equipment

Air Conditioning◦ Choose from our

pre-approved list of qualified equipment

Efficient Kitchen Equipment

Energy savings of 20%-50% over standard equipment

Incentives up to $1000 on eligible equipment◦ Commercial Refrigerators/Freezers◦ Commercial Ice Makers◦ Electric Fryers, Electric Steamers,

and Electric Holding Cabinets◦ And more!

Product listings of all eligible foodservice equipment and incentives

o Updated frequentlyo Available in hard copy and electronic

formats

On-call technical support for information and programs

Questions or issues on incentive applications and processing

Incentives and Products

Phone: 1-866-904-8027

Email: hospitality@nyserda.org

Program information available:

www.nyserda.org www.nyserda.org

➚Click on “Hospitality” in Click on “Hospitality” in the center of the pagethe center of the page

We are ready to serve you!