Submit your application online at nicorgasrebates. com/emerging. Offer your home or business for a pilot. Current Nicor
Emerging technology: successful projects Help us bring energy-efficient technology to our more than 2.2 million customers in 656 commmunities around northern Illinois 75+ applications Received more than 75 applications from manufacturers, sales representatives and contractors
20+ pilot projects Launched more than twenty pilot projects in residential, commercial and industrial markets
5 new rebates launched Identified, evaluated and facilitated 5 emerging technologies as new rebates through energySMART, a Nicor Gas program.
Annual savings at field test sites Industrial air curtains in a distribution warehouse reduced natural gas consumption by more than 400 therms each Destratification fans saved a big-box store more than 3,500 therms per year Modulating gas valve retrofits on commercial clothes dryers provided an average gas savings of 333 therms per dryer
Proof positive: ozone laundry The Emerging Technology Program identified, evaluated and helped introduce commercial ozone laundry as a rebate to energySMART, a Nicor Gas program, in June 2013. The commercial ozone laundry rebate lowers the customer’s initial cost for the equipment through a streamlined, easy-touse application process. Ozone laundry saved more than 5,000 therms at two test sites, and since its introduction as a rebate, customers have received $50,136 in ozone laundry rebates and have saved 42,919 therms.
Long-term savings Commercial ozone laundry has saved companies more than 42,000 therms through the rebate program Submit your application today Submit applications for innovative improvements and bring your energy-efficient concepts to life. If you are an engineer, entrepreneur, business owner or manufacturer with an energy efficiency technology, then energySMART would like to speak with you. Submit your application online at nicorgasrebates. com/emerging
Offer your home or business for a pilot Current Nicor Gas customers can offer their home or business as a pilot assessment site. Contact our Emerging Technology team at
[email protected] to determine if your home or business qualifies.
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Current technologies being field tested •
Commercial clothes dryer moisture sensors Saves up to 30 percent of annual gas use
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Commercial predictive energy management Savings up to 25 percent of annual gas use
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Commercial and industrial boiler chemical descaling: Saves up to 10 percent of annual gas heating use
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Residential ozone laundry system: Up to 125 therms saved per year with six hot water loads per week
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Residential hydronic boiler system additive: Up to 15 percent reduction in the gas consumption of the boiler
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Modulating gas valve retrofits for commercial food service equipment: Up to 20 percent gas savings when installed on ovens and fryers
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Commercial dynamic air balancing: Saves up to 35 percent of annual gas use
Moisture sensors are applied to augment control of a hotel’s dryers.
A washer is retrofitted with an ozone system in the laundry room of a home.
Completed field tests We have completed field tests for several technologies, including: •
High-efficiency condensing heating rooftop units
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Industrial wireless steam trap monitoring systems
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Commercial and industrial air curtains
For a complete list and to view the final public project reports, visit nicorgasrebates.com/emerging
A commercial dynamic air balancing system is installed, including automated dampers, wireless thermostats and a central control module.
Visit nicorgasrebates.com/emerging to learn more. energySMART, a Nicor Gas program, is funded by Nicor Gas customers in compliance with Illinois law. energySMART offers are available on a first-come, first-served basis. This offer is subject to change or termination without notice at the discretion of the Emerging Technology Program. ETP_projects_flyer_102915
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