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Energy-efficient programs evolve at utility and state level: rebates aren't dead.

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The wholesale adoption of maximum energy-efficiency measures would save an estimated $1/square foot ([ft.sup.2]) ($0.50/[ft.sup.2] for lighting efficiency alone)--which translates, based on building statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Energy, to a maximum possible cost savings of about $60 billion per year. Unfortunately, the initial cost of the upgrade, including auditing, equipment purchase, installation labor, savings verification, disposal, and so on remains the biggest barrier to universal adoption of energy-efficiency measures.

Energy service companies (ESCOs), which can provide turnkey energy upgrades including financing, tend to focus on the ...

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