Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) can provide Owners with the means to achieve energy efficient facility upgrades and modernization, reduce ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs, improve indoor environments and occupancy comfort—without requiring any "up-front" capital investment. However, unless clear and unambiguous objectives and guidelines are established before an ESPC contractor is hired, owners can be in for unpleasant surprises. Too often, the ESPC contractor alone determines what work will be done, what equipment will be installed, and who will install it. Often, only the ESPC contractor verifies the savings generated!

ACR’s services in this field are intended to supplement, not supplant the services provided in an ESPC arrangement. Acting as the Owner’s technical representative, ACR performs all the engineering duties that ensure competition, performance, and accountability. From performing the initial site survey through the final stages of Monitoring and Verification, ACR has the expertise, fairness, and grit to make sure you get what you need the first time.

So, before making any binding agreement with any ESPC provider, make sure you ‘do the numbers’ beforehand. We are ready and able to help you get there by providing unbiased and reliable assistance in this often confusing and confounding profession.