Great news! Special short-teem pricing ($95) for OSU REAC Energy Assessments
ABOUT US
The objective of Rural Energy Assessment Center (REAC) program is to implement a state-wide energy audit program to assist eligible agricultural producers and rural small businesses to decrease the demand for energy through energy conservation and energy efficiency improvements and promote renewable energy development in Oklahoma to cut down energy costs.
WHAT YOU GET?
UNBIASED SERVICE | Marginal amount of fees compared to other energy auditing companies.
30–DAY REPORT | We deliver our assessment report within 60 days from the date of the assessment visit as a printed copy and by email.
FOLLOW UP ACTION | The REAC staff follow up on your implementation post assessment up to one year.
CONFIDENTIALITY | We maintain complete confidentiality of our clients and any proprietary information about your facility will remain strictly confidential
LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES | The REAC assessments can give your company insight into industry best practices and latest technologies currently in use.
ELIGIBLITY
MUST BE A RURAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS OR A RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES
Non-agricultural businesses must be located in a rural area. Below is a link that you can use to check to see if your small business is in a rural area. All you need to do is select REAP and then put in the address.
Should be a small business that meets Small Business Administration’s (SBA) definition of Small Business. You can find eligibility by using their NAICS Code and knowing how many employees they need to stay under.
Must be a small business or an agricultural producer an individual or entity directly engaged in the production of agricultural products.
No cap or requirements of minimum annual expenditure toward energy bills (including electricity, natural gas, water, and all other fuels).
REAP ELIGIBILTY
Select REAP and then put in the address.
eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility welcomeAction.do
SBA ELIGIBILTY
Check if you are a small business.
sba.gov/document/support–table-size-standards
INITIAL SCREENING AND PRE-ASSESSMENT ANALYSES
• Once initial contact is made with a potential client, data will be collected to determine eligibility.
• The pre-assessment phase of the process involves data collection to assure that the client is qualified and research to ensure that the site-visit time is maximized.
• Eligibility is assessed in two steps: (1) current activities, through a screening questionnaire, and (2) past activities, through historic utility/production documentation.
• An interested potential client is contacted by phone and/or e-mail in order to address the pre-assessment questions.
• Any questions as to the eligibility of a potential client will be discussed with the State Rural Development Energy Coordinator before scheduling the energy audit.
• The team of 4 REAC members will do the assessments visit to the plant.
• The site visits will normally begin with a meeting of key personnel at the facility, including all specific contacts as well as associated executives that are available.
• A general work plan is outlined along with a tour of the facility, which allows the team members to become familiar with the location of equipment and the process flow.
• At this point, the team is now ready to develop a specific work plan, including assignment of data acquisition tasks, placement of measurement and data collection equipment, and identification of potential recommendations.
• Our team members will work/collect data in pairs, with intermittent meeting times to assure progress and safety.
• The field visit concludes with a closing meeting with the client’s personnel including any available executive staff personnel.
• The preliminary findings of the assessment team will be discussed, and additional questions will be addressed.
OUR SERVICES
Our energy assessments primarily focus on
ENERGY SAVINGS
We provide the requisite industrial assessment that can ensure energy savings, and as a result lower your utility bills and possibly operational costs
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
We emphasize productivity issues to make processes more efficient and effective
REAC is capable of serving a wide variety of manufacturing and commercial facilities and is equipped with the technical know-how regarding the working of all energy consuming equipment including motors, pumps, HVAC systems, lighting, boilers, compressors and refrigeration systems, etc.
ON-SITE PROTOCOL
• REAC personnel schedule a site visit after the client is determined to be qualified to participate in the audit program through the pre-assessment process
• The team of 4 REAC members will do the assessments visit to the plant.
• The site visits will normally begin with a meeting of key personnel at the facility, including all specific contacts as well as associated executives that are available.
• A general work plan is outlined along with a tour of the facility, which allows the team members to become familiar with the location of equipment and the process flow.
• At this point, the team is now ready to develop a specific work plan, including assignment of data acquisition tasks, placement of measurement and data collection equipment, and identification of potential recommendations.
• Our team members will work/collect data in pairs, with intermittent meeting times to assure progress and safety.
• The field visit concludes with a closing meeting with the client’s personnel including any available executive staff personnel.
• The preliminary findings of the assessment team will be discussed, and additional questions will be addressed.
HOW CAN REAP HELP ME?
Our energy programs can make you eligible for REAP grant that help fund projects that:
• Install energy efficient lighting
• Upgrade refrigeration systems
• Improve insulation, duct work, windows and other building upgrades
• Lower heating and cooling costs with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning upgrades
• Install solar panels or wind turbines
• Purchase anaerobic digesters
• Establish other renewable energy systems including geothermal or hydropower
• Convert biomass to energy, and more
CONTACT US
Dr. Hitesh D. Vora Director, REAC, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Technology
CEAT | Oklahoma State University
559 Engineering North
Stillwater, OK, 74078
hitesh.vora@okstate.edu
(405) 744-9578
Kyle Robison, MBA
Sr. Research Engineer, Assistant
Director, REAC
Mechanical Engineering Technology
CEAT | Oklahoma State University
241 ATRC
Stillwater, OK, 74078
(405) 744-9146| (405) 885-3888 |
kyle.robison@okstate.edu