Compressed Air Optimization

Programs, resources and funding help you find savings

To help you plan and implement energy efficiency programs in your business, Power Smart offers:

• Useful resources for understanding compressed air system operations and areas for optimization.
• Generous funding to help you optimize your compressed air system.

Useful Resources

Compressed Air Systems - Savings Tips
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The Compressed Air Handbook
Created to help you understand and implement a program for improving energy-efficiency in your compressed air system.
Reference Guide [PDF, 853 KB]

Compressed Air Series
Part I: Compressed Air Efficiency: managing demand.
Part II: Compressed Air Efficiency: managing supply.
Part III: Compressed Air Efficiency: air audits.

Efficiency and reliability go hand in hand

If your facility relies on compressed air, you already know how energy-hungry compressors can be. In fact, the cost to run one can easily exceed the purchase cost within a single year.

Even a modest 200 horsepower compressor can use $50,000 per
year in electricity – $1,000,000 over its entire lifespan.

An energy efficient system is also a high performing system.

Optimizing your systems involves looking for inefficiencies such as:

• significant leaks and pressure variability
• process problems caused by inadequate pressure
• inappropriate uses of compressed air
• other maintenance or reliability issues

Efficiency upgrades can put a stop to these, resulting in better uptime, less maintenance, and improved productivity.

Program offers

Find out how your business can take advantage of generous funding for compressed air optimization.

For 40 to 200 horsepower systems:

Self-Serve Incentive Program (SIP)

• Eligibility criteria:  For industrial customers who use more than 500 megawatt-hours of electricity per year (that's about $25,000).
  
  • For compressed air systems between 40 and 200 horsepower apply for incentives through our online application process.
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For systems greater than 200 horsepower:

End-Use Assessment

• Eligibility criteria: For systems that use more than one gigawatt-hour of electricity per year, for a 200 horsepower system that's about 6,000 hours of operation.
  
  • Our efficiency expert will check for inefficiencies and problems in your compressed air system, and then identify your most important areas for further study.
  • Power Smart offers 100 per cent funding (some limits apply).
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Energy Efficiency Feasibility Study

• Eligibility criteria: For systems that use more than one gigawatt-hour of electricity per year, for a 200 horsepower system that's about 6,000 hours of operation.
  
  • This study will closely analyze specific energy solutions in a single system.
  • The study results will provide the cost/benefit details you need to make strategic decisions.
  • Power Smart offers up to 100 per cent funding.
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Project Incentives

• Eligibility criteria: For systems that use more than one gigawatt-hour of electricity per pear, for a 200 horsepower system that's about 6,000 hours of operation.
  
  • Power Smart offers up to 75 to 100 per cent funding of your upgrade costs.
  • Incentive level and limits vary depending on your billing rate class (distribution vs. transmission).
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