Like for many businesses, end of year is a busy time at Groom Energy.   Our engineering team is scrambling to satisfy utilities’ requirements, our back office is beginning year-end closing and our customers are pushing us to complete projects with budgets that disappear if unused.

We’ve now been doing EPAct tax deduction measurement, verification, and certification for our clients for a number of years. This initiative provides a huge incentive, $1.80/sq ft for Lighting, HVAC, or Building Envelope upgrades that qualify. Although Lighting is the most straightforward component, as it does not require facility modeling software to be run, there are significant opportunities to engage in multiple technology upgrades to maximize incentives. What we are learning is how few projects actually take advantage of the lucrative EPAct 2005 tax deduction as well as other incentives.