Retro-commissioning Study
A program for our business customers in Iowa.
Refine your system controls to run at peak performance
Are you a facilities manager or building owner looking to optimize the performance of the systems in your building? A Retro-commissioning (RCx) Study could be the perfect solution. As an incentive, we may be able to reimburse up to 100% of the study cost. It’s a smart investment that can yield significant benefits for your building operations and your budget.
What’s an RCx study?
An RCx study is a thorough checkup to ensure a system in your facility is running as intended.
It helps identify areas of improvement and implement corrective measures to optimize performance, safety and comfort – and your bottom line.
Benefits
We’ll reimburse up to 100% of the study cost, and the results can help you:
- Improve equipment lifecycle and extend service life.
- Increase occupant comfort, safety and productivity.
- Optimize building process systems and equipment operation to meet current facility requirements.
- Improve your ability to benchmark and track energy performance.
Common measures
RCx studies identify actionable measures and steps that include, but are not limited to:
- Adjusting control set points.
- Lighting controls optimization.
- Optimizing building operating schedules.
Requirements
The following requirements are in place to qualify for a retro-commissioning study.
- Facility must receive electricity and/or natural gas as an Alliant Energy customer in Iowa.
- Facility must be greater than 20,000 square feet.
- Direct digital controls system or process controls must be between two and 10 years old and not in need of repairs.
- No major renovation plans for the system are under consideration.
How it works
- Complete and submit the RCx preliminary screening form. A representative will contact you to get more information about your facility and provide a proposal detailing the scope and cost of the study.
- We’ll work with your building’s owners and staff to evaluate your facility’s building management system and energy use to identify improvement opportunities. You'll receive a written report with recommended changes, project costs and information about paybacks and rebates.
- We’ll reimburse 50% of the RCx study cost upon its completion.
- Consider the recommended projects. Once you decide what is right for your facility, schedule the approved projects with your contractor.
- Once complete, we’ll verify implementation and reimburse the remaining 50% of the study cost. Participants must implement all energy-saving measures that have a combined payback of two years or less, with no individual measure having a payback greater than five years.