Questions - 21 to 30 of 36
Do you have a computer-controlled lighting system that adjusts the lighting level for outside brightness or similar factors?
Do you use equipment or processes in your business that require large amounts of energy to operate? Examples include equipment that heats or cools like stoves or freezers, or large engines that power mechanical equipment, or processes such as drying brick.
Would you estimate that you use more energy, at least in terms of cost, for this type of equipment than for space heating, space cooling, and lighting combined?
Do you have a system that recycles excess heat or cold created by this equipment into other uses?
Do you have a contract with your electric company that gives it the right to reduce the supply of electricity you receive during peak periods in exchange for a lower rate?
Within the last three years, have you taken one or more steps to reduce the amount of energy your business consumes?
What were the most important steps you took? (Allow no more than two answers.)
Who has primary responsibility for selecting and implementing these energy-saving measures? Is it:?
Are you aware of steps making economic sense that you can take to reduce your use of energy should energy costs rise another 25 percent?
Does your business occupy space in a building or buildings other than its primary location, not including temporary facilities such as a construction site?
Volume 6, Issue 3, 2006 ISSN - 1534-8326
William J. Dennis, Jr. NFIB Research Foundation