Setting the Energy Baseline For Performance Contracts

Authors

  • Martin A. Mozzo Jr. P.E., CEM, CLEP President M&A Associates

Abstract

Measurement and verification for performance contracting is
necessary to verify the achieved savings. In some cases, verified
savings is required in order to repay the capital investment for the
project. One very key, but often overlooked element is the estab-
lishment of the baseline to be used. In a lot of performance con-
tracting projects, actual construction of the energy project becomes
paramount to all parties, and baseline becomes a neglected or sec-
ondary element. Since the project typically requires replacement of
old, inefficient equipment, establishment of a baseline after
completion of the project is virtually impossible. This article will
discuss the importance of properly establishing a baseline for PC
projects, including acceptance by all parties.

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Author Biography

Martin A. Mozzo Jr., P.E., CEM, CLEP President M&A Associates

Martin A. Mozzo Jr. is president of M&A Associates, Inc. M&A Associates provides energy engineering and consulting services to retail, commercial and industrial end users as well as energy service companies. Prior to starting M&A Associates Inc., Mr. Mozzo worked for Energy Performance Services, Inc. and KENETECH Energy Management, Inc., both nationally prominent energy service companies.

Prior to that, Mr. Mozzo worked for 17 years at American Standard Inc., in a number of positions including corporate director of energy management.

Mr. Mozzo has been very active in the Association of Energy Engineers. He is currently past president of AEE, having served as president during 1999. He currently serves as chairman of two of AEE’s certification boards, the Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional (CLEP) and the Certified GeoExchange Designer (CGD) Boards. He is a senior charter member of AEE, was Region I vice president (national) for two years, was executive vice president, and was a board of director member for the New Jersey chapter for several years. Mr. Mozzo was elected into the AEE Energy Managers Hall of Fame in 1995.

Mr. Mozzo holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University, an MS in logistics management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, and is a registered PE in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. He has received certification as a CEM and CLEP from AEE.

M&A Associates, P.O. Box 8693, Trenton, NJ 08650-0693; (p) 609- 584-9244; (f) 609-586-0014; (e) mmozzo@aol.com.

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Published

2023-09-30

How to Cite

Mozzo Jr., M. A. . (2023). Setting the Energy Baseline For Performance Contracts . Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 21(1), 12–19. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20405

Issue

2001: Vol 21 Iss 1 2001-2002

Section

Articles