Starting an ESC Chapter in Your State. Energy Services Coalition Mission To promote the benefits of, provide education on, and serve as an advocate for

Starting an ESC Chapter in Your State

Energy Services CoalitionEnergy Services Coalition

Mission

To promote the benefits of, provide education on, and serve as an advocate

for the widespread use of energy performance contracting in public and

private facilities

Energy Services CoalitionEnergy Services Coalition

• Diverse membership provides a unique opportunity to: – Provide independent third party information

and education– Identify and overcome barriers

What Does the ESC Do?What Does the ESC Do?• Helps building owners be good customers

through education, information and resources

• Increases the financing options available to building owners

• Makes performance contracting a fully available option for upgrading all types of facilities

• Provides continual improvement of the performance contracting process

ESC MembershipESC Membership

• Members include representatives of:– State energy offices– State facility management agencies – Energy service companies– Building owners– Finance companies– Federal agencies– Others

Services and ResourcesServices and Resources• Educational workshops at locations

around the U.S.

• Resources (available from ESC web site):– Guide to performance contracting– Template procurement and contracting

documents for performance contracting– Database of energy professionals and service

providers by state – Online discussion forum

ESC State ChaptersESC State Chapters

Importance of ESCImportance of ESCState ChaptersState Chapters

• State chapters carry ESC’s educational message to individuals who need to understand performance contracting and to use it to upgrade their buildings:– Building managers, financial institutions,

engineers, procurement and legal staff, and others involved in the decision-making process

Who Benefits from Who Benefits from ESC State ChaptersESC State Chapters

• Implementation of energy efficiency and building upgrades is good for everyone:– Building occupants and owners– State energy offices– ESCOs– Finance companies– Environment

ESC State Chapters To DateESC State Chapters To Date

• Alabama• Arkansas• Arizona• California• Colorado• Florida• Kentucky• Louisiana• Maryland• Massachusetts• Minnesota

• Mississippi• Nevada• New Hampshire• New Mexico• North Carolina• Ohio• South Carolina• Tennessee• Texas• Utah• Virginia

Starting an ESC State ChapterStarting an ESC State Chapter

• Step One: Identify a state agency representative who is willing to be the public sector co-chair of the chapter

• Step Two: Schedule a kickoff meeting of ESC state chapter– Invite building owners, legal and purchasing

staff, ESCOs, finance companies, in your state

• Step Three: Hold kickoff meeting

Typical Agenda for Typical Agenda for Kickoff MeetingKickoff Meeting

• Introduction to the ESC – Structure, Committees, Activities

• Announce Public Sector Co-Chair• Appoint interim Private Sector Co-Chair• Establish committees to develop

workplans• Schedule next meeting

ESC State Chapter’sESC State Chapter’s Relationship to National ESC Relationship to National ESC

• ESC state chapters function as committees of the National ESC

• Activities and leadership of ESC state chapters are subject to the approval of the ESC national executive board

ESC State Chapter LeadershipESC State Chapter Leadership

• ESC State Chapter Co-Chairs– Public Sector Chair

• Usually represents the state energy office• Usually self-selected

– Private Sector Chair• Usually represents an ESCO• Elected by state ESC chapter members

ESC State Chapter GoalESC State Chapter Goal

• Develop an outreach program that:

– Provides education on performance contracting to the target audience in their state

– Is workable for the ESC State Chapter and its members

ESC State Chapter TasksESC State Chapter Tasks

• Provide performance contracting training sessions, workshops, and similar events


• Identify key individuals and organizations in the state would benefit from energy performance contracting– Submit ESC state chapter articles for

publication in newsletters, business journals, magazines

– Provide ESC state chapter speakers for other organizations’ meetings

– Set up information booths at conferences


• Divide the performance of these tasks among ESC state chapter members so that it is workable for all the members

• ESC state chapter members that participate in ESC outreach activities represent the ESC, delivering education rather than company-specific selling

Suggested Responsibilities for Suggested Responsibilities for ESC State Chapter CommitteesESC State Chapter Committees

Membership CommitteeMembership CommitteeResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

• Recruit members for the ESC state chapter– Any person joining the ESC are members of

their respective state’s ESC chapter

• Gather contact information of interested persons (e.g., attendee lists from conferences and other events attended by chapter members) and e-mail this contact information to the national ESC

Outreach CommitteeOutreach CommitteeResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

• Identify organizations whose members would benefit from learning about performance contracting; arrange to have articles in newsletters and ESC speakers at their meetings


• Work with National ESC to prepare and submit news releases describing ESC state chapter’s achievements

• Prepare and keep a calendar of upcoming state chapter events


• Prepare articles on state chapter events that have occurred (with pictures if possible)

• Submit calendar and articles to the National ESC for posting on the ESC web site

Workshops CommitteeWorkshops CommitteeResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

• Hold performance contracting workshop(s) each year– Coordinate workshop logistics with the

Naitonal ESC– National ESC can provide attendee registration

through the ESC web site

State-Specific Documents State-Specific Documents Committee ResponsibilitiesCommittee Responsibilities

• Prepare a short summary of the laws/rules relating to performance contracting in the state– Cover each vertical market in the state– Include contacts and web links for additional

information on rules applying to each vertical market– An ESC template is available

• Prepare a state-specific guide to performance contracting based on ESC template


• If necessary, prepare state-specific versions of ESC procurement and contracting documents – Start with ESC template documents– Where possible, suggest improvements to

national documents so they can be tailored to meet both state-specific and national needs


• Prepare quarterly and annual summaries of new performance contracting projects in the state– Project address, contact information, square

feet, expected energy savings– Submit to the State Chapter Outreach

Committee and the National ESC so they can work together to promote recognition


• Submit prepared documents to the national ESC Documents Committee for review, approval, and inclusion on the ESC web site

When You are Ready to Start When You are Ready to Start an ESC State Chapter...an ESC State Chapter...

• For information, materials or assistance on how to make your KICKOFF MEETING a success, visit our web site at www.energyservicescoalition.org (click on “Contact ESC)

• Let us help you get your ESC state chapter up and running today!

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ESC State Chapter?ESC State Chapter?