This tool is designed to provide you with quick examples of how new energy saving measures could lower your energy costs. Define your business in the boxes below. Click the Calculate button to establish your Base Facility. Change your inputs to compare potential energy savings scenarios to your current operation. After you run a few scenarios, be sure to click the View Details and View Chart buttons.

Calculate Your Base Facility Business Type Offices Medical Facilities Educational Facilities Retail Facilities Religious Facilities Warehouses Small Industrial None Electric Gas Propane Heat Pump Water Heat Type Building Type Full Service Restaurants Fast Food Restaurants Retail Stores Grocery Stores Convenience Stores None Electric Gas Propane Oil Heat Pump (Air) Heating Type Building Age 0 - 9 years 10 - 19 years 20 - 29 years 30 - 39 years 40+ years None Electric (Typical) Electric (High Effic) Cooling Type Building Hours    25% Fluor (T12) 50% Fluor (T12) 75% Fluor (T12) 90% Fluor (T12) 25% Fluor (T8) 50% Fluor (T8) 75% Fluor (T8) 90% Fluor (T8) Percent Fluorescent SqFt Heat/Cool No Windows Single Pane Double Pane Low E Tinted Windows (Panes) SqFt Parking Lot    None Electric Gas Propane Gas/Electric 50/50 Gas/Electric 75/25 Gas/Electric 25/75 Cooking Equipment Cool Setting None Electric Refrigeration Heat Setting None Electric Elevator / Escalator

Your Approximate Energy Costs Press the "Calculate" button to establish your Base Facility. Reset to Defaults

This calculator considers your local weather.

All calculations are rough estimates. Your initial energy costs for your Base Facility are merely an estimated starting point from which you can compare new measures and practices. Your actual energy bill will be different from these estimates, since this tool does not take into account every variable used in your actual billing charges found in your Duke Energy rate tariff.