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Building energy efficiency insights from the innovators behind EPIC
May 20, 2025

Featured Article: Estimating Building End-use Energy Consumption Using CBECS, RECS, and CEUS Data

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Anthony Buonicore, PE, BCEE, QEP, SRS Director of Engineering, discusses how estimating energy and cost savings associated with replacing existing equipment in small and medium-size buildings (SMBs) can be a daunting task. While dynamic building simulation modeling may be the preferred technical approach, its use in SMB retrofits is cost prohibitive. As a result, energy professionals need a less resource intensive approach. This article discusses a solution that has proven to provide a technically sound,

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September 22, 2024

What’s New with EPIC: New User Interface Design

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The new user interface design modernizes the look and feel, enhances user navigation, and improves the user experience throughout the EPIC app. It also includes “dark mode” to help reduce screen glare, minimize eye fatigue, and save battery life.

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June 24, 2024

Featured Book: Energy Savings Calculations for Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Upgrades

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Anthony Buonicore, PE, BCEE, QEP, SRS Director of Engineering, provides insightful content describing cost-effective practices designed to facilitate a quick assessment of the potential energy cost savings that are realized when replacing existing building systems with highest efficiency equipment. This is particularly useful for the small and medium-sized building (SMB) sector, including how to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of alternative energy improvements to help make the business case to the SMB owner.

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March 13, 2023

What’s New with EPIC: EE + Solar PV Feature

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This new feature empowers EPIC users to develop energy efficiency + solar PV projects, including best practice methodology: “energy efficiency first” and then “right-sizing” a solar PV system to optimize financial and GHG emissions reduction impacts.

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December 31, 2022

What’s New with EPIC: Tax Impact Estimation Feature

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We are pleased to announce this new feature empowers EPIC users to estimate their project’s financial impacts on an after-tax basis, including the net effect of increased tax liabilities related to energy cost savings and reduced tax liabilities related to depreciation and interest expense.

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