NorTech has developed a series of advanced energy roadmaps to accelerate job growth and regional economic impact in Northeast Ohio's advanced energy industry over the next seven years. The energy efficiency roadmap provides a detailed vision and action plan to achieve growth in this sector by focusing on Northeast Ohio's core assets, markets, strengths and competitive advantage. NorTech is working with its partners in the advanced energy cluster and the region's economic development ecosystem to implement the energy efficiency action plan.
Core Organizations
| Solid-State Lighting | Non-Fiberglass Insulation (cont.) | ESCOs (cont.) |
| Bock Lighting | Jaco Products | Engineered Process Systems, Ltd. |
| Carbon Vision | Owens Corning | Gardiner Trane |
| Cleanlife LED | Paratus Spray Foam Supply | Johnson Controls |
| Energy Focus, Inc. | Preferred Solutions, Inc. | SAIC |
| Essential Research | Progressive Foam Technologies | Siemens Industry Building Technologies |
| Eye Lighting | Sprayworks Equipment Group | TRC Solutions |
| GE Lighting |
Building Optimization Companies |
URS |
| Global Lighting Technologies | Burgess & Niple | Energy Audit Companies |
| John Carroll University | CDM Smith | Bandwen Williams Kindborn Consulting Engineers |
| King Luminaire | Doty & Miller Architects | Brennan and Associates Heating & Cooling, Inc. |
| Lighting Services | Go Sustainable Energy | CISCO Systems |
| Megalight, Inc. | Green Ridge Builders LLC | Compass Insulation & Specialty Coatings, Inc. |
| Momentive Performance Materials | Middough | Corporations for Ohio Appalachian Development |
| Quartz | MKC Associates | Council of Smaller Enterprises |
| Steer America, Inc. | Osborne Engineerings | Energy Rethink LLC |
| L.D. Kichler Co. | Poggemeyer Design Group | Green Street Solutions |
| University of Akron | Repower Solutions | Home Energy MD |
| Wireless Environment | RJ Perritt Homes | Insulation Specialty and Supply Co. |
| Non-Fiberglass Insulation | Roth Bros., Inc. | Leff Energy Solutions |
| Anderson Door Co. | SSOE Group | Millik Insulating Co. |
| Bio 100 Technologies | Temperature Control Co. | PCX Energy Services LLC |
| Caralon Global | Tetra Tech | RE Warner and Associates |
| Cutting Edge Roofing Products | Weston Solutions | Swagelok Technology Services Company |
| Eagle Panels | ESCOs | The Green Building Pros Ltd. |
| Extol of Ohio | ABM | The Renaissance Group |
| Extrudex LLP | AECOM | Vadakin Refrigeration |
| Ferralloy, Inc. | Air Force One | Valley Energy Solutions |
| Forest City Companies | Brewer-Garrett Company | WF Hahn and Sons Co. |
| GLT Products | Chevron Energy | |
| Green Insulation Technologies | Energy Rethink LLC |
Segments
| Solid-State Lighting Vision: To become a supply chain leader through emphasis on collaborative developments of a cost-competitive supply base. |
Solid-State Lighting includes light-emitting diodes (LEDs). |
| Non-Fiberglass Insulation Vision: To become a leader through unique financing models and policies that drive development of deep building retrofits |
Non-Fiberglass Insulation includes foamed plastic, mineral wool and other non-fiberglass insulation products for a range of building envelope and HVAC applications. The materials are used to reduce heat transfer by conduction, radiation or convection, and are employed in various combinations to achieve the desired outcome, which is usually thermal comfort with reduced energy consumption. |
| Building Efficiency Services Vision: To become a leader by developing local content standards with energy technology customers who would benefit from NEO-based solutions. |
Building Efficiency Services includes comprehensive energy service companies (ESCOs) and architecture and engineering firms that provide building optimization services. Both play a role in technology specification or sale, and therefore are in a position to influence sector growth. Services influencing behavioral changes, training and education, or taking place after technology sales (such as contracting, operations and maintenance, or measurment and verification) are not included within the scope of this segment. |
Regional Action Plan
Initiative 1: Develop an LED and/or LED controls supply base to serve regional needs cost competitively with leading Asian imports, resulting in one or more new products sourced with one-third of content from Northeast Ohio by 2018.
Initiative 2: Implement a regional collaboration in deep building retrofits (exterior wall insulation), including development of a clear financing model that increases ten-fold Northeast Ohio's deep retrofit rate by 2018.
Initiative 3: Leverage existing service providers to double the percentage of regionally sourced content in building retrofits by 2015.
Initiative 4: Clarify regional commercial and industrial building energy management system opportunities, including applicable regional capabilities, gaps and potential economic impact by 2015.
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