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EPA's Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership offers a variety of tools and services designed to facilitate and promote Partners' development of CHP projects.
In addition to the complete list of offerings directly below, check out our most popular tools and services and specific Partner recognition benefits.
The Partnership's many tools and services are provided free of charge to all Partners and are categorized into three main types:
Outreach and Education
- Creating printed and Web-based outreach materials.
- Facilitating peer-to-peer marketing and networking by participating in or sponsoring workshops and conferences.
- Profiling CHP potential in targeted, strategic markets.
- Distributing a monthly CHP Partnership newsletter with information about Partnership activities, upcoming events, and Partner achievements.
- Publishing the biannual Partnership Update (PDF) (20 pp, 849K), which showcases the efforts and accomplishments of our Partners and highlights opportunities for increased use of CHP.
- Working with policymakers and regulators to help evaluate opportunities to encourage energy efficiency, CHP, and the replacement of older, less-efficient, and high-emitting energy assets.
- Providing examples of model state policies for promoting CHP, a few of which include: output-based emissions regulations, CHP-friendly utility rates, and renewable portfolio standards that include CHP.
Direct Project Assistance
- Offering a CHP project qualifier for determining whether CHP is worth considering at a particular facility.
- Providing technical assistance for candidate sites, including spark spread analyses, concise or comprehensive Level 1 feasibility studies, and third-party review of feasibility/design studies.
- Providing a current listing of state and federal incentives for CHP, information on state regulatory treatment and utility rates favorable to clean distributed generation projects, and state and federal biomass/biogas incentives.
- Offering the CHP Emissions Calculator, which compares the anticipated carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from a CHP system to the emissions from a system that uses separate heat and power.
Public Recognition
- Offering numerous public recognition opportunities for our partners.
- Administering ENERGY STAR® CHP Awards.
- Publicizing award winners on the CHP Web site and through press releases.
- Listing current CHP Partners on the Partnership Web site and providing a profile with information about their company/organization, as well as links to their CHP-related Web page (if applicable). (This is a great free marketing tool for our Partners!)
- Offering a variety of Partner recognition opportunities that allow our Partners to publicize their participation in the CHP Partnership and the benefits of their work with CHP.
Most Popular Tools and Services
CHP Funding Resources
As a service to our Partners, the CHP Partnership provides information about funding resources for CHP technologies, including lists of state and federal incentives for CHP and biomass/biogas, as well as favorable regulatory/rates opportunities for distributed generation. The CHP Partnership updates this information monthly.
These opportunities can take a variety of forms, including:
- Financial incentives, such as grants, tax incentives, and low-interest loans.
- Regulatory treatment, such as expedited permitting, recognition of environmental benefits, and simplified interconnection.
CHP Emissions Calculator
The CHP Emissions Calculator is a tool that compares the anticipated CO2, SO2, and NOx emissions from a CHP system to the emissions from a system that uses separate heat and power. The CHP Emissions Calculator allows a user to select from a large number of different system profiles, compare them to a CHP system characterized by the user, and estimate the CO2, SO2, and NOx emission reductions. The calculator also presents estimated emissions reductions in metric tons of carbon equivalent and in terms of acres of trees planted and emissions from cars. The results generated by the calculator are a useful resource for educational and outreach purposes.
ENERGY STAR® CHP Award
EPA recognizes CHP projects that achieve energy savings and greenhouse gas emissions reductions with the ENERGY STAR CHP Award. This award recognizes projects that use at least 5 percent less fuel than state-of-the-art separate power and heat generation and that achieve emissions reductions. Project owners or operators can apply for the award using the electronic form provided on the CHP Partnership Web site.
Partner Recognition
EPA's CHP Partner Certificate
When new Partners join the CHP Partnership, they receive a welcome kit with program information, as well as a certificate that acknowledges their commitment to CHP through the CHP Partnership. Partners can display the certificate at a key location to demonstrate EPA's recognition of the value of their Partnership.
CHP Partnership Logo
Partners can include EPA's CHP Partnership logo in sales, marketing, and advertising materials. The CHP Partnership logo can help highlight the environmental aspects of your business. The logo is available in a variety of electronic formats but must be used in accordance with EPA's logo use guidelines.
CHP Partners' Greenhouse Gas Reduction Report
Partners who share information about their CHP projects with EPA in the previous calendar year receive an Annual Greenhouse Gas Reduction Report, which is a frameable, color certificate that shows the carbon reductions associated with the Partner's projects as well as the equivalent benefits in terms of acres of trees planted and car emissions prevented. Partners can use this certificate for public relations purposes, to promote the environmental benefits of their work to external stakeholders, or to publicize the benefits of their work in their own annual report or corporate environmental sustainability report.
