For example, the system uses motion detectors for lighting and provides light within an office gradually as it gets too dark for daylighting to suffice. In addition, CO2 detectors shut down ventilation when nobody is in the building. They'll be able to bring in customers and use the whole facility as a marketing tool. Another tenant will be Northern Alternative Energy, a wind energy broker that does design work and puts together financing packages. The fourth business is The Energy Conservatory, which makes blower door systems for evaluating a structure's energy efficiency.
Air is blown into a room under pressure and the air leaving it is measured to calculate heat loss.
Many purchasers of their system are public agencies and nonprofit groups providing energy efficiency services. Negotiations are underway with other prospective tenants, including a paint recycler and a start-up company that makes home insulation from PET plastic. There will be a combination of established and emerging businesses. The Bechtel Model In Brownsville, Texas, city officials abandoned the idea of a physical EIP in favor of linking businesses in the city and Metamoros, Mexico in a virtual one. The project reaches across the border because many companies use labor there and by treaty cannot leave their residuals behind.