This digital news digest is published every two weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yet tight budgets, competition, and pressure for increased productivity focus management on marketing, sales promotion, and the revenue stream instead of building maintenance. ESCOs help finance and manage building system upgrades and new equipment installations with no up-front capital costs. ESCOs predict savings from improvements under a range of conditions and forecast when the measures will pay for themselves.
Financing pays project costs from the predicted savings.
Under the performance contract, the ESCO pays the difference if savings fall short of the owner's debt service obligation. The choice depends on landfill tipping fees and the recycling facilities nearby, among other factors. Despite increasing value of many reclaimed materials, avoiding tipping fees or disposal costs at conventional landfills or incinerators continues to dominate recycling economics. On-site separation ensures highly valued clean materials, but requires multiple bins, one for each material. Time-based separation recycles materials from each construction stage separately, keeping waste clean without multiple bins.