A computer-implemented method for generating an engineering review report, including one or more purchase incentives, to facilitate replacement of one or more pieces of first energy-use equipment located in a building envelope, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a first computer, end-user input including configurations corresponding to one or more first energy-use equipment, identification of building envelope configuration information, environmental condition information at a location of the building envelope containing the one or more first energy-use equipment, and a selection of one or more enrollment programs, wherein the one or more first energy-use equipment is directly or indirectly configured to consume energy from one or more energy sources, and each enrollment program corresponds to one or more methodologies for calculating energy savings obtained when the one or more first energy-use equipment is replaced by one or more second energy-use equipment;
- receiving at a second computer the user input and from a specifications database associated with a second computer, an identification of one or more second energy-use equipment including second energy-use equipment specifications, proposed to replace the one or more first energy-use equipment in accordance with the selected enrollment program, wherein for each proposed one or more second energy-use equipment, a corresponding energy-use equipment specification includes a demand consumption value for the one or more second energy-use equipment;
- calculating, by an enrollment program rules module at the second computer, an estimated energy savings value for each proposed one or more second energy-use equipment using the corresponding demand consumption value, the environmental condition information and the building envelope configuration information, wherein the environmental condition information is automatically tracked and recorded at the building using tracking devices in communication with the second computer;
- comparing, by the enrollment program rules module, one or more eligibility rules for each selected enrollment program to the estimated energy savings value for each proposed one or more second energy-use equipment to determine if the one or more second energy-use equipment qualifies for one or more prescribed measures corresponding to one or more purchase incentives;
- calculating, by the enrollment program rules module, an incentive amount in accordance with the one or more purchase incentives offered by one or more of a manufacturer of the proposed one or more second energy-use equipment or a utility service provider related to the selected enrollment program and each of the proposed one or more second energy-use equipment, wherein the incentive amount is directly related to the estimated energy savings value;
- preparing, by a first tracking and reporting software module of the second computer, an engineering review report for the one or more proposed second energy-use equipment, the engineering review report including the energy savings value for replacing the one or more first energy-use equipment with each of the proposed one or more second energy-use equipment, a mapping of each of the one or more proposed second energy-use equipment to the end-user configurations, and the calculated incentive amount in accordance with the one or more purchase incentives related to the selected enrollment program and each of the proposed one or more second energy-use equipment;
- transmitting, from the second computer, the engineering review report to an end-user, wherein the end-user electronically selects and accepts one or more second energy-use equipment indicated in the engineering review report to replace the one or more first energy-use equipment;
- receiving, by the second computer, an indication by the end-user that the end-user accepts the engineering review report, including energy savings and the calculated incentive amount for replacing the one or more first energy-use equipment with the one or more second energy-use equipment described in the transmitted engineering review report;
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- replacing by the end-user the one or more first energy-use equipment with the one or more second energy-use equipment in accordance with the engineering review report.