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Two is Better Than One

Joint Venture Providing Full-Service Energy Solutions

It is an undisputable fact that the growth of the technology industry has been monumental in the last two decades. The
energy industry however, has been slower to adapt and has only seen a significant transformation in the last few years.
Organizations are now greatly concerned about their carbon footprint, sustainability, renewable energy, and a greener Earth.
Companies are evaluating the most effective ways to navigate through this changing landscape of merging energy and
technology to create a better environment.

Recently, we have teamed up with longtime partner Facility Automation Solutions, to form a joint venture that will focus on
providing technology driven turn-key solutions on the customer side of the meter. Our goal is to improve the effectiveness,
efficiency, and sustainability of their energy infrastructure.

Energy Connections Group, or EnCo for short, will leverage the expertise and skills of both organizations to provide
everything from initial consulting to implementation to long-time monitoring. Facility Automation’s reputation in controls and
building intelligence solutions will couple nicely with Miller Electric’s long term experience in electrical and communication
systems. After performing initial assessments that will reveal actual total energy use, EnCo will set out to create a system
for savings and energy efficiency tailored for the client.

While an obvious focus for this venture would include upgrades such as LED lighting retrofits, rooftop solar, and HVAC
controls, EnCo is also looking for technology based savings such as building automation, and even lighting control systems
that use daylight harvesting to automatically dim lights when there is more natural lighting.

Of course, the overall goal is to help clients save energy and money, but “We have all of the means,
EnCo is also striving to make Northeast Florida’s commercial real estate
market more efficient as a whole. By looking at their entire portfolio, expertise and experience to
EnCo is setting out to become a value-added provider for commercial
real estate owners through making buildings more advanced and more perform and help customers.
attractive by marketing energy efficient buildings. Owners will also have
more visibility into their energy usage and spending with continuous We just have to get the simple
monitoring through a real time energy dashboard. message of helping them find

Using a financing option through Miller Electric’s connections with and return hidden dollars in
the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), clients can
put little to no money down on the project, while extensive monitoring their buildings. Both short and
solutions ensure that savings occur long after efficiency measures are
implemented. long term.”

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