Featured assessment
$600,000
Identified annual energy savings at one facility
A whole-plant assessment — not a lighting-only punch list. Waste was located, ranked, and turned into a roadmap operations and finance could act on.
Michigan manufacturers · Consumers Energy Trade Ally
Industrial Energy Waste Reduction for Michigan Manufacturers
Find and eliminate energy waste in your manufacturing facility. EDE uses field measurements, engineering analysis, and advanced controls to reduce energy waste in compressed air, HVAC, lighting, and plant systems—then verifies the results and secures available utility incentives.
Trusted by manufacturers and operators across the Midwest
How we find waste
Four primary ways EDE finds energy waste
Facility energy audits, compressed-air optimization, LED and network lighting controls, and HVAC / BMS. Each path leads to a focused page—not another copy of this one.
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Facility energy audits
Level 1 walkthroughs and Level 2 process audits that map energy to production, not just to the utility bill.
Explore industrial energy audits → 02Compressed-air optimization
Ultrasonic leak detection, data logging, and compressor-room tuning for the most expensive hidden utility in many plants.
See our compressed-air optimization process → 03LED and network lighting controls
Long-life LED plus controls that follow occupancy, daylight, and production—often 30–40% beyond LED-only.
Learn about network lighting controls → 04HVAC, BMS and energy monitoring
Match heating, cooling, and ventilation to actual plant conditions, then verify the result with measured data.
Review HVAC and BMS solutions →Markets we serve
Manufacturing first. Other floors when the waste is real.
The same measured methods on auto plants, warehouses, grocery, schools, and offices. Then a 30-minute review if the waste is in your building.
The EDE process
How a facility energy project actually moves
We do not skip measurement to get to a proposal faster. Each step produces something the plant can take to operations and finance.
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Find waste
Walk the plant. Log compressed air, HVAC, lighting, and process loads. Listen to operations before anyone specifies equipment.
You get: the waste located
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Quantify waste
Turn leaks, idle load, and oversized equipment into dollars, kWh, and payback that finance and plant leadership can use.
You get: a ranked business case
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Eliminate waste
Design to measured need. Install around production. Capture utility incentives so total cost of ownership stays low.
You get: the measure in the field
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Verify results
Commission controls, compare performance to the baseline, and leave a record the plant can defend—not a guess.
You get: documented savings
Facility Performance Reports
What a measured facility review actually finds
Two real assessments. The numbers a plant manager takes to finance. Then a 30-minute review if you want the same work in your building.
$6,128,198
First-year client savings
52,909,923
kWh reduced
$2,245,575
Utility incentives secured
40,288
Metric tons of CO2 reduced
Report 004 · Steam
Boilers
Why the steam system is costing more than it should
Oversized boilers, failed steam traps, poor condensate return, weak controls, and water losses raise operating cost quietly. EDE traces the whole system, not just the boiler room.
Why EDE
Measured need. Longer equipment life. Lowest total cost of ownership.
Measured need
We apply field measurements, engineering, and math before we specify equipment. The plant tells us what it needs. Catalogs do not.
Buy once, for the life of the system
If the industry standard lasts five years, we look for the product that lasts three times longer and saves more energy every year. First cost is not ownership cost.
Lowest total cost of ownership
As a Consumers Energy Trade Ally, we structure projects so rebates, financing, and verified kWh reduction work together. Quality first still wins the comparison.
Force for Good
A share of the work goes back to the community.
EDE donates a percentage of annual net profit to children and families — from Durban, South Africa, to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The three primary partners are Key of Hope, March of Dimes, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Read Force for GoodPlant questions
Straight answers before you book a review
These are the questions plant managers already ask. Full answers live on the FAQ page — the short versions are here.
How do I know if our plant would benefit from an energy audit?
If you have not had a serious audit in the past five years, or if lighting, HVAC, motors, or compressed air have not been measured recently, yes. Utility rebates often make the first projects pay back quickly. Some measures pay for themselves in about a year.
What does a compressed-air leak audit include?
EDE uses ultrasonic leak detection, tags and photographs leaks, estimates cost, and often logs the compressor plant for up to two weeks. Listening walks and soapy water miss most leaks.
What is network lighting control?
Sensors and software adjust lighting for occupancy, daylight, required light levels, and schedules. That typically cuts lighting energy 30–40% beyond LED-only operation and can roughly double fixture life because fixtures run cooler and fewer hours.
Where does HVAC waste usually hide?
Poor scheduling, oversized equipment, missing controls, simultaneous heating and cooling, and ventilation that does not match occupancy or process load.
What payback should we expect on energy projects?
It depends on the system and the utility program. Many lighting, leak, and controls projects land well under five years. We will not quote a plant-wide percentage before measurement.
Primary offer
Request a 30-minute facility energy review
Name, company, and a way to reach you. Tell us which system is keeping you up at night. We will tell you whether a walkthrough, a leak survey, or a full audit is the right next step.
Prefer a call? (734) 215-1133