Our Sectors
From QuEST's first energy efficiency work with wastewater sector plants to present day initiatives focused on high tech and healthcare, QuEST has always used a data driven approach to ensure success. QuEST continues to seek the difficult (hard to reach) sectors, from retailers during a recession to hospitals facing regulator oversight. By developing a deep understanding of market barriers and solutions QuEST has been able to build a series of successful programs that deliver highly cost-effective solutions to utility clients and end-users.
The QuEST portfolio of sectors ranges from the smallest commercial customer to the largest industrial plant.
Wastewater >>
QuEST provides customized wastewater treatment process solutions to municipalities, businesses, and industries. Whether it's system optimization for the treatment of waste or overall plant optimization QuEST delivers cost-effective, reliable energy solutions that are designed for quality, safety and compliance. Read More.
Current Programs
Hospitals and Healthcare >>
QuEST energy efficiency engineering is customized for buildings that are predominately institutional occupancies, such as acute care hospitals, medical office buildings and clinics where health care business is conducted. Recognizing the full-range of construction, operations and maintenance activities associated with the health care facility sector, QuEST solutions take into account the sector's shrinking pool of capital, aging physical plants, and industry regulations and provides powerful strategies to achieve significant energy savings. Read More.
High Tech (Data Centers) >>
From corporate banking, telecom, or university data centers to "closet" or "embedded" facilities, data centers are much more energy intensive than other types of facilities due to the high power requirements of the computing equipment and the infrastructure needed to support the computing equipment. QuEST addresses the challenges of reducing energy use and operating expenditures while maintaining superior reliability in today's data centers. Read More.
Retail >>
Within the retail industry, it is the large retail "chains" that represent the highest sales, employment, and often the highest energy usage. QuEST works specifically with the retail "chains" and "big box" customers to provide comprehensive energy solutions primarily through controls optimization, lighting, and HVAC applications. Read More.
Current Programs
Municipal (LGP's) >>
When a facility is owned and operated by a local government, state, or federal entity, the availability of resources for capital improvements can render even the most cost effective energy efficiency solutions dormant. QuEST specializes in helping government entities identify, participate in, and benefit from, resources available to fund energy efficiency projects. From federal and county courthouses to local libraries, police, and fire stations, QuEST offers turn-key services to ensure local governments benefit from available energy efficiency opportunities. Read More.
On-Bill / Off-Bill Financing >>
For most enterprises, public and private, the up-front cost associated with energy efficiency upgrades remains the single most difficult barrier to participation. QuEST finds and implements alternative mechanisms for financing projects, that can make the difference between meeting mandated reductions in energy usage and not. Read More.
Colleges and Universities >>
The college and university market sector represents a high potential for energy savings. College and university campuses include classroom buildings, libraries, laboratories, commissaries, dining, and residential facilities that operate using different schedules, types of HVAC systems, and building controls. Read More.