{"id":1160,"date":"2022-01-03T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T09:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prod-web.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2022-01-30T15:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:07:34","slug":"super-esco-an-innovative-concept-to-achieve-decarbonization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymagazine.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/03\/super-esco-an-innovative-concept-to-achieve-decarbonization\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPER ESCO, an innovative concept to achieve decarbonization"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”20px” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”1281″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”75%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] Pierre Langlois
\n<\/span><\/strong>President of ECONOLER
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]A Super ESCO can be described as an entity setup by public and\/or private investors and that offers full EPC Services, including adapted financing, to its clients and subcontracts project implementation to private-sector ESCOs that guarantee the expected savings to be realized. Given their unique status in the location where they operate, Super ESCOs often reinforce capacity in existing private-sector ESCOs may also help setup new ESCOs while helping grow the EPC market.<\/p>\n

As a specialized organization, a Super ESCO possesses all necessary capacities to develop adapted EPC concepts and produce complete sets of documentation and a strong capacity to identify business opportunities in targeted markets.<\/p>\n

The case of the SOFIAC, Canada The Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de financement et d\u2019accompagnement en performance \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique (SOFIAC, www.sofiac. ca) was launched in January 2020 as the first Super ESCO in Canada and likely one of the first, if not the first, in North America.<\/p>\n

SOFIAC aims to offer a unique window to implement turnkey EE projects %100 financed through a shared savings approach proposed to its clients.<\/p>\n

The objectives of SOFIAC are to :<\/p>\n