EASI - Energy Automation Systems, Inc.

[Ragin Cajun]

One of our clients asked us to evaluate a proposal from EASI.

Looks like lots of fluff but short on details.

Claim to cut energy costs including PF improvement after a turnkey installation. ~4 year payback, 25% ROI they say.

Just getting into reading it and . . . well . . . I personally wouldn't do it. Need to read closer?

Anybody run into these guys?

Thanks,

RC

 

[Jraef]

In general, I am always a skeptic when it comes to bold claims of "energy savings" by the use of "FM". At first glance, if this is the EASI in Tennessee, then they appear to focus on commercial and industrial systems only, which opens the door of possibility. Then in their website, they don't actually say "energy" savings, they say they can save on "energy costs". So with that additional qualifier, it is possible, under the right circumstances, for an industrial or large commercial enterprise to reduce their energy costs by significant amounts, approaching those claimed here. Mind you, they are going to promote the success stories that prove the extreme, not the rule, that's just marketing 101. So if they got a client who paid NO ATTENTION to energy efficiency when their facility was initially designed, as is OFTEN the case on older facilities from when energy was cheap, then making even modest improvements can net some very good results.

All that said, Google is your friend. Search for EASI vs State of Washington (a former colleague was involved in that lawsuit). There is some interesting stuff revealed about their business practices in there. case in point:

Purchasers of a business opportunity pay a one-time initial investment fee for: the right to sell EASI products, a training course at the EASI headquarters in Tennessee, field support from EASI support staff, sample business documents, demonstration equipment, and marketing materials. Washington residents paid between $23,500 and $39,875 for the business opportunity with EASI.

In my experience, this has the qualities of an "energy saver" black box scam. I'm not saying it is, I'm saying that the footprints in the sand look like duck footprints, and the tape recording sounds like a quack.

 

[Ragin Cajun]

Thanks,

That was my gut feel.

RC