Integrity Engineering, LLC is a consulting engineering firm that offers personalized energy and utility consulting services to commercial, industrial, institutional and municipal energy-users in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. If you receive utility or fuel oil bills, Integrity Engineering, LLC can find cost-effective ways to help you reduce your energy costs.

I. G. "Zack" Lilienfeld, PE, CEM, consulting engineer and owner of Integrity Engineering, LLC, offers prompt, professional energy consulting services, using state-of-the-art tools and resources. Zack offers a high degree of professionalism, thoroughness and dedication to the needs of his clients. He is not affiliated with any product or service providers, so you can be assured of unbiased recommendations that only an independent professional can provide.

Zack is a Licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with 29 years experience performing building energy surveys and energy-efficient equipment evaluations. He has been designated by the Association of Energy Engineers as a Certified Energy Manager and Certified Business Energy Professional. If you are a business owner or leased space tenant looking for ways to better manage your energy and utility costs, then contact Zack at (609) 487-7757 or e-mail Zack@NJEnergySavings.com for information on how to lower the costs. For more inforation on Zack, click here.

NATIONAL/REGIONAL ENERGY NEWS:

June 1, 2008: Major New Jersey electric utilities PSEG, Alantic City Electric Company, and Jersey Central Power & Light increased electric generation rates effective June 1. This coincides with the implementation of higher summer rates, which will substantially affect electric billing for electricity-intensive businesses.

OIL HITS $140 A BARREL

On June 30, 2008, crude oil closed at yet another new record high of $140. This spike continues a long stretch of record-high oil prices, and will impact non-residentlal energy users in a number of ways. Fuel oil prices are directly impacted by this record high price, but high oil prices also put upward pressure on natural gas prices and electricity rates.

For the latest spot prices of fuel oil and other energy commodities, click here.

From the desk of Zack Lilienfeld:

NEW: ONE-DAY ENERGY CONSULTATION: Are energy and utility bills giving you pause? Its time to take action. Let me direct your efforts to initiate cost-effective measures to cut your sky-high energy and utility bills. In today's energy price environment, and especially as we enter the hot summer period, you should already be looking at fast turn-around projects to cut your costs. To get you started in the right direction, let me meet you at your location for one day. I will meet with your decision-makers to assess your needs, do a walk-through mini-audit of your building, and present my initial findings at the end of the day. While this does not take the place of a full energy audit with comprehensive report, it is beneficial in quick-starting a program to but the brakies on the relentless rise in your energy costs. For information on my fee for this service, click here.

GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP CONFERENCE: On June 24, 2008, I attended a 1-day conference on ground source heat pumps (GSHP) held by the American Ground Water Trust. This program highlighted the state of affairs with regard to this energy-efficient method of heating and cooling homes and businesses. I took from this conference the following information: The lack of trained installers and motivated design professionals is holding up the growth of GSHP installations in New Jersey. The State offers financial incentives for installing GSHP systems, and the favorable economics should make it one of the most economical of the "green" technologies out there. To find out more about GSHPs and what they can do for your business, please contact me.