SERVICES

The Smart Energy Design Center (SEDAC) provides advice and analyses enabling facilities in the State of Illinois to increase their profitability through the efficient use of energy resources. The free technical services can identify opportunities for energy savings through intelligent building design and efficient building components and systems.

Services We Provide

Who We Serve

  • Local (county, township, municipal), State, and Federal Governments
  • Businesses
  • Public schools
  • Community colleges
  • Public universities and colleges
  • Public safety, water, and park districts
  • Public housing

The Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC) is sponsored by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), in partnership with ComEd, Ameren Illinois Utilities, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas, and Nicor. SEDAC provides valuable services at no cost to for-profit businesses and public facilities. SEDAC is managed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and partners with the 360 Energy Group.

SEDAC manages DCEO's public sector energy programs: Retro-commissioning, Energy Performance Contracting, New Construction Design Review Program, and the Public Housing Authority Efficient Living Program.

The Smart Energy Design Assistance Program (SEDAP) assists SEDAC in promoting adoption of efficient building technologies by small businesses. We accomplish these goals through a combination of strategic outreach, design assistance, training, communications and information dissemination, and assistance with alternative financing approaches. This strategy is intended to stimulate demand for energy-efficient building technologies while developing the local infrastructure and industry expertise to develop these products and services. These goals are crucial to transforming the market and assuring the program's benefits continue beyond its conclusion.

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If you have questions about how energy efficiency can help your business or public sector operation, please contact us on our secure web form; via e-mail at info@sedac.org; or by telephone at 1-800-214-7954.