Frequently Asked Questions

IonicBlue designs, implements, and finances individualized Energy-as-a-Service solutions for companies looking to decarbonize and reduce energy costs. Our model increases reliability, advances corporate sustainability goals, and enables customers to avoid upfront capital expenditures.

Energy-as-a-Service integrates financial efficiency with sustainability. IonicBlue’s financing solutions solve customers’ energy management and infrastructure needs with lower total operating costs. EaaS can introduce renewable generation to an existing operation, speed up retrofitting, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

We tailor each service agreement to business needs and goals. Our employees work collaboratively with our clients to achieve transparent contract solutions, including “pay as you go” agreements driven by performance KPIs and customized financing.

We commission retrofit and new construction work, provide real-time energy tracking, and conduct ongoing assessments to maximize results for the term of the service contract.

We represent the combined forces of Johnson Controls – the global leader in delivering innovative energy and reliable infrastructure solutions – and Apollo Funds, a leading alternative asset manager committed to sustainability.

As a joint venture, our proven approach to Energy-as-a-Service is backed by more than 200 years of global experience. We are a one-stop shop for energy infrastructure research, installation, certification, maintenance, measurement and verification, and financing.

Most DIY programs resort to value engineering. Internal management of large-scale energy-efficient infrastructure typically requires multiple vendors, spending large sums of capital, facing budget shortfalls, and assuming all risk as the project owner with no guaranteed outcomes.

Instead, with IonicBlue, you’re partnered with resources and capital to invest in premium equipment and technologies.

See the difference: 

• One strategic investment – eliminate the complication of multiple vendors
• Risk transfer – remove the uncertainty of in-house implementation
• Fixed-rate – avoid unpredictable utility costs
• Performance guaranteed – erase the need to act as your own project manager

As your Energy-as-a-Service provider, we’re engineering scalable, energy-resilient infrastructure to drive performance over the life of your service agreement. And we back up our performance with KPIs written directly into the contract you sign.

Energy Service Agreement payments are set at or below the customer’s current utility costs and establish predictable monthly energy expenses. Fixed-rate agreements with IonicBlue reduce business exposure to energy price volatility.

Through more efficient infrastructure and equipment, customers realize savings quickly. Our experts at IonicBlue leverage incentives and tax benefits to harness additional savings, passed along to customers via Energy Service Agreements.

Customers benefit from retrofits and facility upgrades without any upfront capital costs. Our energy service agreements can include all operations and maintenance costs to avoid future expenses on maintenance and end-of-life-cycle replacement.

Through an energy audit, we find every place where a customer can gain efficiency. Our infrastructure and site audit is comprehensive – from lighting and mechanical systems, to water usage and building envelope (windows and roofing, for example). We eliminate waste, test for feasibility of renewable energy, and propose fixed-cost equipment upgrades and solutions for retrofitting.

With our turn-key implementation, customers can achieve significant energy reduction.

Our clients spend less on capital expenditures, benefit from newer equipment and innovative technologies, and enjoy lower cost of ownership. Plus, you’ll save time while we handle life-cycle management, warranties, and much more.

IonicBlue will study and account for every kWh, BTU, gallon, and CO2e on your campus or physical plant. If it uses or generates a unit of energy, our engineers track and optimize it.

Our energy audits position us to make the best proposals possible for your objectives. The customer’s service plan is directly tied to KPIs to ensure IonicBlue delivers on increased efficiencies, reduced cost, and reliable service.

Infrastructure scope of work will vary depending on customer goals and needs, and may include on or off-site renewable energy solutions (geothermal, wind, and solar).

Common projects include: Central utility plants; HVAC equipment; connected technologies; onsite renewables; purchased renewables; water management and recovery; reduced-energy conveying systems; LED lighting; data management; building envelope upgrades; optimized furnaces, boilers, chillers and air conditioning equipment; and fire suppression and security systems.

IonicBlue’s financing expertise through Apollo Funds, combined with Johnson Controls award-winning technologies, enables your infrastructure to be sustainable and efficient.