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SOLVING FUTURE PROBLEMS TODAY

At TPI, we’re dedicated to tackling tomorrow’s challenges today. We work as an extension of your team, supporting you to reach your business goals.

Our vendor neutrality means we can be true client advocates, crafting tailored solutions for each customer without bias toward specific vendors or products. Let’s work together to shape a better future.

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What & Why

Comprehensive Energy Management and Sustainability Solutions for Every Business

 

Our expertise spans various areas:

Energy Procurement 

TPI monitors energy markets and advises clients on optimal procurement strategies for electricity and natural gas, negotiating with over 150 suppliers to secure cost-effective contracts tailored to their needs.

Renewable Energy Consulting

TPI provides guidance on renewable energy options, including solar, wind, and hydropower, helping clients procure renewable energy sources and reduce their emissions.

Energy Efficiency Services

They provide services to improve energy efficiency, including strategic planning, energy audits, lighting and HVAC upgrades, building management systems, and electrical system optimization.

Sustainability Solutions

TPI helps organizations develop sustainability plans, implement emissions reduction strategies, secure funding for sustainable projects, and future-proof their operations through innovative solutions.

Additional Services

Their offerings also include demand response programs, power quality management, utility rate optimization, and financial analysis.

With a focus on vendor neutrality and objective advice, TPI Efficiency partners with organizations to drive cost savings, reduce environmental impact, and achieve their energy and sustainability goals through industry-leading customer service and expertise.

 

What Does Vendor-Neutral Mean?​

TPI is vendor-neutral.

That means that we work for our clients. Not the energy companies. We are client-side representatives, sitting on your side of the negotiating table. 

TPI’S CONSULTING SERVICES ARE CLIENT-FIRST, BUILT ON VENDOR NEUTRALITY.

TPI asks you questions, taking a deep dive into your operational, business, and procurement needs. We then focus on connecting vendors and suppliers, building a ‘win-win’ custom client solution.

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Our SOLUTIONS

Our Solutions


TPI Efficiency offers a comprehensive suite of energy, efficiency, and sustainability solutions for clients across industries. Our approach is vendor-neutral and highly tailored to each organization’s needs, focusing on reducing costs, improving operational performance, and supporting sustainability goals.

Energy Solutions

  • Energy Procurement: Negotiates electricity and natural gas contracts with over 150 suppliers, providing clients with the most competitive pricing and terms to meet their risk tolerance and usage patterns.
  • Renewable Energy Consulting: Guidance on adopting solar, wind, and hydropower solutions. Support for renewable power procurement, emissions reduction strategies, and accessing available incentives and financing.
  • Demand Response: Helps clients participate in programs to lower energy costs by adjusting usage during peak demand periods.
  • Power Quality and Conditioning: Solutions to improve electrical reliability, reduce harmonics/voltage fluctuations, and protect sensitive equipment.
  • Backup Generation & Co-Gen: Designs cogeneration and backup power systems to increase resilience and energy efficiency.
  • EV Charging Infrastructure: Turnkey design, installation, and management of electric vehicle charging stations for commercial facilities.

Efficiency Solutions

  • Energy Audits: Risk-free, vendor-neutral audits to identify inefficiencies and cost savings across all utilities and building systems.
  • LED Lighting Retrofits: Upgrades for energy-efficient lighting—reducing energy costs and maintenance across all property types.
  • HVAC & Building Envelope: Optimizes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; improves insulation, windows, doors, and roofing for better thermal comfort and lower energy costs.
  • Building Management Systems: Implementation of intelligent controls, smart metering, and automation to track, optimize, and reduce energy use in real time.
  • Water Savings: Audits and solutions such as low-flow fixtures, water management tech, and recycling systems to cut water bills and consumption.
  • Ventilation Upgrades: Advanced air exchange and filtration solutions to balance air quality with energy efficiency.

Sustainability Solutions

  • Sustainability Consulting & Planning: Expert guidance and strategic planning to help clients develop actionable sustainability roadmaps, ESG programs, and future-proof operations.
  • Emissions Reduction: Implements Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas strategies, renewable energy sourcing, green E-RECs, and decarbonization steps.
  • Project Funding Support: Assistance securing grants (like Rural Energy for America Program), utility rebates, $0-down or pay-as-you-go financing, and ROI analysis to make projects affordable.

What are the benefits of working with a vendor-Neutral Partner?

A vendor-neutral approach allows your TPI Energy Consultant to sit at the table as a trusted partner and assist you in making the best decision for your business.

TPI Efficiency’s vendor-neutral approach provides significant advantages to clients during the energy procurement process:

Objective Recommendations: TPI is not tied to any single supplier. This allows them to offer unbiased advice focused on the client’s financial and operational goals, rather than promoting a specific vendor’s products or contracts.

Greater Market Access: TPI works with over 150 energy suppliers, giving clients a broad view of available options and enabling them to secure the most competitive rates and contract terms on the market.

Custom-Fit Solutions: By comparing multiple suppliers, TPI can tailor procurement strategies to fit each client’s industry, risk tolerance, usage patterns, and sustainability priorities—delivering optimal value for unique needs.

Increased Negotiating Power: With many supplier relationships, TPI can leverage competition to drive down costs, negotiate favorable clauses, and advocate for contract flexibility on behalf of their clients.

Transparency and Trust: Clients receive clear, data-backed insights and can trust that recommendations are made purely in their best interest, fostering long-term confidence and partnership.

Our vendor-neutral stance empowers clients to make more informed, agile, and cost-effective energy procurement decisions, ultimately supporting better financial outcomes and risk management.

“I have worked with TPI for many years. They have never steered our company wrong. In fact, when we did not go with their recommendation, it ended up costing us many dollars. TPI is extremely helpful with anything in regards to your utility needs. And, if there is any issue, I send it to them and they always get it worked out.”

"Our company has been utilizing the services of TPI Efficiency for a number of years and have always been very pleased with their performance. We have a number of large accounts with them, and they have saved us thousands of dollars annually on each location by utilizing their expertise to find us the lowest rates possible for our utility services. They are an excellent and highly professional organization, and I highly recommend them."

"I am a contractor in northeast Ohio. We regularly work with TPI , conducting site audits and performing LED retrofits for TPI customers. The team at TPI and especially Justine Menn really are top notch. Justine’s attention to detail with respect to specifying material for jobs and support for our technicians while on site enables the success of our joint projects. We are treated with respect and Justine’s attitude enables a team working environment characterized by equal business stature. That is not always the case working with energy services companies/consultants in the LED retrofit space."

Looking To Reach your Sustainability Goals?

Green-e® certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) Can Help Your Business Reach your Sustainability Goals.

By purchasing Green-e® certified RECs, organizations can credibly reduce their emissions footprint, drive new renewable development, increase overall renewable energy demand, and demonstrate alignment with leading sustainability initiatives – all verified by a trusted third-party certification.

Trusted Partners

With access to over 150 suppliers and decades of experience, we help organizations reduce operating costs, improve efficiency, and achieve environmental goals through tailored strategies and objective advice. TUG’s longstanding presence in Cincinnati and Dayton, paired with TPI’s established operations in Cleveland, means we now offer our clients an even broader geographic reach and enhanced resources.