Our Specializations
Energy efficiency is a means of using less energy to provide the same (or greater) level of energy services. Achieving greater efficiency requires us to modernize infrastructure, technologies, and behaviors. Making these changes necessitates the spending of time, or money, or both. Importantly, however, these costs are not simply expenditures but investments that yield returns in the form of energy savings and often reduce resource consumption in other ways. Energy, infrastructure and related operations costs are among the largest line items in a operation’s budget.
Bio-fuels are renewable energy sources derived from recently living organisms such as plants and include ethanol, bio-diesel, methanol. Fossil fuels are derived from long dead organisms and are finite - oil, coal. Bio-fuels can be produced locally. Bio-fuels extend existing fuel supplies. Bio-fuels reduce tailpipe emissions and do not negatively affect surface or ground water.
It is estimated by the World Bank that water and wastewater infrastructure investment will reach $700B. Many issues are combining to drive these investments including:
- demand increasing 40% by 2025
- decaying infrastructure - $540B in US alone
- drought conditions
- government regulations
- water purity needs
- budget constraints
- among others
Thinkbox Group's Efficient Approach
ThinkBox’s business concept is simple, we focus on decentralized projects that identify and capture operational and cost efficiencies, re-use waste materials, and identify, redevelop and deploy underutilized / obsolete assets.ThinkBox works in the phase where energy and water ventures are too immature to meet traditional investment criteria. Our mission is to develop projects with clear advantages and transform them into operations with visible and measurable commercial value.
Our experience allows us to develop complete projects that are ready for final funding. We provide support in the following key areas:
- Venture assessment / Strategic planning
- energy audits
- site selection
- contract negotiations
- assembling project teams
- recruiting management
- permitting and regulatory and pre-construction services
- environmental assessments
- research studies
- engineering /technical support
- technology assessments
- financial modeling and structuring
- financing
- program documentation
- federal projects and contracts
- project commissioning
- project / program management
- renewable energy credits - ThinkBox has developed strategic relationships with verifiers and validators as well as brokers and buyers of renewable energy credits, and we have become experts in monetizing carbon credits and RECs both on the state level and in the voluntary market.
How Do These Services Benefit Our Clients and Partners?
ThinkBox’s solutions to complex problems provide diverse benefits. By taking advantage of greater efficiencies, reusing waste materials and putting underutilized assets to work, we are able to support our end-use and strategic partners to achieve many key benefits:- Increased costs savings to help stretch budgets
- Modernized equipment and technology
- New revenues from existing clients and new business sectors,
- Economic development in neglected urban and rural areas, new jobs, diversified tax bases
- Raise necessary capital for infrastructure investment
- Positively impact the environment
- Meet regulatory mandates