Benchmarking Energy Data in EnergyCAP

Benchmarking Energy Data

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Steve Heinz, PE, CEMFounder & CEO

EnergyCAP, Inc.


Presented by EnergyCAP, Inc.EnergyCAP is used by organizations that receive many utility bills for bill processing, energy reporting and analytics

Over 30 years as industry leader; first release in 1982. (The predecessor software was FASER Energy Accounting).

Web-based and on-premise versions

Financially secure. No debt. No VC funds.

EnergyCAP software is all we do—we don’t sell hardware, retrofits, consulting, bill payment outsourcing, procurement.

1,500 organizations use EnergyCAP.City Government (San Francisco, Baltimore, Sacramento, Virginia

Beach, Tampa, Denver, Jacksonville, Oklahoma City, Cleveland)

County Government (Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara CA; Loudoun, Fairfax, Chesterfield VA; Miami Dade, Charlotte FL)

Federal (USMC, Smithsonian, U.S. Dept of Energy Labs)

Commercial (Ryder, Equity Residential, Forest City, BJs Wholesale Clubs, CBRE, Northrop Grumman)

Education (800+ school districts, SUNY system, Univ of CA system, UCF, Univ of Kansas)



Benchmarking Energy Data


What is benchmarking?Measuring performance vs. a peer group, i.e. your rank in a group.


Why is this valuable?A quick, easy, low-cost way to see how you’re doing compared to others.


Building Benchmarks


Popular building benchmarksENERGY STAR ratings

Industry benchmarks

EnergyCAP benchmarks

Building Benchmarks


ENERGY STAR prosWidely used

Highly recognized brand

A broad indicator of efficiency

Great for publicity

Building Benchmarks


ENERGY STAR consOnly accounts for certain variables

Is it actionable?

Building Benchmarks


Industry Benchmarks prosMore specific to your portfolio

A broad indicator of efficiency

Building Benchmarks


Industry Benchmarks consOnly accounts for certain variables

Is it actionable?

Building Benchmarks


EnergyCAP Benchmarks prosSpecific to your portfolio—you manage your peer groups

Provides actionable input

Building Benchmarks


EnergyCAP Benchmarks consDoesn’t give a broader perspective beyond your organization (so industry or ENERGY STAR benchmarks are a good sanity check).

Building Benchmarks


The Key: Accurate & Specific Peer GroupsFor example, a municipality:

Building Benchmarks


Benchmark: Building average cost per day

Tells You: Most expensive buildings by total cost

Building Benchmarks


Benchmark: Annualized cost per sq ft

Tells You: Which buildings are very expensive to operate. 7 out of 10 libraries seem OK

Building Benchmarks


Benchmark: Billed KW per sq ft

Tells You: Which buildings have unusual peak demand, assuming equipment is similar

Building Benchmarks


Benchmark: Weather load per sq ft

Tells You: Which buildings have unusual weather sensitivity

Building Benchmarks


Meter Benchmarks


Benchmark: Meter average cost per day

Tells You: Most expensive meters by total cost

Meter Benchmarks


Benchmark: Meter average use per day

Tells You: Highest volume meters

Meter Benchmarks


Benchmark: Demand (KW) Rank

Tells You: Highest billed demand meters

Meter Benchmarks


Benchmark: Unit cost ranked by total cost

Tells You: Hopefully, that most expensive meters are benefitting from the lowest rates

Meter Benchmarks


Benchmark: Unit cost

Tells You: Excessive average unit cost

Meter Benchmarks


Ability to remove inconsequential (low total cost) meters from the benchmark is valuable

Meter Benchmarks


Now we have great candidates for investigation!All exceed $1.00 per KWH; $170,000 annually

Meter Benchmarks


Benchmark: Unit cost by rate code Tells You: Excessive average unit

cost–rate change candidates

Meter Benchmarks

Resources to Learn More



ENERGY STAR (www.ENERGYSTAR.gov)

Become an ENERGY STAR Partner

Submit your buildings for ENERGY STAR ratings

Many free resources on the website



BuildingBenchmarks.comwww.FreeEnergyManagerTools.com

Access U.S. Dept of Energy CBECS data with a user-friendly interface



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