The need for EnergyCAP user training continues. Unfortunately, so does the ban on in-person training sessions and conferences. That’s why I’m issuing this reminder about EnergyCAP Academy, a comprehensive online training program that we originally announced back in June:
Topics: Energy Management
December 1, 2020
Budget woes? I sympathize. If you’re not Amazon or Zoom, your budget has probably taken a big hit. One bright spot may be your actual 2020 utilities spend vs. the budget.
Here’s an example of a large school district’s actual 12-month spend vs. prior years.
BPO – Business Process Outsourcing – has been on the rise for years. The outsourcing of back office services that are not core competencies of the organization, yet require high skill level, is particularly attractive.
Topics: The Workplace- Energy and Culture
October 27, 2020
EnergyCAP Version 7’s latest energy efficiency feature–email report self-subscription–is both simple and powerful. It’s like a “Note to Self” reminder to look for cost savings.
Topics: Software Features- Energy Management- Energy and Culture
October 20, 2020
Organizations that are new to using EnergyCAP often find that the enhanced visibility into their utility bills highlights opportunities for quick monetary savings. One example of low hanging, money-saving fruit is
Topics: Software Features- Energy Management- Client Savings
September 29, 2020
Over our 40-year history, our EnergyCAP utility bill accounting and energy management solution has been at the core of many success stories.
Topics: Energy Management- Client Savings
September 2, 2020
Expected return-on-investment (ROI) is a critical component of most large capital purchase requests. Energy management information systems (EMIS) are no exception.
A recent article titled, From the Ground Up: Energy Resilience Begins With Our Buildings, published by Penn State News, stated that buildings “consume about 40% of the energy we use in the United States… and a full 70% of all electricity.” In the same article, James Freihaut, Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State, commented, “If we want to conserve energy and stop global warning, we’ve got to make the buildings a lot better.”
Topics: Software Features- Client Savings
July 22, 2020Everyone whose job includes utility bill auditing and processing knows audit challenges all too well. The bane of analysts everywhere is false positives—audit results that point to a problem but after investigation are found to be groundless.
Benchmarking your buildings thru ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager website is an energy management best practice. Not only does a favorable building rating promote energy management success, but it can deliver fiscal advantages.
Topics: Energy Management- Client Savings
July 2, 2020
We’re excited to announce that the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority recently recognized EnergyCAP, Inc. as a 2020 Centre County Green Business Partner. A few examples of EnergyCAP’s green practices and efforts include:
Topics: The Workplace- Company News- Energy and Culture
June 25, 2020
While the Coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of countless conferences and in-person meetings have become distant memories, there is a silver lining.
Topics: Energy Management- Company News
June 23, 2020
For almost 15 years, WeatherDataDepot.com has been the go-to site for degree day reports and historical data.
Topics: Energy Management- Company News
June 9, 2020“Energy management decisions should be based on data that is comprehensive, efficiently obtained, easy to analyze, and communicated widely. And selecting the right energy management information system (EMIS) and vendor is critical to meeting those goals.”
Topics: Energy Management- Client Savings- Company News
June 2, 2020
Over our 40-year history, we have seen or heard about scenarios where an EMIS vendor promises to deliver comprehensive functionality, only to fail to meet the customer’s requirements during the implementation stage. The solution (and the price) might have looked appealing at first glance,
Topics: Software Features- Energy Management- The Workplace
May 27, 2020
Chances are that your organization has a “Mission-Critical Contracts Plan” to ensure that mission essential contracts have been identified and that the vendors responsible for those mission essential products and services are following CDC and other applicable health and safety guidelines and precautions.
Topics: Energy Management- Company News
May 20, 2020Congratulations! Thanks to your effective energy management and building operations practices, you’ve achieved two months of “flatlining” your buildings. As proven by your smart meter data, effective shutdowns of high daily “occupied” electric loads have been flatlined, the only bumps being slightly higher nighttime security lighting loads.
Topics: Energy Management- Client Savings- Energy and Culture
May 5, 2020
It may be just the right time to put on your BudgetCAP.
In my last blog I showed how you can set expectations for a potential second quarter utilities budget surplus. In that real-world example,
Topics: Energy Management- Client Savings- The Workplace- Energy and Culture
April 28, 2020
Yes, very unfortunate budget cutbacks loom in the future, but for the next few months your utilities budget will be benefiting from an unexpected stimulus.
Welcome back to my blog series on Effective Energy Management from Home. If you haven’t read the five-blog series or last week’s wrap-up, give them a quick read first.
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