know your power

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Know Your Power: Understanding the Benefits of Employing BOTH Expense AND Real-Time DataFebruary 26, 2014

Presenter: Alison Liaboe, Director of Product Management, Facility Optimization, Ecova

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Challenges

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Challenges – Extreme Weather

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Concerns for 2014

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Opportunity Overview

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Ecova’s Data Warehouse

Growing Results on Saving Resources Technology enabled solutions for both sides of the utility meter that enable companies to manage their energy and sustainability expenses and usage

Growing Results on Saving Resources Technology enabled solutions for both sides of the utility meter that enable companies to manage their energy and sustainability expenses and usage

Founded in 1996 (17 years of data)

Over 2.2B data points

Over 750,000 commercial sites

Over 750 commercial and industrial clients = 24% of the Fortune 500

Nearly 20 vertical sectors

Ecova processes nearly $20B in energy and resource expenditures

Ecova handles over 8% of the commercial electric load in the U.S.

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The Importance of a Good Plan

Differences Between Expense Data & Dynamic Usage Data

Differences Between Expense Data & Dynamic Usage Data

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So – Which Method is Best?

It depends… What are your energy

management goals? What capabilities do you have

in-house to act on the data?

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Hospitality Company Utilizes Dashboard & Investigation to Save $1.1M

1,100 Motel 6 and Studio 6 Properties

10,000 Employees

Property-level energy consumption reporting tool

Troubleshooting application

Water and gas leak resolution

Outlier Investigation

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Restaurant Uses Expense Data to Reduce Energy Usage Over 7% in Y1

Energy Expenses - $21M per Year

> 250 Locations

Energy Performance Reports

Identified Worst-Performing Locations

Targeted low- and no-cost measures

Electricity: Usage decreased by 4.3%       

Natural Gas: Usage decreased by 2.82%

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What About You?

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If You Answered…

NEXT EXIT

WE CAN HELP

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Thank You!

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Upcoming Educational Webinars

INSIDE ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY 2014 Energy & Sustainability Priorities: Synergies and Surprises

– Thurs, March 6th at 11am PST Extreme Weather Causes Spike in Energy Prices – Q1 Update:

Tues, March 11th at 1pm PST and Thurs, March 13th at 11am PST

Leveraging People to Drive Energy & Sustainability Management – Thurs, March 20th at 11am PST

DIAL IN THE SAVINGS SERIES Illustrating Telecom’s Value to the C-Suite: Wed, March 12th at

1pm PST

Questions, comments, suggestions? webinars@ecova.com

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Q&A

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Thank you!