benchmarking energy data in energycap
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In this presentation, Steve Heinz discusses various options for benchmarking energy use for your facilities, including ENERGY STAR and EnergyCAP. Steve Heinz is a Professional Engineer and Certified Energy Manager, and is the Founder and CEO of EnergyCAP, Inc. Learn more at www.EnergyCAP.com.TRANSCRIPT
Benchmarking Energy Data
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Steve Heinz, PE, CEMFounder & CEO
EnergyCAP, Inc.
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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)
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Benchmarking Energy Data
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What is benchmarking?Measuring performance vs. a peer group, i.e. your rank in a group.
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Why is this valuable?A quick, easy, low-cost way to see how you’re doing compared to others.
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Building Benchmarks
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Popular building benchmarksENERGY STAR ratings
Industry benchmarks
EnergyCAP benchmarks
Building Benchmarks
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ENERGY STAR prosWidely used
Highly recognized brand
A broad indicator of efficiency
Great for publicity
Building Benchmarks
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ENERGY STAR consOnly accounts for certain variables
Is it actionable?
Building Benchmarks
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Industry Benchmarks prosMore specific to your portfolio
A broad indicator of efficiency
Building Benchmarks
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Industry Benchmarks consOnly accounts for certain variables
Is it actionable?
Building Benchmarks
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EnergyCAP Benchmarks prosSpecific to your portfolio—you manage your peer groups
Provides actionable input
Building Benchmarks
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EnergyCAP Benchmarks consDoesn’t give a broader perspective beyond your organization (so industry or ENERGY STAR benchmarks are a good sanity check).
Building Benchmarks
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The Key: Accurate & Specific Peer GroupsFor example, a municipality:
Building Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Building average cost per day
Tells You: Most expensive buildings by total cost
Building Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Annualized cost per sq ft
Tells You: Which buildings are very expensive to operate. 7 out of 10 libraries seem OK
Building Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Billed KW per sq ft
Tells You: Which buildings have unusual peak demand, assuming equipment is similar
Building Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Weather load per sq ft
Tells You: Which buildings have unusual weather sensitivity
Building Benchmarks
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Meter Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Meter average cost per day
Tells You: Most expensive meters by total cost
Meter Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Meter average use per day
Tells You: Highest volume meters
Meter Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Demand (KW) Rank
Tells You: Highest billed demand meters
Meter Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Unit cost ranked by total cost
Tells You: Hopefully, that most expensive meters are benefitting from the lowest rates
Meter Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Unit cost
Tells You: Excessive average unit cost
Meter Benchmarks
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Ability to remove inconsequential (low total cost) meters from the benchmark is valuable
Meter Benchmarks
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Now we have great candidates for investigation!All exceed $1.00 per KWH; $170,000 annually
Meter Benchmarks
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Benchmark: Unit cost by rate code Tells You: Excessive average unit
cost–rate change candidates
Meter Benchmarks
Resources to Learn More
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ENERGY STAR (www.ENERGYSTAR.gov)
Become an ENERGY STAR Partner
Submit your buildings for ENERGY STAR ratings
Many free resources on the website
Resources to Learn More
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BuildingBenchmarks.comwww.FreeEnergyManagerTools.com
Access U.S. Dept of Energy CBECS data with a user-friendly interface
Resources to Learn More
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