free energy manager tools
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In this presentation, Steve Heinz explores some of the free online resources available to energy managers. He identifies the tools and explains their value to energy management. 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
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Free Energy Manager Tools
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Steve Heinz, PE, CEM
Founder & CEO
EnergyCAP, Inc.
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Presented by EnergyCAP, Inc.Thirty-year 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.
Used by organizations that receive many utility bills for bill processing, energy reporting and analytics.
Five years running
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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, Burlington Coat Factory)
Education (800+ school districts, SUNY system, Univ of CA system, UCF, Univ of Kansas)
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Free Energy Manager Toolswww.FreeEnergyManagerTools.com
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10 valuable, and free,online tools
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1. Energy UniversityAn offering of Schneider Electric
All courses are free and typically take less than an hour
Endorsement and/or education credits are offered by many organizations including: AFE, USGBC, BOMI, IEEE and many state PE licensing boards
Dozens of courses, available in multiple languages
Self-paced, online, narrated, illustrated slideshows
Free Professional Energy Manager certification
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1. Energy University
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1. Energy University
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1. Energy University
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2. Weather Data DepotAn offering of EnergyCAP, Inc.
Free daily degree days for 14,000 sites in North America
Updated daily; historical data from 1995
Excel interface
Variable balance point temperature
Search by ZIP code, station ID or city/state
Degree day reports, cumulative HDD/CDD comparison charts, 14-day DD forecast
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2. Weather Data Depot
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2. Weather Data Depot
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2. Weather Data Depot
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3. DOE Software Tools DirectoryAn offering of U.S. Dept of Energy, EERE
Includes 400 software tools for “evaluating energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability in buildings.”
Some are free tools, most aren’t
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3. DOE Software Tools Directory
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3. DOE Software Tools Directory
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4. NoesisAn offering of Noesis Energy
Provides end users with tools to track and improve energy
Provides end users with a collaborative platform to connect them with the people, companies and organizations that can help them make the right decisions to begin realizing savings
Most basic functionality is free
A “go to” site for energy managers
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4. Noesis
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4. Noesis
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4. Noesis
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5. DOE Energy Information Administration
An offering of U.S. Dept of Energy–U.S. Energy Information Administration
Official statistics on national energy consumption
End-use sectors: residential, commercial, manufacturing, transportation
Projections in Energy Outlook documents
Underlying data is public. Downloadable in pdf, Excel
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5. DOE Energy Information Administration
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6. Online Unit ConversionsAn offering of OnlineConversion.com (probably one guy
working out of his garage)
Quite a complete choice of From/To units of measure
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6. Online Unit Conversions
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7. Building Benchmarks (CBECS)An offering of EnergyCAP, Inc
Makes CBECS data easy to use
CBECS is the U.S. Dept of Energy’s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, the database that’s the foundation of ENERGY STAR ratings.
Provides the national ‘standards’ for BTU/Sq Ft
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7. Building Benchmarks (CBECS)
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7. Building Benchmarks (CBECS)
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8. EPA eGRID and Carbon Equivalencies
An offering of U.S. EPA
“Power Profiler” shows how clean your electricity is, based on Zip code and eGRID emissions database
“Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator” shows carbon equivalencies, useful for presentations and marketing.
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8. EPA eGRID and Carbon Equivalencies
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8. EPA eGRID and Carbon Equivalencies
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8. EPA eGRID and Carbon Equivalencies
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9. Open Energy Info–DOE Rate Repository
An offering of U.S. Dept of Energy
Free utility rate repository
29,000+ rates from almost 4,000 vendors
Searchable by ZIP code
Available API allows you to grab the underlying data via a web service
Library of energy apps is included
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9. Open Energy Info–DOE Rate Repository
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9. Open Energy Info–DOE Rate Repository
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9. Open Energy Info–DOE Rate Repository
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10. Enterprise Smart GridAn offering of Groom Energy Solutions LLC
Collaborative site covering the latest demand side smart grid news
They do a good job in keeping current with what’s going on in the industry
Resources include case studies, white papers
Groom publishes a Software Buyer’s Guide
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10. Enterprise Smart Grid
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Free Newsletters We RecommendGroom Energy www.GroomEnergy.com
Fierce Energy www.FierceEnergy.com
Energy Manager Today www.EnergyManagerToday.com
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Please, contact us if you have any suggestions for more links to free Energy Manager tools!
Use the contact link at the top of the website.
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