1. Creating Opportunities for Public Housing Authorities to Measure, Manage, Save

2. Utility bill tracking, analysis, and reporting is the foundation of energy efficiency activities.

3. Utility companies aren’t perfect. Mistakes happen. Audit and verify bills. VALUE 1: Eliminate billing errors

4. Interfaces with expense accounts payable Reduces your utility bill A/P costs Import bills via EDI 810 or Excel formats VALUE 2: Rapid & accurate utility bill payment

5. Customer Choice and Direct Access programs save money by allowing you to select the lowest- cost suppliers, generators, and producers, but it requires accurate and current energy use data. VALUE 3: Make wise energy procurement decisions

6. Creating cost allocation and chargeback bills is complex. Create chargeback bills using submeter readings, “virtual accounts,” or percent splits. Track resident allotments VALUE 4: Shared facility cost allocation, chargebacks, resident allotment tracking

7. Most budgeting processes lack detailed meter-level data, so accuracy suffers. Meter-by-meter and month-by-month budgets mean less guesswork and fewer fiscal emergencies. VALUE 5: Create accurate budgets

8. You have thousands of switches and thermostats, yet the occupants who control them have no motivation to conserve. EnergyCAP reports create a sense of accountability. GreenQuest gives your residents a free energy efficiency website. VALUE 6: Motivate energy users and residents to conserve

9. Benchmarks, trends, profiles, and comparisons help to identify and correct inefficient facilities and control systems; great for rate analysis. VALUE 7: Quickly identify “outliers” with benchmarks and analytics

10. Carbon tracking begins with energy tracking. There is a growing need for voluntary GHG disclosure reporting, as well as mandatory disclosure of commercial building energy and emissions at the state and local levels. VALUE 8: Track greenhouse gas emissions and credits

11. Performance Contracting is the preferred method for energy retrofit projects, but not without accurate and timely “cost avoidance” reports. EnergyCAP has been used since 1985 for performance contracting savings calculations on thousands of buildings. ENERGY STAR ratings offer excellent PR value as well as impartial assessment of efficiency. VALUE 9: Measure and verify energy savings; Easily obtain ENERGY STAR ratings

12. We have a 20-year history with AccuWeather. AccuWeather provides daily downloads of historical and future degree days to EnergyCAP users. Charts are calendarized and normalized (v2.8). VALUE 9.5: Usage vs. degree days; weather- normalized reporting is more accurate

13. There are essential business processes that rely on accurate and timely energy information. Improve energy-related accounting and overall cost management. Save valuable accounting and management time. VALUE 10: Improve accounting, accruals, management

14. EnergyCAP often pays for itself in under 12 months. "After two years of experience, we have paid for the system two times through identified utility savings.” David Godfrey, State Utilities Program Manager, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority "We were able to find a $90,000 billing error - thanks to the new EnergyCAP software—BEFORE the paper bill was even opened.” Keith Roberts, P.E., LEED AP, City Energy Manager, City of Sacramento “Within the first year EnergyCAP almost paid for itself in energy savings.” Kelly Winnett, University of Alabama at Birmingham A Smart Investment

15. We’ve published the best selling energy management software for over 30 years. We provide implementation, bill processing, training, and support services.