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Catalyst Atlanta 2025: A Powerful Gathering of Energy Leaders and Innovators

Catalyst Atlanta 2025 brought together 97 customers, prospects, and partners for three days of innovation, inspiration, and practical training around energy and utility management. Hosted by EnergyCAP, this annual event focused on the transformative power of data, automation, and community in the pursuit of energy efficiency and organizational sustainability. With a full schedule of hands-on workshops, customer panels, and thought-leadership sessions, attendees left with actionable insights and a renewed sense of purpose.

Celebrating legacy: 50 years of lessons from Steve Heinz

One of the standout sessions featured Steve Heinz, founder of EnergyCAP, who shared key lessons from his 50-year career in energy management. He took the audience back to 1975, a time before ESCOs, performance contracts, or smart technologies. Heinz traced the arc of innovation—from time clocks and pneumatic controls to AI and smart grids—emphasizing that while technology has advanced dramatically, the core principles of energy management (“Turn it off, set it back, tune it up”) still apply. His central message? The future belongs to those who prepare their data now for an AI-driven tomorrow.

Practical tools for energy and financial management

Workshops offered deep dives into budgeting, accruals, chargebacks, and advanced accounting workflows, showing how EnergyCAP’s platform simplifies these traditionally complex areas. Tom Diliberti and Jeremy Amaismeier demonstrated how clients could leverage automation to streamline utility accounting processes, eliminate errors, and support timely financial reporting. These sessions gave attendees a clear and actionable roadmap for turning financial data into strategic decisions.

Advanced data and analytics in action

With energy costs rising and regulatory pressures mounting, several sessions explored how organizations can better harness interval data for smarter decisions. John Heinz introduced EnergyCAP’s Smart Analytics platform, which offers real-time alerts, predictive insights, and machine learning to optimize building performance and verify savings. Attendees also learned about M&V best practices and how to apply the IPMVP framework for credible, auditable results. Sessions on CarbonHub illustrated how organizations are consolidating their utility and emissions data into a single platform for easier, more accurate ESG reporting.

Customer stories: Impact in the real world

Customer panels were a highlight, offering firsthand stories of how organizations—from Miami-Dade County to the University of Arizona—are achieving measurable results with EnergyCAP. From $1M in savings by catching a billing error at UC San Diego to streetlight upgrades and Scope 3 carbon tracking in large municipalities, it’s clear that small steps, supported by smart systems, are driving big impact.

And, everyone met their new best bill friend and followed his journey—from just trying to get paid to transforming chaos into automation with EnergyCAP!

Catalyst Atlanta 2025 confirmed that data-driven energy management is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. With the right tools and community, attendees left empowered to turn insights into savings, and sustainability goals into results. The countdown to Catalyst 2026 has already begun.

"If you're an expert, there's a session for you, and if you are a beginner, it's a session for you as well." 

"If you're considering the product or already using it and want to get real traction from the solution, you need to come here. Hearing directly from product specialists—and more importantly, from your peers—is invaluable. So many people are asking and answering the same questions you have." 

"I learned a ton about the different functionalities of EnergyCAP—things that we didn’t know before. I also learned a lot about reporting in projects and project valuation, and how we can use that knowledge to communicate better with our business teams." 

"The most important thing for me, personally, is the opportunity to have direct face time with both the EnergyCAP team and my colleagues in the user community." 

"I have to say, the fact that a giant, blown-up EnergyCAT paraded into the main room was absolutely awesome. I'm really looking forward to seeing what EnergyCAT does next. Kudos to the marketing team—the passion you showed was outstanding."

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