10.01.2014 On October 1-2, 2014, join us at booth #517 in the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC for WEEC.

They’re not as glitzy as a shiny new solar array or as smart as a new smart meter, but monthly utility bills and the energy information they provide are the foundation for most successfu...

Utility bill processing can be a lot like competitive swimming. There’s hard work and boring repetition and occasionally something exciting happens. At one of my first meets as a competi...

Note: This is a guest post by Kate Forsyth of Minol USA, an EnergyCAP user. Preparing for another winter is not something we want to think about while basking in the early days of Autumn, but ...

As an energy management professional, you may have to give a presentation with slides to an audience. A lot may be riding on the quality of your presentation. Perhaps you have to prove return ...

If you care about building energy use, then you’ve probably figured out that a good way to get a handle on your energy efficiency efforts is to benchmark energy performance. But what do you co...

For many people, the talents and skills required of energy managers are as shrouded in mystery as the Wizard of Oz. For today’s blog, let’s pull back the curtain to dispel four myths about ene...

Note: This is a guest post by Kate Forsyth of Minol USA, an EnergyCAP user. Albert Einstein said “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Yet so much of our approach to education and wo...

In large organizations, the procurement process for energy management software can be challenging and disappointing. But it doesn’t have to be. Putting together a quality Request for Pro...

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the transit agency charged with regional financial oversight, funding, and transit planning for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pa...

Degree days represent the only weather metric that is consistently used in the context of building energy use. Heating degree days represent a need for heating to maintain a comfortable temper...

Note: This is a guest post by Colin Murray, a writer and editor who has covered the energy space for www.SaveOnEnergy.com since 2008. While energy management systems (EMS) have become mo...