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...

Glenda is a busy energy manager for an urban city government. Responsible for achieving energy savings for her city, Glenda is trying to make the utility bill tracking, processing, and payment...

Does your organization’s portfolio include buildings larger than 15,000 square feet? If so, you may find some nasty things hiding behind closed doors that are sapping energy and dollars ...

Our three-day annual Catalyst training conference provided a glimpse into the future for clients using the online version of EnergyCAP. Some of our training resources are now available online,...

I recently watched a powerful TED Talk by self-identified introvert Susan Cain. She believes that our culture rewards extroverts and ignores introverts, and consequently, our culture misses ou...

Previously we have blogged on the advantages and disadvantages of electronic billing. Today we’ll look at five ways you can avoid the drudgery of hand-keying utility bills into your energ...

I was missing the fun. Each month, our company leads an educational webinar targeting various energy topics. More than 1,000 people have attended our webinars. And since we record them, they’v...

Energy benchmarking is a way of deriving value from your available energy data by comparing the performance of multiple peer group members. It’s a way of determining how a place, bu...

In a previous blog, we discussed how many organizations use a certain type of measurement and verification (M&V) for measuring the effectiveness of their energy management initiatives. But...

Here are 10 free energy newsletters you might want to subscribe to (in no particular order): Energy Manager Today Energy Manager Today is a daily newsletter whose goal is to keep corporate exe...

Each spring, we hold a training conference called EnergyCAP Catalyst. This year’s Catalyst is April 29-May 1 in our hometown of State College, PA. Registration is now open! Based on feed...