Corporate Energy Efficiency Workshop May 5 th 2017

Corporate Energy Efficiency Workshop May 5 th 2017 Energy Management Survey Results

Q 1 Does your municipality use an Energy Management Software (EMS)? n Yes No Unsure =23 =16 / 70% = 5 / 26% = 1 / 4%

Type Energy. CAP Ameresco EEMS Lucid Entech Gold Facility. Dude/Utility. Trac NUS Direct Number 6 / 38% 3 / 19% 2 / 13% 1 / 6%

Strengths Energy. CAP Cost avoidance, calendarization and normalization, anomaly tracking, budgeting, Energy. Star, GHG emission calculations, O. Reg. 397/11 annual consumption reporting, tabular & graphical report generation, easy, robust, supports APIs , SAP compatible, automated bill uploading Ameresco User friendly, customizable dashboards and account structure, easy sorting features, good customer support & data validation, unlimited users EEMS Bills management, reporting, real time data, Inexpensive system with simple data input and basic reports of energy consumption Lucid Real time monitoring of facility consumption, helps investing and troubleshooting abnormal operation of equipment, public display, clear information Entech Gold Utility bill scanning & exporting, can track multiple meter types and generate multiple reports for each facility, allows for financial data inputs Facility. Dude/Utility. Trac Group and facility trending by utility and intensity, benchmarking, weather normalization NUS Direct Utility bill management. Ease of use, bill data entry is incorporated into the service, also allows process-based metrics to be added for better alignment of efficiency measurement with specific industrial services (e. g. k. Wh per megalitre of water processed; k. Wh per tonne of waste)

Weaknesses Energy. CAP limited customizable dashboards, report formats locked, no in-time data monitoring, can’t receive data in the Green Button format, does not automatically address data gaps/overlaps Ameresco Limited reporting or availability for automatic or emailed reports to users, no real time capability, poor support EEMS Not user friendly, no report customization Lucid Doesn’t provide weather normalized data. Limited calculating Energy intensity use. Tricky to update Entech Gold Following up with utility on billing errors - Rectifying utility billing errors in software, weather normalization (reporting is weak) Facility. Dude/Utility. Trac Lacks hourly data input and budgeting capability NUS Direct Doesn’t integrate with in-house submetering capabilities such as BAS. Doesn’t support pass through billing and renewable generation.

Fees Type Initial Set up Energy. CAP $30 – 65 k (some can’t disclose) Ameresco $13 k, depends on # accounts EEMS $20 k - $100 k Lucid $50 k for one facility Entech Gold $25 k Facility. Dude/ Utility. Trac Depends on # meters. $6 k for 150 x NUS Direct $11, 776 (108 accounts, 2 yrs historical data) Subsequent and additional fees Huge range based on software upgrades, data entry, ongoing support, configuration, number of accounts, maintenance, contract obligations, hosting, licencing, training, auditing.

How you use your EMS Do you use your EMS for budgeting purposes? Yes = 12, 80% No = 3, 20% Is EMS recording data from utility meters and/or bills? Bills only = 6, 40% Both = 4, 27% No, = 3, 20% Meters only = 2, 13% Is the EMS connected to the Building Automation System No = 14, 93% Yes = 1, 7%

Can you share RFPs used for the EMS? Yes = 8, 50% No = 2, 12. 5% Unsure = 6, 37. 5%