EnergyCAP is a family of energy management and energy accounting software products, used for tracking, managing, processing, reporting, benchmarking, and analyzing utility bills and energy and sustainability information. EnergyCAP also interfaces with the EPA Energy Star Portfolio Manager. EnergyCAP is available in client-server, web-based, fully online, and desktop versions.
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History
EnergyCAP's history dates back to 1980. In response to a growing demand for energy management software when PCs were in their infancy, Steven D. Heinz founded Omnicomp, Inc. in 1980 and launched the development of EnergyCAP predecessor FASER Energy Accounting. FASER was first commercially released in 1982 for utility bill verification, tracking and reporting, and the calculation of the cost avoidance attributable to energy management activities (also called Measurement & Verification). The City of Denver also uses this software to track energy usage throughout their parks system.
FASER became widely used by retail chains, government, universities, school districts and property managers. By the mid-1990s, FASER's thousands of users tracked an estimated five million bills a year valued at $2 billion. FASER and Omnicomp were purchased by Enron Corporation in 1996. Following Enron's bankruptcy in late 2001, Heinz acquired the energy information assets and launched Good Steward Software, which was renamed to EnergyCAP, Inc. in January 2010. The team developed a new line of energy efficiency software products called EnergyCAP. EnergyCAP, Inc. is an Energy Star Partner of the Year.
Software Versions
EnergyCAP Enterprise is software for large organizations with complex energy information needs. Users include Fortune 1,000 companies; universities; and city, county and state governments. EnergyCAP Express is fully web-based utility bill management software for small to medium-sized organizations like colleges, towns, and small businesses. EnergyCAP Professional is oriented toward measurement and verification of energy savings for certain qualifying organizations, most notably school districts. GreenQuest is a personal energy efficiency website for households and single building owners that can serve as a community outreach and sustainability tool.
Software Features
EnergyCAP offers the following features: Account Tracking, Accounts Payable or G/L Export, Bill Accruals, Bill Audits, Electronic Bills from Vendor, Energy Contract Administration, Issue Tracker, Workflow Management, Benchmarking Charts, Budgets & Forecasts, Cost Avoidance (M&V), Energy Procurement, Rate/Tariff Analysis, Weather Data, Automated Report Distribution, Custom Spreadsheets for Data Export, Energy Dashboard, PowerViews, Reports, TreeView Navigation, Energy Star Benchmarking, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Bill Splits, Move-In Utility Vacant Expense Recovery (MUVER), Submeters & Chargebacks, Interval (Time-Series) Data, Meter Data Import, Microsoft SQL Server, Unlimited Number of Users, User Permissions, Web Access, Data Import Templates, Implementation Services, and Setup Wizards.
Cost Avoidance
Cost Avoidance (Measurement & Verification) is the calculation of the savings attributable to energy management by comparing current bills with a normalized baseline year. The cost avoidance calculation engine of EnergyCAP complies with the International performance measurement and verification protocol, the U.S. Department of Energy's standard for energy performance measurement and verification. EnergyCAP adjusts for factors like changes in building square footage, type of primary use, billing period length, and weather.