http://bpiauditsoftware.com/energy-auditing-software-pricing/ A look at the costs and opportunity costs of BPI report generation.

1. BPI Energy Auditing Software
Costs and Opportunity Costs

2. Do you spend hours generating BPI
reports?
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Creating BPI reports can take time and money.
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Homeowners expect a detailed report about the condition of
their homes and ways to save energy.
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There are many existing energy auditing software solutions to
generate these BPI reports.

3. There are two approaches to BPI
reporting.
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First approach is to pay for energy auditing software that
generates quality BPI reports quickly.
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Can be a per-audit cost, monthly cost, or annual cost.
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Can also be a flat rate price for the energy auditing software.
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Price paid is for the convenience and saved time.
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The BPI reports generated by these programs look very
professional.
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Many of these reporting solutions support monitoring data
through a laptop or tablet while you're doing the audit.

4. The second approach:
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The second approach is to make these BPI reports using software like Microsoft
Office, OpenOffice, or other .pdf creators.
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The advantage is you have more control over how your audit report appears and
what is in that report.
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This is a more economical option, but it also takes more time.
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A template file can save you time. These files can also be distributed among
auditors without violating software licensing agreements.
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A disadvantage to this approach is the amount of time it takes to generate reports.
You may save money, but consider hidden expenses.

5. Which method is better?
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Answer should be based on your business model.
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Example: energy auditors who bill at $75 an hour and spend
an average of 3 hours writing a BPI report are doing a $225
job for free. Furthermore, five energy audits a week adds up
to $1125 in opportunity costs.
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Energy auditing software can be a net time saver.
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Auditors that bill at a lower rate, or that perform few audits
per week might have more incentive to make reports
manually.
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Relevant BPI reports are an opportunity to make yourself stand
out with homeowners.

6. Other considerations:
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Take a closer look at the costs associated with BPI
energy auditing software here.
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To check on updates for our upcoming BPI specific energy
auditing software project, please visit our home page at the BPI
Energy Audit Software Project.