Utility Bill Management
No more spreadsheets
Proprietary & Confidential
Why automate Utility Bill Management?
• Eliminate manual monthly data-entry
• Automated benchmarking & compliance reporting
• Automate allocations to tenants and departments
• Automate financial & sustainability reporting
• Reduce human error
• Centralize bill PDFs across utilities and buildings
• Get richer data - all line items from bill invoices
• Reduce utility costs using bill data analytics:
• Catch bill errors
• Identify outliers
• Identify cost drivers
• Optimize individual rates
• Track and improve building EUI
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3,800 supported utilities
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Utility Data Engine
Out-of-the-box capabilities
• Automated capture of bill data across 3,800 utilities worldwide
• Electric, gas, water, sewer, waste, telecommunications
• Detailed invoice itemization and item-level reporting
• Handling for statements-level, account-level and meter-level charges
• Automated data normalization and allocations
• PDF Invoice centralization and downloads
• Built-in data quality analytics
• Industry-leading analytics and reporting capabilities
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Normalization Engine
The BuildingOS Normalization Engine enables seamless
reporting, analytics and insights across hundreds of buildings
Proprietary & Confidential
Normalization Engine
• Normalize across utilities
• Normalize across units of measure
• Normalize across currencies
• Normalize across bill and calendar periods
• Normalize by weather variance
• Normalize by occupancy
• Normalize by business output or KPIs
Construct drag-and-drop insights
with our analytics cards library
BuildingOS Analytics Dashboards: bill data into insights
Combine any number of Cards into
stakeholder-specific Dashboards
Leverage all of your data across
all buildings & systems
180+
integrations
24
card types
Unlimited
Configurability
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Add-on apps Apps
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Bill Verification
Our Bill Verification app allows our customers to analyze
their bill usage and detect billing errors instantly
• Compare billed consumption against sub-metered use
• Catch suspect invoices at a glance
• Analyze both consumption and demand charges
• Verify billed costs against the BuildingOS Rate Engine results
APP
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Budgeting
Our Budgeting app streamlines the budgeting, reporting and
planning process for finance and utility managers
• Create and manage budgets across buildings and business units
• Automate utility bill data capture with the BuildingOS Utility Data Engine
• Automatically calendarize utility bill invoices for accurate reporting
• Report by calendar or fiscal period
• Quickly identify the drivers for budget overruns
• Build & analyze models for long term procurement planning
APP
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M&V
Easy and accurate ROI analysis of efficiency investments
streamlines the deployment of efficiency capital
• Easily & accurately validate ROI from efficiency investments & efforts
• Build trust between finance & facilities teams
• Designed & developed in collaboration with DoE & LBNL
• Accurate cost reporting (uses BuildingOS Rate & Tariff Engine)
• Normalized for weather, occupancy and business drivers
• Supports IPMVP Options B & C (system-level & whole building-level)
• Works with both monthly bill data and sub-metering interval data
APP
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Tenant Allocations
Expense management & utility cost reporting made easy
with automated tenant and business unit cost allocations
• Automatically allocate utility expenses by tenant, department and unit
• Supports allocations of both utility bill and sub-metering interval data
• Supports allocations by square foot or by sub-meter (panel or circuit)
• Fully integrated with BuildingOS analytics cards - six dedicated cards
• Fully integrated with BuildingOS Rate Engine for accurate cost reports
• Integrated space, tenant and lease tracking
APP

Lucid utility bill management webinar

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    Utility Bill Management Nomore spreadsheets
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    Proprietary & Confidential Whyautomate Utility Bill Management? • Eliminate manual monthly data-entry • Automated benchmarking & compliance reporting • Automate allocations to tenants and departments • Automate financial & sustainability reporting • Reduce human error • Centralize bill PDFs across utilities and buildings • Get richer data - all line items from bill invoices • Reduce utility costs using bill data analytics: • Catch bill errors • Identify outliers • Identify cost drivers • Optimize individual rates • Track and improve building EUI
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    Proprietary & Confidential UtilityData Engine Out-of-the-box capabilities • Automated capture of bill data across 3,800 utilities worldwide • Electric, gas, water, sewer, waste, telecommunications • Detailed invoice itemization and item-level reporting • Handling for statements-level, account-level and meter-level charges • Automated data normalization and allocations • PDF Invoice centralization and downloads • Built-in data quality analytics • Industry-leading analytics and reporting capabilities
  • 5.
    Proprietary & Confidential NormalizationEngine The BuildingOS Normalization Engine enables seamless reporting, analytics and insights across hundreds of buildings
  • 6.
    Proprietary & Confidential NormalizationEngine • Normalize across utilities • Normalize across units of measure • Normalize across currencies • Normalize across bill and calendar periods • Normalize by weather variance • Normalize by occupancy • Normalize by business output or KPIs
  • 7.
    Construct drag-and-drop insights withour analytics cards library BuildingOS Analytics Dashboards: bill data into insights Combine any number of Cards into stakeholder-specific Dashboards Leverage all of your data across all buildings & systems 180+ integrations 24 card types Unlimited Configurability
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    Proprietary & Confidential BillVerification Our Bill Verification app allows our customers to analyze their bill usage and detect billing errors instantly • Compare billed consumption against sub-metered use • Catch suspect invoices at a glance • Analyze both consumption and demand charges • Verify billed costs against the BuildingOS Rate Engine results APP
  • 10.
    Proprietary & Confidential Budgeting OurBudgeting app streamlines the budgeting, reporting and planning process for finance and utility managers • Create and manage budgets across buildings and business units • Automate utility bill data capture with the BuildingOS Utility Data Engine • Automatically calendarize utility bill invoices for accurate reporting • Report by calendar or fiscal period • Quickly identify the drivers for budget overruns • Build & analyze models for long term procurement planning APP
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    Proprietary & Confidential M&V Easyand accurate ROI analysis of efficiency investments streamlines the deployment of efficiency capital • Easily & accurately validate ROI from efficiency investments & efforts • Build trust between finance & facilities teams • Designed & developed in collaboration with DoE & LBNL • Accurate cost reporting (uses BuildingOS Rate & Tariff Engine) • Normalized for weather, occupancy and business drivers • Supports IPMVP Options B & C (system-level & whole building-level) • Works with both monthly bill data and sub-metering interval data APP
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    Proprietary & Confidential TenantAllocations Expense management & utility cost reporting made easy with automated tenant and business unit cost allocations • Automatically allocate utility expenses by tenant, department and unit • Supports allocations of both utility bill and sub-metering interval data • Supports allocations by square foot or by sub-meter (panel or circuit) • Fully integrated with BuildingOS analytics cards - six dedicated cards • Fully integrated with BuildingOS Rate Engine for accurate cost reports • Integrated space, tenant and lease tracking APP