Changes in occupancy, tenant activity, and weather can affect building energy use and operating expenses. Owners and managers need to understand how those changes interact with supply contracts, tenant cost allocations, and utility charges.
5 reviews your consumption, agreements, and building operations to recommend purchasing strategies. We help evaluate contract flexibility, tenant electricity calculations, and demand management opportunities across individual properties and portfolios.
Energy procurement: Analyze usage patterns, weather sensitivity, and operating needs to recommend pricing structures and purchasing options.
Contract flexibility: Review and negotiate provisions that account for anticipated changes in building usage and portfolio needs.
Tenant electricity calculations: Assist with gross-up calculations using specified occupancy assumptions, subject to applicable lease provisions.
Peak demand management: Assess opportunities to manage electricity use during periods that affect demand-related costs.
Demand response: Evaluate program requirements, potential payments, and the building’s ability to adjust consumption or use eligible generation.
Energy-related regulatory advice: Help assess how applicable requirements affect energy contracts, costs, and facility planning.
Sustainability: Help develop, implement, and communicate an ESG strategy that incorporates energy purchasing and building investments.
