Building Energy dashboard

The building Energy dashboard shows how one site performs on usage, cost, and baseline comparisons. In the building view, open Dashboards in the left sidebar, then select Energy. The page header reads Energy with the subtitle Energy Use, Efficiency, and Performance Overview. Monthly Reports opens by default. A secondary menu lists other report types such as Annual Reports, Comparison, and Interval Trends. See Portfolio and building navigation for the full menu.

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Energy report menu

After you select Energy under Dashboards, use the secondary menu to switch report types.

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Monthly Reports controls

The control row at the top of Monthly Reports sets the metric lens and reporting window. All charts on the page refresh together when you change the toggle or date range.

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Usage lens

Select Usage on the toggle to view consumption charts in kWh (or the unit configured for each service type).

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Usage Compared to Previous Year

The top chart compares current-period usage to the same months in the prior year.

• Teal bars — current reporting period
• Light gray bars — previous year
• Striped bars — accrued or estimated months without final bills

The Difference chart below shows the percentage change between periods. Red values indicate increases; teal values indicate decreases.

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Usage per Service Type

The Usage per Service Type chart groups consumption by utility category each month. Legend colors map to categories such as Natural Gas, Electric, and Lighting. Use this chart to see seasonal fuel shifts, such as higher natural gas in winter months.

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Usage per Meter

The Usage per Meter chart breaks monthly consumption down by individual meter or account. Compare meter bars when you trace a spike to a specific account or equipment feed. Pair this view with Building meters when you need meter configuration detail.

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Usage Compared to Baseline

The Usage Compared to Baseline chart compares actual consumption to the baseline you configured for the building.

• Baseline — light gray bars
• Actual — dark teal bars
• Striped segments — projected or incomplete actuals for the month

Configure baselines from Baseline Analysis in the report menu. Use Configure building baseline windows for Edit Configuration steps.

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Cost lens

Select Cost on the toggle to view billed charges in your configured currency.

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Cost Compared to Previous Year

The layout matches the usage view. Cost Compared to Previous Year shows current and prior-year spend by month. The Difference chart below reports percentage change in cost. Green bars represent the current period. Gray bars represent the prior year. Striped bars indicate accrued or estimated cost for months without final bills.

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Cost per Service Type

The Cost per Service Type chart groups spend by utility category. Electric cost typically dominates year-round. Natural gas cost rises in heating months. Use this chart to explain tariff or operations changes by fuel type.

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Cost per Meter

The Cost per Meter chart shows monthly spend by meter or account.

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Cost Compared to Baseline

The Cost Compared to Baseline chart compares actual spend to your configured cost baseline.

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Blended Rate

The Blended Rate view shows utility rate trends by service type. Select Electric, Natural Gas, District Steam, or another configured service type to update the chart and table. Blended rate is total cost (supply, delivery, fees, taxes, and other pass-throughs) divided by total energy consumption for the same period. TTM blended rate uses the most recent twelve months.

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Annual Reports

Select Annual Reports from the Energy secondary menu to compare years for the selected building. The page header and Usage / Cost toggle behave the same as Monthly Reports. The date control uses a year range (for example, 2021 to 2025) instead of month-by-month selection.

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Usage lens

With Usage selected, the main card is Usage and Usage per Area. It contains two bar charts that share the same year axis. Scroll below the paired charts for additional annual usage views.

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Usage per Service Type and Usage per Meter

• Usage per Service Type — grouped bars by year for Natural Gas, Electric, Electric on Site Solar, and other configured categories
• Usage per Meter — grouped bars by year for each meter or account tied to the building

Use Usage per Service Type to see fuel mix shifts across years. Use Usage per Meter when you isolate one account or submeter.

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Cost lens

Select Cost on the toggle to open Cost and Cost per Area with the same paired-bar layout.

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Cost per Service Type

The Cost per Service Type chart groups annual spend by utility category. Electric cost typically dominates each year. Natural gas adds a smaller fixed component in this view. Compare annual cost charts to Portfolio Energy dashboard Annual Reports when you place one building in portfolio context.

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Comparison

Select Comparison from the Energy secondary menu to align utility bill totals with interval meter readings for the same building. The page title reads Comparison with the subtitle Utility vs Interval & Variance.

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Usage Comparison

The top chart, Usage Comparison, plots monthly Utility and Interval consumption on one axis in kWh.

• Solid blue bars — utility bill totals
• Blue striped bars — utility totals marked as accrued when final bills are not yet posted
• Solid teal bars — interval meter totals for the same months

Compare bar heights month by month to see whether billed usage tracks sub-daily interval data.

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Variance %

The Variance % chart below reports the percentage gap between utility and interval totals for each billing period. Red bars extend downward from the zero line when variance is large. Striped bars match accrued utility months in the chart above. Use this view with Meter comparisons when you need to validate billing against interval hardware. Open Data Quality first when alerts show missing bills for the selected period.

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Interval Trends

Interval trends turn high-frequency meter reads into daily charts, overlays, and heat maps. Open this report from the Energy secondary menu when you need sub-daily patterns that monthly or annual charts cannot show. The default time range is often Last 90 Days. Change the span from the control in the page header.

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Daily Energy Usage

The Daily Energy Usage card plots interval consumption as teal bars by day. An orange Temperature line uses the secondary axis in °F so you can relate load spikes to weather. Scroll the page for additional interval views on the same date range.

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Open vs closed hours

Daily Energy Usage: Open vs Closed Hours splits each day into Opened Hours (blue) and Closed Hours (gray) so you can see how much load runs outside the building schedule. Total Energy Usage: Open vs Closed Hours summarizes the same split for the full selected period in a single chart. Compare these charts to the operating schedule on Building information when after-hours load looks high.

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Hourly Energy Usage

Hourly Energy Usage is a heat map with one row per day and columns for each hour of the day. Color intensity reflects kWh, from low usage in teal to high usage in red. A Degree Days chart on the right shares the same date axis. Red bars extend to the right for heating degree days; blue bars extend to the left for cooling degree days. Use it to separate weather-driven load from operational patterns. Use the heat map to:

• Spot after-hours usage when bright cells appear during nights or weekends
• Identify holiday patterns as cooler-colored rows
• Compare weekday versus weekend profiles against your occupancy schedule

Show When degree-day plots help most

Use degree-day plots after you confirm interval data quality so correlations reflect real usage rather than data gaps.

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Common diagnostic workflows

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Energy Modeling

Expand Energy Modeling in the Energy secondary menu to open M&V or Forecast without leaving the dashboard. You need a trained M&V model before results appear. See Create an M&V model to configure baselines and training runs.

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M&V

Select M&V under Energy Modeling to review Measurement and Verification results for the building. The page keeps the Energy header and adds model-specific controls above the savings summary.

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Savings summary and metrics

The left column shows portfolio-style totals for the selected model and date range.

• Total Energy Savings — net kWh difference between actual and adjusted baseline across the period. Red values mean actual use exceeded the baseline.
• Total Energy Savings Percentage — percent change for the same window

The Metrics table on the right breaks results down by service type such as Electric and Natural Gas. Each row compares Actual, Adjusted Baseline, Savings, and % Savings. Green values indicate savings; red values indicate over-consumption relative to the adjusted baseline. Scroll below the summary for charts and the monthly detail table. See M&V analysis for accuracy metrics, failed runs, and multiple models per building.

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Consumption and savings charts

Two stacked charts share the same month axis. Consumption plots Actual (teal) and Adjusted Baseline (gray) in kWh. Before the Operation Date, only actual bars appear. After that date, paired bars show how measured use compares to the weather- and operations-adjusted baseline each month. Savings reports the percent gap between actual and adjusted baseline. Teal bars above zero indicate months where actual use fell below baseline. Red bars below zero indicate months where actual use exceeded baseline. A vertical dashed Operation Date line marks when the measure or retrofit took effect.

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Monthly expected vs actual consumption

The Monthly Expected vs Actual Consumption table lists each month in the selected range with sortable columns.

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Forecast

Select Forecast under Energy Modeling to project future consumption from a trained model. See Forecasting for setup and chart interpretation.

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Target

Review how one building performs against active reduction targets. Create and edit goals on Portfolio targets. EnerG applies assigned targets to this building when you open the report here. You can also reach target charts when you drill into a building from portfolio target dashboards.

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Controls

Charts use the unit configured for the target, such as kBTU.

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Charts

Three charts stack on the Target page. Red bars in Delta from Target often grow when the target line slopes down but actual use stays flat. Teal bars in Delta from Baseline show months where actual use stayed below the historical baseline. When Break down by service type is on, charts split by utility category so you can see which commodities drive variance from the target line.

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Data Quality

Select Data Quality from the Energy secondary menu to review billing coverage for every meter assigned to the building. Use this view before you share monthly or target charts when gaps might skew the story.

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Bills Data Quality chart

The Bills Data Quality chart is a horizontal timeline with one row per meter. Color segments classify each billing period by coverage. For what each legend color means, see data quality legend. Solid green bars across a meter row mean every month in range has complete coverage.

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Billing detail table

The table below the chart lists individual billing records for meters in the selected period. Sort any column to find gaps or outliers. Columns include meter number, coverage type, provider, service type, account, deregulation status, usage, and billing dates. A Complete row with matching start and end dates confirms that period counts toward completeness scoring. See Data completeness for how scores roll up to the building, and Data quality overview for alerts and portfolio workflows.

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Data Table

Select Data Table from the Energy secondary menu to audit line-level billing and calendarized records for the selected building. Use this view when you need to verify a specific meter, charge, or billing period behind a chart.

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Billing Period and Calendarized tabs

Switch between two views of the same underlying data. On Calendarized, each row aligns usage and cost to calendar months. The column set matches Billing Period, including Data Origin, Start Date, and End Date when you scroll horizontally. Use this tab when monthly reports or targets need month-bound totals rather than irregular bill cycles.

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Table columns

Sort any column with the header arrows. Scroll horizontally to reach all fields, including meter, service type, charges, usage, Estimated, and Data Origin. For every column definition, see data table columns.

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Pagination

The footer shows page numbers and Lines per page (for example, 1–31 of 31 on Calendarized). Use the arrows when the building has more rows than fit on one page. Compare building rows to the Portfolio Energy dashboard Data Table when you audit the same meters across multiple properties.

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Baseline Analysis

Select Baseline Analysis from the Energy secondary menu to compare actual energy use against configured baselines, expected use, and weather-normalized values. For how these comparisons work, see Baselines and weather normalization. Before you rely on these charts in targets or M&V, set baseline windows on Configure building baseline windows. Click Edit Configuration on this report to open the energy, water, and waste baseline editor.

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Summary KPIs

Four cards at the top roll up performance for the selected range.

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Monthly Analytics chart

The Monthly Analytics chart combines usage bars with degree-day lines. Months without final bills may show only baseline bars while actuals are still accruing.

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Monthly detail tables

Scroll below the chart for month-by-month tables. Each table uses the same month columns across the selected range. Actual Usage lists Baseline Usage, Actual Usage, Expected Usage, and Weather Normalization Usage in kWh. Dashes indicate months still open or not yet calendarized. Weather Data compares 15Y Average Temperature and Actual Temperature in °F. Heating Degree Days (HDD) and Cooling Degree Days (CDD) tables include long-term averages, 65°F base values, and Delta columns so you can see how current weather diverges from the norm. Use these tables when you need exact kWh or degree-day values for a single month. Pair the dashboard with Usage Compared to Baseline on Monthly Reports for a simpler month-over-month view.

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Export Energy dashboard data

Export spreadsheet-ready data from dashboard charts and pages. The file reflects the filters, date range, and site scope active on screen.

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Next steps