Features that are Robust, Cost Effective & Easy to Use.

+ Utility Tracking

PUMA tracks electricity, gas, steam, propane, oil, district heat, and water consumption. The software can also be customized to track other commodities such as garbage, paper and fleet fuel consumption. Tracking focuses on value of consumption, period of consumption, and cost associated with consumption. All information associated with the utility meter such as account number, premise ID, utility provider, utility rate, meter name, physical location of meter and billing address are also tracked. PUMA is capable of flagging estimated values on billing records and provides a notes field for each record. Billing details such as electrical demand, power factor, load factor and costs associated with these items can also be tracked with PUMA.

+ Data Input

Let us remove the chore of data entry so you can focus your time on analysis and action. Utility data can be entered directly by the PUMA team for you. Automated import routines can help streamline this task. PUMA also has the capability to automatically import meter history from utilities’ standard files.

+ Quality Control

PUMA has automated quality assurance/control reports utilized for identifying irregularities in your data. They include: meters that are unassigned to a site or building, incorrect consumption or cost entry, inconsistent meter readings such as data gaps or overlaps, zero consumption or incorrect entry, changes to baseline data, gaps in weather data and meters with no assigned base periods. To adapt to changing needs of a building, PUMA also tracks building area information and changes to building area over time.

+ Dashboard

PUMA features a configurable dashboard for a quick overview of your portfolio’s performance. PUMA's dashboard gives you quick access to your facilities’ utility and metering data. The dashboard is customizable and helps you get a grip on energy costs, manage your utilities and GHG emissions and make informed energy management decisions.

+ Benchmarking

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager (ESPM) provides benchmarking tools to help organizations compare energy and water consumption of their buildings to similar representative buildings from across Canada. As a registered service and product provider for ESPM in Canada, PUMA

integrates with Portfolio Manager to make setup easy and keep data up to date into the future.

+ Analysis

In consultation with you, PUMA's energy engineers will assess the most appropriate baseline for each of your utility meters. Baselines are chosen using regression analysis and weather correlation. Cumulative sum (CUSUM) graphs will help you identify the best performance potential of each utility meter.

Weather correction helps increase accuracy of consumption and savings patterns. Leveraging weather data, PUMA provides intuitive CUSUM graphs that display actual consumption trends as well as baseline settings, thus making it easier to identify changes. Billing data is also normalized into calendar months in order to produce the most accurate consolidation and aggregation of data.

+ Activation and Deactivation Dates

For better accounting and data control, PUMA can assign activation and deactivation dates to sites, buildings (including the buildings’ floor areas) and meters.

+ Multivariable Analysis

Energy consumption is often influenced by a variety of factors. PUMA can determine the simultaneous effects of several factors on energy consumption such as production, occupancy or weather.

+ Sub-metering

Dive deeper to determine energy consumption by incorporating interval and submetering data using PUMA’s built-in support for sub-meters. PUMA can connect to electrical, gas, and other submeters from select submetering data providers and automatically update consumption information daily. Sub-meters are also tracked against billing meters to support data and cost reconciliation.

+ Emissions Tracking

Each utility type has a customizable greenhouse gas (GHG) factor assigned to it for GHG tracking and reporting purposes. Because GHG emission factors can change from one year to the next, all GHG factors on PUMA are tracked with an effective date which, allows us to update the numbers as more accurate values become available.

+ Organizational Reporting

PUMA has the flexible reporting you need to perform your analyses and communicate your progress to stakeholders. Our software provides pre-defined performance reports that are customizable by every reporting parameter and savings reports that are weather corrected and represent a comparison of current consumption against the baseline. All savings reports are available in units of consumption, percentage, and cost. Administrative reports provide information on latest data reading date, greenhouse gas emissions factors, baseline period analysis, and baseline period summary.

+ Customizable and Exportable Reports

PUMA also provides you with a customizable reporting interface where you can configure hundreds of customized reports. Save your favourite customized reports and generate them more easily in the future.

PUMA exports reports in various formats including formats: PDF and Excel. All of our reports will be customized with your organization’s logo.

+ Regulatory Reporting

For public sector organizations located in British Columbia that need to fulfill government regulatory requirements, PUMA is prepared to integrate with the new Clean Government Reporting Tool (now replacing SmartTool) to ensure data compatibility. PUMA is on the Province of British Columbia's List of Qualified Suppliers for Utility Data Management Services.

+ Assess Energy Use Against Customized Targets

User defined targets can be set based on fixed percentages, periods of best performance, with or without adjustments for the effects of weather. You can more easily monitor your progress towards your energy management goals.