In an effort to track the energy use of large commercial properties, most major U.S. cities have mandated benchmarking. Benchmarking requires property owners to annually measure their energy and water consumption and report usage to their cities through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the Environmental Protection...
You may not be aware of it, but you probably use some form of benchmarking in your everyday life. Simply put, benchmarking is comparing one's processes and performance metrics to others that are similar. Athletes compare their performance to that of their competitors. The use...
Consultants are very much a part of our culture. We use consultants all the time, although we may not call them that. Stockbrokers, lawyers, accountants and doctors are all professionals we consult when we need a subject matter expert. The job of an energy consultant...
For many years, businesses had to use the energy supplier that their energy company provided. And that was it. The price was set, and they could do nothing about it. Despite how high their energy costs might be, they could not change energy suppliers. Then...
We are all constant consumers. We start our morning by buying our daily coffee, maybe grabbing a newspaper and a breakfast sandwich. We buy food for dinner and clothes for the family. And of course, we also have to make those big purchases on occasion;...
This winter is starting off as one of the coldest winters on record. Energy costs are escalating daily. We have no choice but to pay if we want to keep our homes and offices (and the people inside them) warm. But how do you know...
Albireo has spent years working on a simple problem. How do you take the plethora of available utility information and analyze it to create easy and actionable items? Ultimately, every customer wants to reduce risk, get better results, and save time. That is a common...
The number one question we get from customers is “When is the best time to buy my energy?” Customers have been advised by other suppliers and brokers that the best months to enter future contracts are April, as summer approaches, or October, in anticipation of winter....
Albireo started out years ago with the objective of making utility reporting easy to access and even easier to understand. Our initial dashboard was designed for property managers who have a multitude of daily priorities and many systems they must access to obtain critical information...
Albireo was created on one premise -to build a brokerage firm where energy could be purchased efficiently and effectively. Our goal is to find a path to the best price, from the best supplier, for the best group of accounts, and to reward our clients...