Utility Data Analytics & Benchmarking Service
Analyze utility data and benchmark building performance
Overview
Utility analytics providers charge $500-$3,000 monthly per building or $5,000-$30,000 annually.
Serving 50-200 buildings generates $300,000-$1,500,000 with 75-90% margins.
In 2025, data drives energy decisions.
Services include utility data collection and aggregation, building energy benchmarking, peer comparison and rankings, Energy Star scoring and certification, portfolio-wide analytics, and automated reporting and alerts.
Successful providers aggregate utility data efficiently, benchmark against peers and standards, identify underperforming buildings, enable data-driven decisions, support compliance (building performance standards), and provide actionable insights.
Portfolio property owners and managers as clients.
Marketing through commercial real estate, REITs, property management, sustainability consultants, and facility management.
Required Skills
- Data Analytics
- Energy Benchmarking
- Software Platforms
- Building Performance
- Portfolio Management
- Data Visualization
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Recurring monthly analytics revenue
- Building performance standards drive demand
- Can serve large building portfolios
- Data analytics valuable to owners
- Regulatory compliance requirements
Cons
- Software development or licensing costs
- Utility data collection challenging
- Customer acquisition costs high
- Competition from established platforms
- Need building performance expertise
How to Get Started
- Develop or partner with analytics platform
- Build utility data aggregation capabilities
- Market to portfolio property owners
- Aggregate utility data across buildings
- Benchmark building energy performance
- Provide rankings, insights, and reporting
- Support compliance and improvement initiatives
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