Waste Meter · benchmarked against U.S. EIA data

What is your building actually wasting?

Adjust the inputs and watch the numbers move. We compare your building against federal survey data for buildings just like it, price it at your state's real utility rates, and show you exactly where the money is leaking before anyone visits.

Estimated waste, per year

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of typical
for your type

01 Your building

Building type

Square feet per location

State

Do you know your monthly energy bill?

Average monthly bill electric + gas, per location

Number of locations

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Operating hours per week

Age of HVAC equipment

Lighting

Fuel

02 Where the energy goes

03 What it is costing you

Annual energy spend

Estimated waste / yr

10-year savings

if corrected, undiscounted

Typical payback

18–24 mo

04 How you compare

p25

median

p75

you

EfficientTypicalWasteful

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EfficientWaste risingCritical

05 Where the waste is likely hiding

Typical pattern for this building type from the federal buildings survey, adjusted for your answers. A metered survey replaces this with real readings.

06 Energy rules in your state

07 Book your in-person assessment

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Full name

Work email

Company name

City

Total monthly energy bill all locations

How many locations

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Sources & methodology

Benchmark energy use: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), Tables C1 and C12 — energy intensity per square foot by building type, with the 25th/median/75th percentile spread and the electricity share of each type's fuel mix.
Utility prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A (commercial cents per kWh by state) and EIA commercial natural gas price by state.
Savings range: Madison Energy's published results across 1,500+ completed projects put savings at 20–40%. Where your building lands inside that range is set by how far it runs above or below the CBECS median, plus your HVAC age and lighting answers.
Payback: Madison's published typical range of 18–24 months. The project budget figure is what a project would need to cost to hit that payback on your estimated savings — a scale indicator, not a quote.
State energy rules: compiled from public building-performance-standard trackers; only New York City's figures were independently re-verified. Thresholds and rates change — confirm with your local building department. Not legal or tax advice.
Everything here is an estimate from the figures you entered. Nothing is installed before a free, metered assessment sets the guaranteed number in writing.