Savings calculator · benchmarked against U.S. EIA data
What is your building actually wasting?
Federal benchmarks for buildings like yours, priced at your state’s real utility rates. Change any input and everything below updates live.
Estimated waste, per year—
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01 Your building
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02 Where the energy goes
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03 What it is costing you
Annual energy spend
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Estimated waste / yr
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10-year savings
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if corrected, undiscounted
Typical payback
18–24 mo
04 How you compare
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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
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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, so 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 metered assessment sets the guaranteed number in writing.
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, so 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 metered assessment sets the guaranteed number in writing.