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Welcome to Gridium Energy Analytics

Gridium is a cloud-based platform that automatically monitors, analyzes, and reports on your building’s energy performance. It connects directly to your utility accounts, collects detailed usage and billing data, and turns it into the insights you need to control costs, catch problems early, and demonstrate results.

The platform serves hundreds of millions of square feet of commercial real estate worldwide, from single buildings to portfolios of thousands. Whether you manage one property or an entire region, Gridium gives you the same set of tools: weekly email reports that take minutes to review, an interactive dashboard for deeper investigation, budget forecasting for annual planning, and demand alerts that can save hundreds of dollars on a single bill.

What you can do with Gridium

  • Monitor energy performance with 15-minute interval data and weekly email summaries that flag what needs your attention
  • Investigate problems using interactive load charts, temperature overlays, and schedule analytics that reveal hidden waste
  • Track and explain costs with automated bill collection, detailed variance reports, and budget-vs-actual tracking
  • Manage demand charges with advance alerts that give you 1-2 days to reduce load before peak periods hit your bill
  • Document everything with building notes, alert status tracking, and team collaboration tools that create a permanent operational record
  • Report with confidence using portfolio dashboards, custom analytics, and data you can export to Excel at any time

 

How this guide is organized

This guide walks through Gridium feature by feature, starting with how the system works and what to expect from your weekly reports, then covering each section of the platform in detail. The final section covers best practices and tips from experienced operators.