For any line-item expense to be managed, it must first be manageable.  In most organizations, this means bringing that expense into the budget/forecast/variance cycle at the department and individual level.  While energy costs are the second fastest growing for most organizations, they have simply received a pass on individual accountability.  TrendPoint provides a patented system for monitoring energy at the department and user-level.  By monitoring each circuit, we assign a circuit to a user, each user to a group and each group to a site.  Energy budgets can then be created and assigned to departments, allowing energy costs become a part of standard expense control practices.