Energy & Sustainability Management Priorities

ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES 2014 Ecova Survey Ecova conducted a survey of nearly 500 energy and sustainability professionals to better understand the biggest challenges and opportunities expected in 2014. Here are the results. 45% SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE: said implementing - A trend toward growing C-level support no cost, low cost - Limited ability to benchmark performance but growing awareness of the need to do so efficiency efforts is the - An expanding interest to include water and waste efficiency and cost reduction programs top priority for leveraging energy data - Meaningful ongoing efforts to capture easy savings of no cost/low cost energy efficiency initiatives Cost continues to be the primary driver 68% for energy and sustainability initiatives expect increased energy prices in 2014 1. COST 76% 46% 2. REGULATION 3. INVESTOR OR STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS expect greater executive buy-in/support for energy and sustainability programs in 2014 4. PHYSICAL RISK 5. THE MABKET/CONSUMERS Water is viewed to be the 27% second greatest opportunity of respondents noted that they didn't know how their facilities performed in comparison to peers for savings or improvement in 2014, behind energy 70% noted that rising water costs are a top concern in 2014 AA Nearly 75% 30% ||||||| III|||| of respondents have an opportunity to capture additional cost and energy savings by leveraging peer benchmarking intelligence "don't know" if they have buildings impacted by municipal, city or state level regulations Late in 2013, Ecova surveyed nearly 500 energy and sustainability professionals representing a broad spectrum of decisionmakers involved in managing energy and sustainability efforts for their companies. These statistics highlight some of the results of the survey, providing a real world view of expectations for 2014. ecova 800 767 4197 | ecova.com %24