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Birthing the EDI Vision: Committee-Conceived Plan Transforms Virginia Beach into an Energy Leader
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o d a s o d a 1,147 Places (including a number of pumping stations) 1,907 Meters for electric, natural gas, water/sewer and propane How EnergyCAP Helped THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH Become An for CVB’s approximately 3.3 MILLION SQ FT of building space BY 2012, overall utility costs were over $24 MILLION ANNUALLY The team needed AN ENERGY ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM to track energy data The team needed As utility costs soared, the City formed the Joint Energy Committee to identify and fix energy issues SUNBLOCK PROCESSING credits correctly SPLITTING bills for internal chargebacks ATTRIBUTING account charges accurately ELIMINATING PAPER INVOICES REDUCING BILL PROCESSING TIME T E R M I N A T I N G I N A C T I VE A C C O UN T S / M E T E R S Catching keystroke errors Validating bills before authorizing payments Prioritizing retrofits through energy analysis Automating invoice audits ©2013 EnergyCAP, Inc. W i t h E n e r g y C A P , t h e C i t y o f V i r g in i a B e a c h n o w t r a c k s : Thanks to the Joint Energy Committee and EnergyCAP, what was an entrenched, manual process in almost every City department is now mostly automated. www.EnergyCAP.com
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In 2008, the City of Virginia Beach (CVB) established the Joint Energy Committee to help identify key energy issues and goals for the City. As utility costs soared, committee members were uniquely positioned to define a vision and create cross-departmental consensus for action. In 2013, Energy Management Administrator Lori Herrick and her colleagues on the Joint Energy Committee are seeing important parts of that vision fulfilled. CVB is now in a pioneering position as one of the first municipalities in Virginia to implement a single entry electronic vendor invoice-to-payment process. An energy management software acquisition facilitated their dramatic EDI transition. Related business and process flow improvements are beginning to pay dividends beyond the accounting department. Read more at http://info.energycap.com/birthing-the-edi-vision
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1,147 Places(including a number of pumping stations)
1,907 Metersfor electric, natural gas, water/sewer and propane
How EnergyCAP Helped
THE CITY OF
VIRGINIABEACH
Become An
for CVB’s approximately
3.3 MILLIONSQ FT
of building space
BY 2012,overall utility costs were over
$24 MILLIONANNUALLY
The team neededAN ENERGY ACCOUNTING
ANDMANAGEMENT SYSTEM
to track energy data
The team needed
As utility costs soared, the City formed
the Joint Energy Committeeto identify and fix energy issues
SUNBLOCK
PROCESSINGcredits correctly
SPLITTINGbills for internal
chargebacks
ATTRIBUTINGaccount chargesaccurately
ELIMINATING
PAPER
INVOICES
REDUCING BILL
PROCESSING
TIME
TERM
INATING INACTIVE
ACCOUNTS/MET
ERS
Catching keystroke errors
Validating bills before authorizing payments
Prioritizing retrofits through energy analysis
Automating invoice audits
©2013 EnergyCAP, Inc.
With
EnergyCAP,
the City of
Virginia Beac
h
now tracks:
Thanks to theJoint Energy Committeeand EnergyCAP,what was an entrenched, manual process in
almost every City department is now mostly automated.
www.EnergyCAP.com
