Methods, technology, and systems for quickly enhancing the operating and financial performance of energy systems at large facilities; interpreting usual and unusual patterns in energy consumption; identifying, quantifying, and monetizing hidden operating and financial waste; and accurately measuring the results of implemented energy management solutions- in the shortest amount of time with minimal cost and effort

A system for tracking performance trends relating to utility and/or commodity usage, the system comprising:

• at least one storage device configured to store from about 15 to 60 minute intervals of utility and/or commodity usage data from a first year and from about 15 to 60 minute intervals of utility and/or commodity usage data from a second year;
• a processor coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor is configured to:
• automatically synchronize the from about 15 to 60 minute intervals of utility and/or commodity usage data from the first year with the corresponding from about 15 to 60 minute intervals of utility and/or commodity usage data from the second year such that the data for each day in the second year is synchronized with data for a day in the first year exactly 364 days or an integer multiple thereof before each respective day in the second year;
• identify usual and/or unusual utility and/or commodity usage patterns from a comparison between respective operating patterns of the first year and second year, respectively, in corresponding intervals of from about 15 to 60 minutes.

A system for tracking performance of a facility relating to energy and/or water usage, the system comprising:

• at least one storage device configured to store historical and/or current incremental commodity usage and/or cost data;
• a first computer-implemented module comprising a plurality of components, the components comprising a facility and/or general information component, a cost analysis component, and an operations analysis component;
• the facility information component comprising at least data pertaining to a particular facility, comprising a description of the facility, a function of the facility, operating hours of the facility, and/or information relating to usage of utilities by the facility, stored on the storage device;
• the cost analysis component comprising historical billing data stored on the storage device;
• the operations analysis component comprising data corresponding to a plurality of modules comprising 15 to 30 minute interval usage and weather data for a given day;
• and
• a second computer-implemented module comprising periodic updates to the cost analysis and operations analysis components;
• a processor configured to execute the first and second computer-implemented modules;
• and wherein the data corresponding to the modules from a prior year and from a current year are synchronized by day of week such that data from the given day and data from a day 364 days before the given day and/or a multiple thereof are synchronized in order to accurately track performance of the facility with respect to energy and/or water usage.