Energy Matters

What Energy Matters does

Energy Matters, Inc. is a privately held energy consulting firm incorporated in 2005 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that plans, implements, and staffs energy management programs for organizations with large multi-property portfolios. Its target clients include universities, hotels, retail chains, and property management firms operating primarily in deregulated US energy states (Missouri, Texas, Illinois, Kansas, Georgia). The company's stated capability set combines utility industry experience with design engineering and manufacturing expertise, positioning it as a hands-on operational consultancy rather than a software vendor.

The firm's core offerings span Utility Bill Audits, Energy Procurement in deregulated markets, Utility Bill Tracking and Reporting, Training of client accounting and property management personnel, Energy Management Staffing (full or part-time), and a broader menu of adjacent services including energy modeling, tax deduction work, green policy development, greenhouse gas emissions inventory, weatherization, and renewable energy project development support. Its proprietary methods center on a Property Benchmarking System, a Utility Bill Analysis Process, a Savings Verification and Reporting System, and an Overcharge and Refund Identification System, all of which rely on historical utility bills as the analytical foundation and emphasize interdepartmental collaboration across accounting, property management, maintenance, design/construction, and executive management. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise engagement, with marketing limited to the company website (energymat.com, copyright 2022) and a minor affiliate relationship with Orchard Consulting (OOC).

Energy Matters monetizes through a mix of one-time professional services engagements (audits, procurement, training) and recurring tracking and reporting subscriptions, with pricing benchmarked at approximately 1% of a client's annual utility spend (e.g., $10,000 per $1 million in utility costs). The company claims clients can save 1–2% of annual operating cost from focused utility bill management, and frames its value proposition as a 'Triple Crown' of no capital outlay, ongoing monthly savings, and refunds of past charges. The firm has no disclosed external funding, no mobile or web application, no API, no patents or trademarks, and no named customer logos in the available source material, indicating a small, privately financed boutique consultancy.

Name

Energy Matters

Legal name

Energy Matters, Inc.

Website

https://energymat.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Energy Matters is a privately held, St. Louis-based energy consulting firm founded in 2005 that plans, implements, and staffs energy management programs for universities, hotels, retail chains, and property management firms across US deregulated energy states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Management Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy Systems & Power Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Energy & Utilities in Manufacturing (Energy Management/Smart Metering) (IMAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Energy management consulting
• Utility bill auditing
• Energy procurement services
• Utility cost reduction
• Utility data tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Energy Management Consulting Services: Ongoing energy management consulting that provides systematic analysis to minimize utility operating costs and address forward-looking issues including electric, gas, water and sewer costs, carbon/emission trading, tax deductions, drought and weather trends. Services include staffing energy management programs on full or part-time basis.
2. Utility Bill Audits: One-time thorough analysis of utility bills including unusual charges, utility rate classifications, taxes and energy procurement options. Profiling each property using historical utility bills to identify and report cost savings opportunities.
3. Training Services: Training for accounting and property management personnel on how to track utility data and use data to obtain operating cost savings, with monthly or quarterly follow-up visits to assist staff in resolving issues.
4. Energy Procurement Assistance: Assistance contracting for electricity and/or natural gas in deregulated states (MO, TX, IL, KS, GA) where energy commodity can be purchased from entities other than the local utility.
5. Utility Data Tracking and Reporting: Tracking tools so each utility invoice can be monitored for energy usage and cost-related key performance indicators, allowing building performance monitoring over time.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Energy Matters is an energy consulting firm that plans, implements, and staffs energy management programs for organizations with large property portfolios. Its core services include utility bill audits, utility data tracking and reporting, energy procurement in deregulated states, training for client staff, embedded energy management staffing, and ancillary services such as energy modeling, tax deduction work, and green policy development.

Product overview

Energy Matters is an energy consulting company offering a unified set of energy management services rather than a modular software platform. The core offerings include Utility Bill Audits, Energy Procurement, and Utility Bill Tracking, supplemented by Training, Utility Data Tracking & Reporting, Energy Management Staffing, and Other Energy Services (energy modeling, tax deduction work, green policy development, greenhouse gas emissions inventory, weatherization, and renewable energy project development). The company also provides an energy management process framework involving establishing benchmarks and budgets, property-specific action planning, cross-departmental collaboration, verification and reporting, and achieving savings with no capital outlay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Utility Bill Audits A service that profiles each property using historical utility bills, performing thorough analysis including unusual charges, utility rate classifications, taxes, and energy procurement options to identify and report cost savings opportunities. Targeted at enterprise organizations with large property portfolios.
• Energy Procurement A service that assists clients in contracting for electricity and/or natural gas in deregulated states (MO, TX, IL, KS, GA), enabling purchase of energy commodities from entities other than the local utility.
• Utility Bill Tracking A tracking service that monitors each utility invoice for energy usage and cost-related key performance indicators, allowing building performance to be monitored over time, maintenance issues to be identified, and cost savings to be booked.
• Training Training services for accounting and property management personnel that teach staff how to track utility data and use it to obtain operating cost savings, with monthly or quarterly follow-up visits to assist with resolving issues.
• Utility Data Tracking & Reporting Tracking tools for monitoring utility invoices for energy usage and cost-related KPIs, enabling building performance monitoring, maintenance issue identification, and cost savings documentation.
• Energy Management Staffing Implementation of energy management programs on a full or part-time basis, or supporting the efforts of existing staff to plan and implement an energy management program.
• Other Energy Services Additional services including energy modeling, tax deduction work, green policy development, greenhouse gas emissions inventory, weatherization, and renewable energy project development support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations can reduce utility operating costs by 1-2% of annual operating cost from paying close attention to utility bills
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OOC (Orchard Consulting)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy Matters is affiliated with OOC (Orchard Consulting) as listed on their contact page. This appears to be a referral or collaborative relationship between the two consulting firms, with Orchard Consulting potentially referring clients or working together on energy management engagements.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider Electric offers enterprise energy management software, benchmarking, and consulting capabilities through EcoStruxure, serving commercial real estate and industrial customers with a much broader product suite than Energy Matters' consulting-only model.
• ENGIE Insight (formerly Ecova): ENGIE Insight is a large-scale utility data management and energy procurement services provider serving multi-site enterprises — directly overlapping with Energy Matters' procurement, tracking, and bill-audit services but at significantly greater scale and with a technology-led delivery model.
• McKinstry: McKinstry is a national design, build, operate, and maintain firm specializing in energy and facility services for building owners — directly comparable to Energy Matters' energy management staffing, energy modeling, and property-level optimization offerings for universities and large portfolios.
• Ameresco: Ameresco is a publicly traded energy services and renewable energy company providing energy audits, efficiency retrofits, and renewable project development — comparable to Energy Matters across the full consulting-plus-implementation stack, especially for universities and large property owners.
• Trane Technologies: Trane provides HVAC, building services, and energy management solutions for commercial buildings, including energy audits and ongoing service contracts — comparable to Energy Matters' energy management programs for hotels, universities, and large property portfolios.

Direct peers

• EnergyCAP: EnergyCAP is a SaaS platform for utility bill tracking, benchmarking, and reporting for multi-site organizations — directly overlapping with Energy Matters' Utility Bill Tracking, Property Benchmarking, and Utility Data Tracking & Reporting services for property portfolio owners.
• CLEAResult: CLEAResult is a large energy efficiency and utility program consulting firm that helps organizations reduce energy spend through audits, retrofits, and program implementation — directly comparable to Energy Matters' utility bill audits, energy management staffing, and efficiency services.
• Resource Innovations: Resource Innovations is an energy consulting and program management firm providing energy efficiency, decarbonization, and utility program services to utilities, governments, and large energy users — overlapping with Energy Matters' green policy, GHG inventory, and energy management offerings.
• Yardi Energy: Yardi Energy is an energy management module within the Yardi property management suite, offering utility bill tracking, benchmarking, and invoice management for the same property portfolio and real estate clients that Energy Matters targets.

Emerging players

• UMS Group / GDS Associates: GDS Associates is an engineering and consulting firm that provides utility rate, energy procurement, and regulatory advisory services to commercial and industrial clients — directly comparable to Energy Matters' energy procurement and utility bill audit work in deregulated markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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