Universities

Is Central Plant Monitoring Snake Oil or Science?

A hospital operations director thought our plant monitoring services were probably “snake oil.” Twenty years later, the data has proved otherwise: 2025 costs were 29% below baseline, saving about $1.5M on a roughly $200K spend.

The Throughline Between Engineering Education and Healthcare Access

Rising healthcare costs demand operational efficiency. But achieving it requires skilled engineers—a pipeline now threatened by the "silver tsunami." Supporting engineering education is essential to keeping healthcare affordable and accessible for all communities, say fellow Maritime alumni Joe Lorino and Richard Angerame.

How to Be in Compliance and Win: Turning Building Mandates Into Revenue Opportunities

Building upgrades shouldn't be treated as isolated projects. By aligning compliance requirements (LL97, ASHRAE 90.1) with MEP improvements, submetering, and decarbonization incentives, you can reduce costs, generate revenue, and turn mandates into competitive advantages.

Utility Billing for Complex Properties: Why Manual Methods Fall Short

Discover why manual utility billing for complex properties is slow, risky, and outdated—and how the right system can cut billing time from 30 days to just one.

Murder on the Utility Express: Four Building Mysteries Solved by Submetering

Every building has its secrets. And when problems arise, every building system has its own alibi. But somewhere among the innocent – the diligent chillers, the reliable boilers, the faithful lighting controls – lurks a culprit draining your operations budget where you least expect it.

How Reference Testing Saves You Money

Meters drift. Connections loosen. Your billing data quietly goes sideways—and nobody notices until the problem gets truly painful. Reference testing catches the problem early, pays for itself fast, and saves you from awkward conversations with tenants.

Keeping Operations Shipshape at SUNY Maritime

Historic granite-block buildings, brand-new buildings, and an electric training ship. SUNY Maritime operates it all. We check in with expert Joe Tedesco about operations at one of the nation's most varied campuses.

The Butterfly Effect: What the Olympics Can Teach Us About Energy Plant Efficiency

Are you putting in the energy but not getting the distance in your operations? Let's borrow a page or two from elite athletes about how to optimize for true efficiency.

Free Money, Lower Bills: How to Maximize Your Facility's Funding Potential

The NJ Triennium program is offering billions in FREE grants to support energy efficiency initiatives. Learn how to go beyond the IGA audit to unlock larger energy efficiency grants.

Beyond the Illusion: How to Protect Your Facility from Disappearing Support

Service used to be a proud offering from equipment manufacturers. Today, you're lucky if you can get anyone to answer the phone. Now what?

Real-Time Monitoring: How We Caught a Set Point Problem Before It Became Expensive

The saboteur was silent. Only the watchful eyes above the coffee steam detected the pattern of a system in rebellion. What unseen forces drove this compressor to desperate lengths? Sometimes the numbers tell tales no one else can hear.

How Load Matching Creates Energy Savings and Lowers Costs

Are your plant and your field equipment constantly at odds? Aligning operation with actual demand maintains comfort, protects equipment, and reduces costs. Here's how we go about it.

The Impact of Manual Overrides on Efficiency

The short and oh-so-sweet story of how a campus power outage cleared overrides and boosted building efficiency.

Demystifying Emissions Reporting With Doug Hileman

Emissions reporting has tangible upsides, no matter how the political winds blow. Here's how you can make reporting easier and more accurate, which adds multiple business benefits beyond compliance.

The Cost Savings of Collaboration: A New Valley Hospital Case Study

See how trust, transparency, and leadership helped cut $5.2 million in costs during the build of the new Valley Hospital.

Gauging Building Performance at Columbia’s Manhattanville Campus

Dive into our discussion with Columbia University's operational team on advancing submetering in the Manhattanville campus.

The Top 3 Causes of Submeter Inaccuracies

Approximately one-third of electric submeters are installed incorrectly. Learn what typically goes wrong and why your meters may not be giving accurate readings.

Columbia’s Manhattanville Campus Takes Aim at Carbon Emissions; Targets Decarbonization Through Submetering

Columbia University is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and has brought in utiliVisor to help track building efficiency and behavior.

Maritime College Awards Honorary Doctorate to utiliVisor President

SUNY Maritime College awarded utiliVisor president Richard Angerame with an honorary doctorate of science for his lasting commitment to the college and to the maritime and business industries.

utiliVisor Partners With Maritime College to Prepare for New Training Vessel and SUNY Sustainability Goals

utiliVisor talks with facilities team members at Maritime College about preparing for the delivery of Maritime’s new training ship while continuing toward Maritime’s clean energy and sustainability goals.

utiliVisor President Donates Largest Unrestricted Gift to Maritime College

utiliVisor CEO, Richard Angerame, donates $1 Million to SUNY Maritime College. The largest unrestricted gift from an individual in school history.

Collaborative Submetering: A Model For Universities

University submetering, energy efficiency, and sustainability is about collaboration. Northwestern, Stein Sustainability, and utiliVisor prove the model.

Energy Management and Sustainability At NJIT

NJIT is an example of how top universities are taking a collaborative approach to energy management and sustainability.

What Your University Is Missing With One-Size-Fits-All Energy Management

Texas Tech’s leaders recognized the need for detailed monitoring and engineering oversight to achieve fully optimized energy solutions - and it paid off.

Streamlining Utility Data At Northwestern University

The standardization and simplification of the recharge process optimized operational time and created visibility that had not existed before and freed up operational time.

Campus Energy Metering Solutions

What if an energy sub-metering service could streamline your approach to campus energy management and make your financial reporting easier and more accurate?

Northwestern University Brings utiliVisor On Board For Submetering

Northwestern University has awarded a contract for submetering and monthly recharge process to utiliVisor for the purpose of increasing efficiency.

utiliVisor Becomes Authorized Vendor in NYSERDA Real Time Energy Management Program (RTEM)

Now accredited as a qualified service provider for the new NYSERDA Real Time Energy Management (RTEM) program to support building owners and management.

Texas Tech Optimizes Utility Plant Performance

Through continual energy monitoring and chiller plant optimization, Texas Tech has been able to save over $200,000 thanks to increased energy efficiency.

TWU Central Utility Plant

By implementing ongoing utility management services, TWU was able to significantly reduce energy consumption and costs, even in the coldest months.

Case Study: Hackensack University Saves Big On Energy

A leader in healthcare and an environmentally conscious campus, Hackensack University wanted the best in energy efficiency services.