Understanding Utility Performance Starts with Bringing Data Together
When utility data is managed across locations, accounts, and providers, it can quickly become fragmented. Inconsistent formats, manual processes, and disconnected systems make it hard to trust the numbers, or see what’s really happening.
Constellation Navigator's Utility Bill Management Platform centralizes and standardizes utility billing data, including electricity, gas, water, sewer, and fuel, across your portfolio, creating a reliable foundation for analysis, reporting, and action.
PLATFORM FEATURES
A Fully Connected Platform for Total Visibility
Analytics are only as strong as the data behind them. Constellation Navigator’s Utility Bill Management Platform automates utility bill ingestion, validation, and standardization, bringing all utility data together into a single, reliable foundation. The result is resulting is total visibility across your portfolio, enabling accurate reporting, benchmarking, and portfolio-wide insight.
Automatic Bill Ingestion
Our platform standardizes utility bill ingestion across your portfolio, eliminating manual entry and applying built-in validation for reliable data you can trust. Clean, verified bills don’t just power reporting and analytics, they also enable streamlined, automated payment workflows when you’re ready to act.
There are multiple ways we bring in your bills:
- Regular Mail
Have your paper bills mailed to us. We’ll handle the rest, even for utilities that can’t provide electronic statements. - Email
Forward PDF invoices to us. We automatically extract the data and add it to your account. - Utility Login
Provide portal access and permission. We automatically extract your utility data into the platform.
Hands-Free Data Extraction
Utility bills change often and aren’t designed for easy data transfer. Our platform uses automated Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and validation checks to accurately extract and standardize utility data, removing the need for manual entry.
Simplified Bill Pay
Utility bill payment should be accurate, timely and easy to manage. Our platform streamlines utility invoice processing and payment to help ensure bills are paid accurately and on time. Built-in controls reduce risk and administrative effort across your portfolio.
Automated Auditing
Utility billing errors can be difficult to spot across large, complex portfolios. Our platform automatically flags anomalies and validation issues within your utility data, then applies advisory review to confirm and resolve discrepancies. This helps ensure accuracy, reduce overcharges and protect the integrity of your reporting and payments.
Portfolio Benchmarking
Comparing energy performance across buildings is difficult without standardized, easy-to-read metrics. Our platform aggregates and normalizes energy data across units, including data from EnergyStar Portfolio Manager, so teams can benchmark performance, apply cost-per-square-foot analysis and identify efficiency opportunities.
Automated Reporting
Manual reporting can be time-consuming and difficult to maintain consistently. Our platform automates report creation and delivery, scheduling exports in CSV or Excel format and distributing them securely via email or SFTP.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Managing utility budgets across multiple locations requires balancing changing usage, utility rates, and operational priorities. Our platform combines historical utility data with forecasted variables to help build more accurate budgets, improve cost visibility, and support smarter financial planning.
Rate Class Analysis
Utility rate structures change over time, and many organizations remain on outdated or suboptimal tariffs. Our platform evaluates available rate options using your utility data to uncover savings opportunities and help ensure each account is aligned with the most cost-effective rate.
“I went from literally mountains of paper and a grueling 20 hours per month of data entry... to having the university's entire energy footprint essentially at my fingertips.
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Jeff Murphy, Wesleyan Facilities Business Manager
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