Idle Load as Financial Leakage: The Hidden Cost of Unmanaged After-Hours Energy

GridPoint April 30, 2026

Every multi-site commercial portfolio has a version of this problem: equipment running in locations that are closed, conditioning spaces that are empty, consuming energy that produces no revenue and serves no customer. It happens overnight. It happens on weekends. It happens on minor holidays when operating schedules haven't been updated and ...

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Estimating energy savings with IPMVP

The International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) is a standardized method to calculate energy savings. It Isolates external variables so a site can measure savings performances year-over-year. It models the relationship with energy consumption and external factors to give you the actual usage after energy efficient technology is installed. GridPoint relies on the IPMVP protocol to give our customers the most accurate savings forecast possible.