ROI
See what the right meter could be worth.
Utility monitoring often identifies operational waste quickly. We quantify the cost of what the meter finds, compare it with the installed system cost and show your team the expected payback before recommending the next step.
Opportunity estimator
Central annual gross opportunity
$72,000/yr
ExampleEnter your annual bills to see a range.
9.6 % of $750,000 in annual bills.
Annual opportunity range
- Low
- $37,000
- Central
- $72,000
- High
- $126,000
These are sensitivity cases, not confidence intervals. Figures are rounded to the nearest $1,000.
$0.60 per sq ft across 120,000 sq ft. $18.06 per operating hour.
Electricity is split into energy and demand charges. Compressor electricity is counted in the compressed air row.
| Component | Spend priced | Central rate | Central ($/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity | |||
| Energy | $288,000 | 8% | $23,040 |
| Demand | $144,000 | 5% | $7,200 |
| Compressed air | $48,000 | 20% | $9,600 |
| Natural gas | $180,000 | 8% | $14,400 |
| Water and sewer | $90,000 | 20% | $18,000 |
Your number comes from your own meters.
I have cost figures
Enter your installed and annual costs. Add verified annual savings when you have them.
Annual net benefit:
Gross basis:
Simple payback:
No positive simple payback under these assumptions
Net benefit deducts recurring and maintenance costs from annual gross savings. Simple payback divides installed cost by positive annual net benefit.
Review the assumptions
Bill allocations and savings rates are editable separately. Energy Management Information System (EMIS) savings form the energy-rate starting point.
Demand share of the electricity bill Assumption30%
Bill allocation (%)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
A split of the bill, not a saving. This is the portion of an industrial electricity bill set by the peak kilowatts drawn in a billing period rather than by the kilowatt-hours consumed. It decides which of the two rates below applies to which dollars. It is never applied as a savings rate on its own.
Compressed air as a share of the electricity bill Assumption10%
Bill allocation (%)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
Compressed air is an electricity end use, so its spend is carved out of the electricity bill rather than added to it. The share is derived from the leak calculator on this same page: a 100 hp package at 80 % load and 90 % motor efficiency draws 66.3 kW, which over 6,000 hours a year at $0.12/kWh is $47,744 of electricity, or 9.9 % of the example factory's $480,000 electricity bill. Rounded to 10 %.
Electricity energy saving Assumption5% / 8% / 15%
Savings rate (% of the component spend)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
NRCan's own band for a properly implemented Energy Management Information System, applied to the consumption part of the bill only. The low case is the department’s definitional floor, the central case is the figure it calls a reasonable initial approximation, and the high case is the top of the band it reports.
Demand charge reduction Assumption0% / 5% / 10%
Savings rate (% of the component spend)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
A sensitivity, and it opens at zero. Shaving a billing peak needs load that can actually be moved, and a factory whose peak is set by continuous process load may recover nothing here. Where a peak can be moved, price the measured kilowatts directly with demandSavingsFromKw() instead of using this band: the Alectra Guelph general service 50 to 999 kW demand charge is $11.21/kW-month, so 50 kW off the peak for twelve months is $6,726 a year.
Natural gas saving Assumption5% / 8% / 15%
Savings rate (% of the component spend)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
NRCan's band is stated for annual ENERGY costs, which is the whole utility bill and not electricity alone, so the same three cases are applied to gas. Combustion and heating loads are where the schedule-driven waste an EMIS finds usually sits.
Water and sewer saving Assumption10% / 20% / 30%
Savings rate (% of the component spend)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
Centred on Quantify's own published average reduction across client sites, which is stated as over 20 %. The low case halves it for a site that has already been through a water programme; the high case is 30 %, which our own installs have passed but which is not the number to plan on.
Compressed air saving Assumption10% / 20% / 30%
Savings rate (% of the component spend)
Your edited assumption is used above. The basis below describes the starting value.
The published leak share of compressor output is 20 to 30 %, and a leak survey with ultrasonic detection and a fixed repair round recovers most of it. The central case takes the conservative end of the published band, the low case halves it for a site with an active leak programme, and the high case is the top of the band.
Sources for the starting assumptions
- Demand share of the electricity bill
src/data/benchmarks.json electricity.demandChargeShare, Quantify's own published framing of how much of an industrial electricity bill peak demand sets. The conservative end of that published band is used here.
- Compressed air as a share of the electricity bill
Derived from src/lib/calculators/index.js compressedAirLeakCost() using benchmarks.json air.kwPerHp (0.746 kW/hp), air.motorEfficiency (0.90, US DOE Uniform Methods Project Chapter 22), air.compressorHoursTypical (6,000 h/yr) and electricity.blendedRate ($0.12/kWh).
- Electricity energy saving
Natural Resources Canada, "Energy Management Information Systems: Achieving Improved Energy Efficiency" (the EMIS handbook, Office of Energy Efficiency). Section 2.1 sets the definitional floor: an effective EMIS is "one that will reduce energy costs by at least 5 percent". Section 6.4 gives the band: "an EMIS can save 5 to 15 percent of annual energy costs. As an initial approximation, 8 percent appears to be a reasonable estimate." natural-resources.canada.ca/sites/nrcan/files/oee/pdf/publications/industrial/EMIS/EMIS_eng.pdf (retrieved 2026-09-02; see orchestration/research-v5/emis-savings-source.md).
- Demand charge reduction
No published Canadian figure exists for the demand reduction a monitoring programme delivers, so this band is a stated sensitivity rather than a citation. The rate behind the kilowatt form is benchmarks.json electricity.demandChargeRate ($11.21/kW-month, Alectra Utilities Guelph Rate Zone, OEB-approved tariff, Rate Order EB-2025-0055, retrieved 2026-08-25).
- Natural gas saving
Natural Resources Canada, "Energy Management Information Systems: Achieving Improved Energy Efficiency" (the EMIS handbook, Office of Energy Efficiency). Section 2.1 sets the definitional floor: an effective EMIS is "one that will reduce energy costs by at least 5 percent". Section 6.4 gives the band: "an EMIS can save 5 to 15 percent of annual energy costs. As an initial approximation, 8 percent appears to be a reasonable estimate." natural-resources.canada.ca/sites/nrcan/files/oee/pdf/publications/industrial/EMIS/EMIS_eng.pdf (retrieved 2026-09-02; see orchestration/research-v5/emis-savings-source.md).
- Water and sewer saving
src/data/benchmarks.json water.avgReduction, Quantify's own published claim: 'our average reduction rate is >20%'.
- Compressed air saving
src/data/benchmarks.json air.leakShare, US DOE and Compressed Air Challenge leakage studies as cited in Quantify's own concept footnote.
Utility leak calculators
- Water leakEstimate the annual cost of a continuous water leak and the value of finding it sooner.4.96 $/m³ · WATER + SEWEROpen the calculator Close the calculator
- Compressed airEstimate the cost of compressed-air leakage and the potential value of a targeted repair program.20–30% LEAK SHAREOpen the calculator Close the calculator
- Idle electricityWhat an always-on load costs to leave running, and the Scope 2 emissions that go with it.0.12 $/kWh · 11.21 $/kW-moOpen the calculator Close the calculator
- Off-hours gasWhat burning through the weekend costs, in dollars and in the tonnes of CO₂e that GHG reporting under ISO 14064 asks for.0.25 $/m³ · 1.931 kg CO₂e/m³Open the calculator Close the calculator
Each tile opens its calculator below. Close it with the × or the Escape key.
All four calculators are below, worked through at the constants listed under each result. With JavaScript on, a tile opens just the one you picked.
What a leak costs
The easiest number on this page to check: pick your city, and a leak runs whether or not the factory does.
What it costs you
$26,070/yr
- 5,256cubic metres a year
- $71.42a day, every day
Conservative arithmetic, verified against your own utility bills.
The assumptions behind this
water.combinedRate· 4.96 $/m³ (water + sewer)City of Guelph 2026 volumetric water ($2.63/m³) + wastewater ($2.33/m³), at guelph.ca/living/environment/water/water-rates/ (re-verified 2026-09-02; the City's page cites By-laws (2019)-20448 and (2016)-20074, and the v4 citation of "(2025)-21165 Table 3" is not supported by it). Guelph is the default because it is where we are; the water-leak calculator carries all sixteen municipalities in src/data/water-rates.json, which range from $2.6665/m³ (London) to $7.0302/m³ (Kitchener). Replaces the v2 placeholder of $4.00/m³, which the entry itself flagged for verification against exactly this schedule.water-rates.json· 16 municipalities, combined industrial water and sewer, September 2026https://guelph.ca/living/environment/water/water-rates/
Water and sewer rates verified against each utility's own published tariff in September 2026, using the industrial/commercial class wherever the utility publishes one; rates typically rise annually.
What compressed-air leaks cost
Compressed air is the most expensive utility per unit of work in most factories, and the published leakage range of 20 to 30% of output is the easiest 20% you will ever recover.
What it costs you
$9,549/yr
- 79,573kWh a year, wasted
- 13.3kW of electrical draw doing no work
- 66.3kW drawn at the meter
Conservative arithmetic, verified against your own utility bills.
The assumptions behind this
air.kwPerHp· 0.746 kW/hpPhysical constant. Note that it converts nameplate horsepower to SHAFT kW, not to the electrical kW a meter bills; see air.motorEfficiency.air.motorEfficiency· 0.9 fraction (shaft kW ÷ electrical kW)US DOE Uniform Methods Project, Chapter 22, Compressed Air Evaluation Protocol: electrical input power is shaft power divided by motor efficiency, and a measured or nameplate PACKAGE full-load kW is preferred over any hp-based estimate. NEMA Premium motors in the 50–200 hp band run about 0.93–0.95 at full load and lower at part load, so 0.90 is the conservative default until a nameplate or a measured package kW is supplied. energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/01/f19/UMPChapter22-compressed-air-evaluation.pdfair.leakShare· 0.2–0.3 fraction of outputUS DOE / Compressed Air Challenge leakage studies, as cited in Quantify's own concept footnote.air.compressorHoursTypical· 6000 h/yearQuantify's own teleprompter example.electricity.blendedRate· 0.12 $/kWhOntario Class B blended rate as used in Quantify's own teleprompter ('6,000 hours a year at $0.12/kWh') and concept footnotes. VERIFY against the current IESO/OEB Class B blended rate.
What idle electrical load costs
Energy and demand, priced separately, because demand is set by your worst fifteen minutes of the month rather than by the month.
What it costs you
$50,589/yr
- 337,500kWh a year, at idle
- $40,500of it is energy
- $10,089of it is demand
Conservative arithmetic, verified against your own utility bills.
The assumptions behind this
electricity.blendedRate· 0.12 $/kWhOntario Class B blended rate as used in Quantify's own teleprompter ('6,000 hours a year at $0.12/kWh') and concept footnotes. VERIFY against the current IESO/OEB Class B blended rate.electricity.demandChargeRate· 11.21 $/kW-monthAlectra Utilities, Guelph Rate Zone, General Service 50–999 kW interval-metered (Class B), from the OEB-approved Tariff of Rates and Charges effective 2026-01-01, Rate Order EB-2025-0055. Distribution volumetric $3.4474 + low-voltage $0.0257 + 2026 riders $0.0893 net + Retail Transmission Network $4.5377 + Line and Transformation Connection $3.1058 = $11.2059/kW-month. Typical range across urban Ontario LDCs is $10.50–$13.00; Toronto Hydro bills on kVA (~$19 equivalent) and Hydro One rural reaches ~$28. CLASS B ONLY: a Class A customer's economics are dominated by Global Adjustment, not by this charge.
What off-hours gas costs
What burning through a shutdown costs over a year, with the tonnes of CO₂e that go with it sitting right beside the dollars.
What it costs you
$45,000/yr
- 180,000cubic metres a year
- $45,000of it is the gas itself
- 348tonnes CO₂e a year
Conservative arithmetic, verified against your own utility bills.
The assumptions behind this
gas.rate· 0.25 $/m³ (all-in delivered)Enbridge Gas tariffs effective 2026-07-01, OEB Order EB-2026-0156, covering delivery + transportation + gas supply + Rider C cost adjustment, HST excluded. Computed all-in at a mid-size factory's volume: $0.2353/m³ for EGD-zone Rate 6 at 500,000 m³/yr and $0.2605/m³ for Union South Rate M2 (which is Guelph's zone; transportation there is $0 and the commodity rate correspondingly higher). $0.25 brackets both. Delivery is a DECLINING BLOCK billed monthly, so the marginal rate a factory actually saves by not burning gas is nearer $0.23–$0.25. QRAM resets these quarterly, and the next change is 2026-10-01.gas.ghgFactor· 1.931 kg CO₂e/m³Environment and Climate Change Canada, 'Emission factors and reference values' v3.0 (October 2025), Tables 1.3 and 2.3 for calendar year 2026, sourced from the National Inventory Report 1990–2023 Part 2, for Ontario marketable natural gas, Industrial/Manufacturing combustion: CO₂ 1,921 g/m³ + CH₄ 0.037 g/m³ × 28 + N₂O 0.033 g/m³ × 265 = 1,930.78 g CO₂e/m³. AR5 global warming potentials, per Schedule 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. Using AR4 instead gives 1.932 kg, so the GWP vintage does not move this number. Combustion only, with no upstream or fugitive methane. Volumes at 15 °C and 101.325 kPa.gas.carbonPrice· 0 $/tonne CO₂eZERO, and deliberately so. The federal fuel charge on natural gas has been $0 since 2025-04-01, per CRA Notice FCN16: 'the Government of Canada made regulations that cease the application of the federal fuel charge, by setting all fuel charge rates to zero', and Enbridge's own OEB-approved Rider J prints 0.0000 ¢/m³ against EVERY rate class, large-industrial ones included. Ontario's Emissions Performance Standards charge $95/tonne in distribution year 2026 (ontario.ca; note that aggregators widely misreport this as $110, Ontario's schedule lags the federal benchmark by a year), but EPS applies only to facilities that have reported 50,000 t CO₂e or more, which is about 25.9 million m³/yr of gas. A factory burning 500,000 m³/yr emits ~965 t and is nowhere near it. So the defensible default marginal carbon cost is $0, and the honest way to show the carbon side of a saving is TONNES AVOIDED rather than dollars.
Water monitoring is worth more in some places than others, so the water calculator carries real industrial water and sewer rates for 16 Canadian cities: the same leak costs $2.67 a cubic metre in London and $7.03 in Kitchener, a spread of 2.6×. Water and sewer rates verified against each utility's own published tariff in September 2026, using the industrial/commercial class wherever the utility publishes one; rates typically rise annually.
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