Building Energy Efficiency
Rede helps public-sector and multi-site organizations identify and reduce unnecessary building energy costs through better data, smarter decisions, and ongoing engineering support.
Building Energy Efficiency
Rede helps public-sector and multi-site organizations identify and reduce unnecessary building energy costs through better data, smarter decisions, and ongoing engineering support.
Building Energy Efficiency
Rede helps public-sector and multi-site organizations identify and reduce unnecessary building energy costs through better data, smarter decisions, and ongoing engineering support.
Public sector portfolios we have worked with
$4.4M
Cumulative savings
for one long-term client, over 12 years
Proven across
complex multi-site portfolios
PUBLIC-SECTOR PORTFOLIOS WE’VE WORKED WITH
$4.4M
Cumulative savings
for one long-term client, over 12 years
Energy management solutions
Choose the solution that fits your buildings today. Each can stand alone or work as part of a long-term energy management plan.
Which buildings need attention?
Screen energy use and cost across your portfolio before investing in detailed energy audits for every building.
Explore the Energy Gap AnalysisHow do you know when a building starts wasting energy?
Bring utility data from every building into one energy management system so your team can compare performance, track actions, and spot problems early.
Explore RUN Energy MonitoringAre your buildings still running as designed?
Improve how existing building systems operate by correcting schedules, controls, and equipment settings before considering major replacements.
Explore Commercial Building RecommissioningHow do you keep energy improvements moving forward?
Maintain the action plan, monitor results, and identify new problems across your buildings without hiring a full internal energy team.
Explore Energy Management ServicesSolutions
The right path depends on what you already know, what your buildings need, and how much support your team has in-house.
Investigate
Start by finding out where the unnecessary energy costs are. EGA looks across a portfolio. Site Investigation brings the same level of focus to one building.
See InvestigateOptimize
Correct operational drift in schedules, setpoints, controls, and sequences so buildings run closer to the way they were intended to.
See OptimizeManage
Keep performance visible over time through ongoing support, reporting, and the utility data infrastructure to see what is changing.
See ManageOne-time diagnostic Ongoing partnership
Solutions
The right path depends on what you already know, what your buildings need, and how much support your team has in-house.
| Investigate Energy Gap Analysis + Site Investigation | Optimize RCx / C-Op | Manage Energy Management + RUN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Start by finding out where the unnecessary energy costs are. EGA looks across a portfolio. Site Investigation brings the same level of focus to one building. | Correct operational drift in schedules, setpoints, controls, and sequences so buildings run closer to the way they were intended to. | Keep performance visible over time through ongoing support, reporting, and the utility data infrastructure to see what is changing. |
| Where to start | See Investigate | See Optimize | See Manage |
The problem
Utility bills get processed, budgets get approved, and facilities teams stay busy putting out fires. But nobody is tracking whether the buildings are actually performing well, or what it would take to improve them. The result is unnecessary cost and emissions that compound quietly, year over year.
Energy management falls to whoever has time, which means it does not get done properly. Teams stay reactive, responding to problems instead of preventing them.
Utility data lives in accounts payable and arrives from multiple vendors in different formats. Consolidating it takes real effort before it tells you anything useful.
Without benchmarking there is no way to know whether performance is good or bad. Budgets absorb the difference, and nobody sees where the money is going.
Rede closes that gap.
Check your opportunityThe problem
Utility bills get processed, budgets get approved, and facilities teams stay busy putting out fires. But nobody is tracking whether the buildings are actually performing well, or what it would take to improve them. The result is unnecessary cost and emissions that compound quietly, year over year.
Energy management falls to whoever has time, which means it does not get done properly. Teams stay reactive, responding to problems instead of preventing them.
Utility data lives in accounts payable and arrives from multiple vendors in different formats. Consolidating it takes real effort before it tells you anything useful.
Without benchmarking there is no way to know whether performance is good or bad. Budgets absorb the difference, and nobody sees where the money is going.
Rede closes that gap.
Check your opportunityThe problem
Utility bills get processed, budgets get approved, and facilities teams stay busy putting out fires. But nobody is tracking whether the buildings are actually performing well, or what it would take to improve them. The result is unnecessary cost and emissions that compound quietly, year over year.
Energy management falls to whoever has time, which means it does not get done properly. Teams stay reactive, responding to problems instead of preventing them.
Engineering expertise that stays engaged, so the work gets done without adding headcount.
Utility data lives in accounts payable and arrives from multiple vendors in different formats. Consolidating it takes real effort before it tells you anything useful.
Every account and vendor consolidated into one place, ready to act on.
Without benchmarking there is no way to know whether performance is good or bad. Budgets absorb the difference, and nobody sees where the money is going.
Benchmarked performance across every site, so the gap is visible before it compounds.
Portfolio intelligence
Utility bills show what each building spent, but not which sites are underperforming or where your team should investigate first.
Rede compares building energy performance across your portfolio, helping you prioritize detailed energy audits and capital projects.
See how Rede prioritizes buildingsFor visual representation only. Not actual client data.
Commercial energy funding
Rede helps identify BC Hydro rebates, FortisBC rebates, SaskPower incentives, and other commercial energy funding before you invest in an energy audit or improvement project.
Programs we can help you navigate
Listed by BC Hydro as an approved service provider for the Continuous Optimization program
Check funding optionsInitial program-fit review at no cost.
Energy savings calculator
Enter a few basic details to compare your building or portfolio with historical BC Hydro Continuous Optimization results. Your result is a planning estimate, not a savings guarantee.
Step 1 of 4
A portfolio needs comparison across buildings. A single facility needs a focused investigation of that site.
This helps us understand your operating context before we look at the building benchmark.
Choose the closest available match from historical C-Op building categories.
If you manage multiple sites, use total portfolio area.
Use electricity and fuel combined if available. If you are not sure, we will estimate using the historical cost per square foot for this building type.
This is an early planning check. Eligibility, scope, and incentives are confirmed through a conversation with the Rede team.
Your benchmark opportunity
$0
in annual opportunity, based on historical benchmark results
Recommended next step
Your profile
Building it0%
average historical cost reduction for this building type
$2.94M
identified for one Western Canadian school district
Your benchmark opportunity
Benchmark$0
in annual opportunity, based on historical benchmark results
Recommended next step
Benchmarks come from historical BC Hydro C-Op results by building type.
Your recommended path
Want the real number for your portfolio?
Leave your details and the team will put together a closer look at your actual buildings.
Energy savings calculator
Enter a few basic details to compare your building or portfolio with historical BC Hydro Continuous Optimization results. Your result is a planning estimate, not a savings guarantee.
Step 1 of 4
A portfolio needs comparison across buildings. A single facility needs a focused investigation of that site.
This helps us understand your operating context before we look at the building benchmark.
Choose the closest available match from historical C-Op building categories.
If you manage multiple sites, use total portfolio area.
Use electricity and fuel combined if available. If you are not sure, we will estimate using the historical cost per square foot for this building type.
This is an early planning check. Eligibility, scope, and incentives are confirmed through a conversation with the Rede team.
Your benchmark opportunity
$0
in annual opportunity, based on historical benchmark results
Recommended next step
Your profile
Building it0%
average historical cost reduction for this building type
$2.94M
identified for one Western Canadian school district
Your benchmark opportunity
Benchmark$0
in annual opportunity, based on historical benchmark results
Recommended next step
Benchmarks come from historical BC Hydro C-Op results by building type.
Your recommended path
Want the real number for your portfolio?
Leave your details and the team will put together a closer look at your actual buildings.
Energy savings calculator
Enter a few basic details to compare your building or portfolio with historical BC Hydro Continuous Optimization results. Your result is a planning estimate, not a savings guarantee.
Step 1 of 8
Recommissioning pays for itself on larger buildings. Below that size the numbers rarely work.
Grant programs vary by province and by utility, so this tells us which ones might apply to you.
Their programs fund a large share of recommissioning work in the province.
A portfolio needs comparison across buildings. A single facility needs a focused investigation of that site.
This helps us understand your operating context before we look at the building benchmark.
Choose the closest available match from historical C-Op building categories.
If you manage multiple sites, use total portfolio area. Spend is optional — without it we estimate from historical cost per square foot.
This is an early planning check. Eligibility, scope, and incentives are confirmed through a conversation with the Rede team.
Your benchmark opportunity
$0
in annual opportunity, based on historical benchmark results
Recommended next step
Your next step
Talk to one of our experts.
We can review your buildings with you and estimate the opportunity together — no floor area needed to start the conversation.
Recommended next step
Your profile
Building it0%
average historical cost reduction for this building type
$2.94M
identified for one Western Canadian school district
Your benchmark opportunity
Benchmark$0
in annual opportunity, based on historical benchmark results
Recommended next step
Benchmarks come from historical BC Hydro C-Op results by building type.
Your recommended path
Want the real number for your portfolio?
Leave your details and the team will put together a closer look at your actual buildings.
What this looks like in practice
$2.94M
in unnecessary annual energy costs identified for a large Western Canadian school district.
9.5%
average historical cost reduction for schools. Across all building types the average is 5.7%.
BC Hydro Continuous Optimization
2008
the year Rede started doing this work in Western Canada.
These were costs that had been paid, year after year, without anyone knowing they were recoverable. The same diagnostic and optimization approach can apply to eligible commercial, institutional, municipal, post-secondary, and care facilities.
Before Northland started working with Rede, we had no energy management plan at all. We recognized quickly that we can save money with an energy management program.
Wayne Turpin Northland School Division
The Rede team is all about proactively implementing energy solutions. They see a gap and they take care of it.
Alex Telford SD27 British Columbia
For people like myself, money talks. If we can engage someone like Rede to find inefficiencies within our facilities, then we are able to address them.
Norman Buhler Fort Vermilion School Division
What this looks like in practice
These were costs that had been paid, year after year, without anyone knowing they were recoverable. The same diagnostic and optimization approach can apply to eligible commercial, institutional, municipal, post-secondary, and care facilities.
$2.94M
in unnecessary annual energy costs identified for a large Western Canadian school district.
Before Northland started working with Rede, we had no energy management plan at all. We recognized quickly that we can save money with an energy management program.
Wayne Turpin Northland School Division
9.5%
average historical cost reduction for schools. Across all building types the average is 5.7%.
BC Hydro Continuous Optimization
The Rede team is all about proactively implementing energy solutions. They see a gap and they take care of it.
Alex Telford SD27 British Columbia
2008
the year Rede started doing this work in Western Canada.
For people like myself, money talks. If we can engage someone like Rede to find inefficiencies within our facilities, then we are able to address them.
Norman Buhler Fort Vermilion School Division
What this looks like in practice
These were costs that had been paid, year after year, without anyone knowing they were recoverable. The same diagnostic and optimization approach can apply to eligible commercial, institutional, municipal, post-secondary, and care facilities.
2008
the year Rede started doing this work in Western Canada.
9.5%
average historical cost reduction for schools. Across all building types the average is 5.7%.
BC Hydro Continuous Optimization
The Rede team is all about proactively implementing energy solutions. They see a gap and they take care of it.
Alex Telford SD27 British Columbia
$2.94M
in unnecessary annual energy costs identified for a large Western Canadian school district.
Before Northland started working with Rede, we had no energy management plan at all. We recognized quickly that we can save money with an energy management program.
Wayne Turpin Northland School Division
For people like myself, money talks. If we can engage someone like Rede to find inefficiencies within our facilities, then we are able to address them.
Norman Buhler Fort Vermilion School Division
In their words
Before Northland started working with Rede, we had no energy management plan at all. We recognized quickly that we can save money with an energy management program.
Wayne Turpin
Northland School Division
The Rede team is all about proactively implementing energy solutions. They see a gap and they take care of it.
Alex Telford
SD27 British Columbia
For people like myself, money talks. If we can engage someone like Rede to find inefficiencies within our facilities, then we are able to address them.
Norman Buhler
Fort Vermilion School Division
In their words
Three public sector organizations on what changed after bringing Rede in.
Before Northland started working with Rede, we had no energy management plan at all. We recognized quickly that we can save money with an energy management program.
Wayne Turpin
What our clients say
The Rede team is all about proactively implementing energy solutions. They see a gap and they take care of it.
People behind Rede
Rede is a small team of engineers, project managers, data analysts, and energy efficiency professionals. We work alongside your team rather than delivering a report and moving on.
P.Eng., CEM, LEED AP
Founder and CEO
Matthew founded Rede in 2008 to serve communities and organizations that larger engineering firms were not reaching. Nearly two decades later, he leads a team helping organizations across Western Canada reduce energy costs and manage buildings more effectively.
P.Eng., M.Eng., M.Sc., CEM
Energy Efficiency Engineer
Marco brings deep expertise in recommissioning, energy auditing, and building performance diagnostics, along with a rigorous approach to data analysis and measurement verification.
BID, LEED AP
Director of Operations
Erica has spent nearly two decades working to reduce energy consumption and operating costs in residential, commercial, and institutional facilities. She brings a project manager's instinct for keeping the big picture in view while managing the details.
People behind Rede
Rede is a small team of engineers, project managers, data analysts, and energy efficiency professionals. We work alongside your team rather than delivering a report and moving on.
Founder and CEO
P.Eng., CEM, LEED AP
Matthew founded Rede in 2008 to serve communities and organizations that larger engineering firms were not reaching. Nearly two decades later, he leads a team helping organizations across Western Canada reduce energy costs and manage buildings more effectively.
Energy Efficiency Engineer
P.Eng., M.Eng., M.Sc., CEM
Marco brings deep expertise in recommissioning, energy auditing, and building performance diagnostics, along with a rigorous approach to data analysis and measurement verification.
Director of Operations
BID, LEED AP
Erica has spent nearly two decades working to reduce energy consumption and operating costs in residential, commercial, and institutional facilities. She brings a project manager's instinct for keeping the big picture in view while managing the details.
The Rede team
Rede is a small team of engineers and energy efficiency professionals. We specialise in institutional facilities and complex building environments, and we care about the organisations and communities we work with.
Owner and Mechanical Engineer
Senior Energy Efficiency Engineer
Director of Operations
Certified Sustainability & Cleantech Specialist
The Rede team
Rede is a small team of engineers and energy efficiency professionals. We specialise in institutional facilities and complex building environments, and we care about the organisations and communities we work with.
P.Eng., CEM, LEED AP
Founder and CEO
Matthew founded Rede in 2008 to serve communities and organizations that larger engineering firms were not reaching. Nearly two decades later, he leads a team helping organizations across Western Canada reduce energy costs and manage buildings more effectively.
P.Eng., M.Eng., M.Sc., CEM
Energy Efficiency Engineer
BID, LEED AP
Director of Operations
SD M.Sc. (Cand.)
Certified Sustainability & Cleantech Specialist
The Rede difference
Lasting energy savings take more than a one-time report. Rede's engineers and energy efficiency consultants combine utility data, practical recommendations, and long-term support to help public-sector and multi-site organizations reduce building energy costs. Rede is listed by BC Hydro as an approved service provider for the Continuous Optimization program. We build lasting relationships with the organizations and communities we serve.
P.Eng., CEM, LEED AP
Founder and CEO
Matthew founded Rede in 2008 to serve Indigenous, Northern, and rural communities that larger engineering firms weren’t reaching. Nearly two decades later, he leads a team that has helped more than 150 organisations across Western Canada reduce their energy costs and manage their buildings more effectively.
Learn More About UsBefore you ask
Not necessarily. Rede’s Energy Gap Analysis compares energy use and cost across your portfolio to identify which buildings need attention and where a detailed energy audit is most likely to be worthwhile.
Rede can also check whether BC Hydro rebates, FortisBC rebates, SaskPower incentives, or other energy efficiency funding may be available before you decide how to proceed.
Yes. Rede’s Energy Gap Analysis costs $5,000 and typically takes four to six weeks.
It uses existing utility data to screen your portfolio before you invest in individual building energy audits, and helps clarify whether BC Hydro rebates, FortisBC rebates, SaskPower incentives, or other energy efficiency funding may support the recommended next steps.
An energy management system brings utility data from multiple buildings into one place so your team can compare performance, track energy costs, and identify changes over time.
RUN is Rede’s energy management system for organizations managing multiple buildings. It brings utility data into one portfolio view so your team can compare building performance, track energy use and costs, and identify unexpected changes earlier.
Energy monitoring software reveals patterns that are difficult to see in individual utility bills.
Rede’s RUN organizes and weather-normalizes energy data so your team can compare buildings, detect energy drift, verify whether improvements are working, and prioritize the sites with the greatest opportunity.
They may be. Available BC Hydro rebates, FortisBC rebates, and other commercial energy rebates depend on your location, utility provider, building type, and proposed work.
Rede can help identify relevant programs and determine whether your project may qualify.
Potentially. Eligibility depends on the building type, location, energy use, proposed work, and current program requirements.
Rede can help Saskatchewan organizations identify relevant SaskPower incentives and determine whether a project may qualify before moving forward.
Rede can help identify energy efficiency funding and incentives that match your buildings and proposed improvements.
When a relevant program is available, the team can help you understand the eligibility requirements and application process.
Building recommissioning, sometimes called retro commissioning, improves how existing building systems operate without beginning with major equipment replacements.
Rede uses building automation system data and engineering analysis to uncover problems in schedules, controls, setpoints, and equipment sequences. The team then turns those findings into a prioritized action plan, works alongside your authorized controls contractor, and helps track whether the changes deliver results.
Yes. Many commercial and institutional buildings can reduce energy waste by improving how their existing systems operate.
Rede first evaluates the building, available controls, and system information to determine which energy efficiency services are appropriate.
No. Rede’s energy management services can provide the planning, analysis, and ongoing engineering support your organization needs.
The level of support can complement your existing team without requiring you to hire a full-time energy manager.
Rede helps identify opportunities, organize energy data, maintain the action plan, and monitor results over time.
Your team remains informed and involved without having to build a complete internal energy management function.
Still have a question? Book a call and we will answer it directly.
Before you ask
10 answers
$5,000. It takes four to six weeks from data access to the presentation of findings.
We analyze one to two years of utility bills across your portfolio, benchmark each facility against its peers, and give you a specific figure for recoverable savings.
No. Rede never makes changes to your building automation system directly.
All corrections are made by your own controls contractor, with your authorization. We find the drift and document exactly what needs to change. Your team decides what gets implemented.
No.
RUN Intelligence assumes you have someone in-house who can interpret energy data. If you do not, RUN Insights adds two senior engineer sessions a year, and Energy Management puts Rede in that role, embedded alongside your team.
Less than most people expect. Recommissioning is a desktop-based activity and requires no site visits.
What we need is remote access to your building automation system, your mechanical and electrical drawings, and a controls lead who can implement the findings.
Every recommissioning recommendation is selected for a two-year payback or less, sooner when incentives apply. RUN pays for itself faster: typical payback is two to five months.
Energy management is a longer horizon. One Western Canadian school division began working with Rede in 2016; that engagement has now accumulated $4.4M in savings.
Recommissioning needs a modern building automation system with detailed controls coverage. Without it there is nothing to correct remotely.
If that is not your situation, the Gap Analysis is still the right starting point. It works from utility bills alone and tells you which buildings deserve attention first, whatever their age.
Often, yes. Many provinces have programs that apply directly to recommissioning work.
Rede identifies and manages the incentive application process as part of every recommissioning engagement. You do not do the paperwork.
RUN Intelligence is 1 to 2% of your annual energy spend, capped for public sector organizations. Typical payback is two to five months.
RUN Insights is Intelligence plus $20,000 a year, which adds two senior engineer sessions. Both include onboarding, monthly utility data updates, tutorials, and technical support.
No lock-in. The Gap Analysis is a one-time diagnostic. What you do with the findings is your decision.
Most districts use it to build a case internally, whether or not the next step involves us.
Rede is a small team of engineers, which means you deal with the people doing the work rather than an account layer.
We have been doing this since 2008, in communities where the work had to be done well because there was no room for anything else.
Still have a question? Book a call and we will answer it directly.
Before you ask
Energy decisions in a district rarely rest with one person. Here is what each part of the table usually needs to know.
What it means for the buildings and the team.
What it costs and when it pays back.
What you need to bring to the table.
Need something specific for a board paper? Book a call and we will put it together.
Get a clear picture of unnecessary energy costs across your building or portfolio. Identify where an energy audit or other improvement may be worthwhile, and whether BC Hydro rebates, FortisBC rebates, SaskPower incentives, or other energy efficiency funding may be available. One set of inputs. A practical recommendation. No lock-in.
Where most districts start
One diagnostic, a fixed price, and a specific figure for what you can recover. What you do with it afterwards is your decision.
Energy Gap Analysis
One-time diagnostic · No lock-in
$5,000
What you receive
Not sure yet? Book a call and we will talk it through.
What happens next
$5,000 · four to six weeks · no lock-in
Week one
One to two years of utility data, in whatever format you already have it. No new systems, no site visit.
Weeks two to five
Every building measured against its peers, so the ranking is based on performance rather than on age or square footage.
Week six
A clear figure for recoverable savings and which buildings deserve attention first. Nothing in your systems has been touched.
Yours to keep
The findings are yours whether or not the next step involves us. Most districts use them to build a case internally.
