A handful of Cost Avoidance options are not configurable from the Global settings window. These settings, which must be adjusted from the CAP tab in the Meter Properties window, include:

Apply building area adjustments to baseline?:

The Apply building area adjustments to baseline? option, when enabled, will automatically adjust for changes in the floor area of the parent building (the place to which the meter is directly assigned in the Facility Manager tree).

During Cost Avoidance calculations, EnergyCAP reviews the floor area of the related building (as recorded in the Facility Manager Place Properties window under the Building tab) for the baseline period and the current month. If the floor area values are different, the percent difference is calculated and the baseline is adjusted up or down by that percentage to match the floor area associated with the current bill.

EXAMPLE: The floor area today is 10% greater than in the same month of the baseline year (based on the area in effect as of the first day of the bill period).  The baseline usage will be adjusted upwards by 10% to reflect what the usage would have been in the base year had the floor area been the same as it is today.

NOTE: If it is desirable to adjust for floor area changes but not on the percentage difference basis described above, uncheck the Apply building area adjustments to baseline? option and then create a CAP Special Adjustment to define the appropriate floor area compensation.

Track Demand?:

If this is an electric meter, you can track demand in the Cost Avoidance Manager separately from usage.
To enable Demand tracking, click the Track Demand? checkbox.

Cost Adjustment Method:

There are two Cost Adjustment methods.  The default method is Current Average Unit Cost.  This option uses current cost for the valuation of current and baseline usage, in accordance with fundamental Cost Avoidance philosophy. The alternative method, Net Cost Difference, performs the valuation for the current period usage with current cost and the baseline period using baseline cost. Usage and demand are ignored; Cost Avoidance is calculated as the net difference between the cost of the baseline bill and the cost of the current bill. This seldom-used method may appropriately be used when, in the judgment of the energy manager, use of current costs for valuation of baseline usage would reduce the reliability of the cost avoidance estimate.

NOTE: Use CAP Adjustments for additional costing options such as marginal unit price.