Seasonal Breakout
The Seasonal Breakout module informs the customer what percentage of their energy use the previous summer or winter went toward cooling or heating. The purpose of this module is to highlight the how large a customer's heating or cooling costs can get and prepare them for the seasonal insights and tips presented later in the report.
Appears in: Seasonal Breakout
This image shows an example of the module for a customer that receives the summer Seasonal Report.
Header: The header highlights that cooling has an impact on the customer's summer energy bills.
Insight: The insight tells the customer how much of their energy use went towards cooling the previous summer.
Explainer: The explainer text below the insight clarifies that the calculation takes into account window units, central air, and fans.
Requirements and Limitations
Fuel: Electric-only, gas-only, dual fuel
Data Required: Appliance detection and disaggregation, heating and cooling disaggregation and/or simple disaggregation with Home Energy Analysis completion
Data History: A minimum of one historical bill
Billing Frequency: Monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly