| Traditional Energy Management | CUE |
| Thermal Energy Storage (TES) without capital expense or space requirement | |
| Real-time optimization | Predictive optimization (24-hr) emulates/informs actual operations. |
| Peak demand | Plus grid markets and operations; risk management |
| End-use efficiency | Plus source efficiency and environmental performance |
| Individual buildings | Plus portfolio optimization |
| Manual | Fully automated |
| Software + hardware | Cloud-based |
| Capital expense, multi-year payback | Operational expense, payback in first month |