Overview • Smart Energy Decisions conducted a survey measuring readership and preference of current sources of news and informaon related to energy and sustainability management. • The online survey was conducted in May 2018 among corporate energy and sustainability decision makers from the Smart Energy Decisions database. • Results of the study document industry preference for informaon sources and provide insights to help suppliers improve the ROI of their marke5ng investments. 2 Survey Respondents • A total of 126 respondents represen5ng 108 companies are included in the results. • 57% of respondents have energy budgets in excess of $25 million; 31% have energy budgets in excess of $100 million. 3 Survey Respondents by Company AETOS Ericsson, Inc. Owens Illinois Airbus Americas, Inc Fastenal Company Parkway School District Albertsons Companies FedEx Ground Pequannock Township Board of Educaon Allergan Fi^h Third Bancorp Philadelphia Housing Authority Amazon.com, Inc. Fruit of the Loom Procter & Gamble American Honda Motor Co., Inc. G6 Hospitality LLC Propex Fabrics de Mexico SA de CV AutoZone General Dynamics Raymond Corporaon Avery Dennison Corporaon General Motors Company Raytheon Company BCD Travel Hanesbrands Recreaonal Equipment, Inc. BD Harbec Red Robin Internaonal, Inc Bloomberg L.P. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Internaonal Regional Energy Agency Of Crete Boeing Company Herman Miller Canada Inc Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C Boston College Honda Transmission Manufacturing of America, Inc. Saint Gobain Calumet College of St. Joseph IBM Samsung Electronics America Inc CBRE Group, Inc. Intel Corporaon School Board of Brevard County, Florida CBS Corporaon Invacare Corporaon Scogs Miracle-Gro Company Celanese Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. Sheetz Inc. Cinemark Kra Foods Inc. Southcoast Health System, Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. LBA Realty, LLC Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. City of Cincinna Lockheed Mar5n Corporaon Starbucks Corporaon City of Fort Collins Long Wharf Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine LLC Switch, Ltd. City of Palo Alto M D Anderson Cancer Center TD Bank City of Plano M&T Securi5es Texas Health Resources City of St Petersburg Mansfield Independent School District T-Mobile USA, Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Company McKesson Medical-Surgical Minnesota Supply Inc. Towson University Corning Inc. Merck & Co., Inc. Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America County of Lackawanna, PA Metro Nashville Government UC San Diego Darigold, Inc. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality UPS Internaonal, Inc. Delta Air Lines, Inc. Michigan State University Verizon Dollar General, Corp. MOM’s Organic Market Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Dow Chemical Company Nestle Purina PetCare Co. Weis Markets DPL Inc. Nestle Waters West Chester University Eastman Chemical Company NFI Industries West Liberty Foods, LLC EDENS Real Estate Nissan North America Inc. Whole Foods Market, Inc. Eisenhower Medical Center Olin Brass Equinix, Inc. Owens Corning 4 More than 75% of respondents represent commercial or industrial companies. Q: Which of the following best describes your company? 5 Results reflect the views of energy, sustainability, and facility management. Q: Which of the following best describes your role? 6 Virtually all respondents are involved in decision-making for the purchase of energy products and services. Q: Which best describes your role in the purchase of energy products and services? 7 The reach of Smart Energy Decisions e-newsleer is unparalleled. Q: Which of the following e-newsle=ers do you receive? (Choose all that apply) 8 Execuves select Smart Energy Decisions as their most valuable e-newsleer by a factor of 10 to 1. Q: Select the e-newsle=er you think is the MOST VALUABLE one you receive. 9 Execuves rely on the accuracy and credibility of Smart Energy Decisions. Q: Select the e-newsle=er you think is the MOST ACCURATE AND RELIABLE one you receive. 10 If they had Ime to read only one, execuves select Smart Energy Decisions by a factor of 11+ to 1. Q: If you had Nme to READ ONLY ONE of the following e-newsle=ers, which would it be? 11 You should be on SmartEnergyDecisions.com. That's where your customers are. Q: Which of the following websites do you visit to keep informed on what other companies are doing in corporate energy management? (Choose all that apply) 12 Level of Interest in Industry Topics (% of respondents extremely/somewhat interested) Q: Please rate your level of interest in the following topics. 13 Conclusions • Buyers have embraced Smart Energy Decisions' use of best prac5ces in online media. • Today, Smart Energy Decisions is the most efficient and effec5ve way to deliver your message to buyers. • Buyer preference for Smart Energy Decisions is overwhelming. • Smart Energy Decisions delivers maximum ROI for your limited trade marke5ng dollars. 14 For more informaon, contact: Joe Veer Sponsor Success Manager [email protected] (631) 921-8692 © 2018 Smart Energy Decisions .