Implementing best practices in operations can significantly improve building efficiency. Today’s technologies create unprecedented energy data for analysis and action. The performance of building systems, operational changes and maintenance efforts can be tracked over time. These technology tools will be transformative if we continue to evolve our energy management practices, review the data, build our plans and act on new information. The goal? Bringing people and technology together to improve building performance.
Building energy performance ratings are being used worldwide tap into the power of information and transparency to encourage investments in energy efficiency. Ratings are particularly important today because government policies are emerging in cities and countries around the world that require them to be both used and disclosed.
By Clay Nesler Every year more organizations commit to reduce their carbon footprint. In 2011, nearly three quarters of the Global 500 companies responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project announced public emission reduction targets — an 18 percent increase over 2010. For these organizations, a carbon intensity measure is often used as the basis for setting carbon reduction...
Now there’s a quick, cost-effective and accurate way to generate models of building energy performance without the time and cost involved in on-site energy audits. Lean Energy Analysis (LEAN) uses regression analysis techniques combined with information from past utility bills to create the models. LEAN goes beyond the simple energy use intensity (EUI) benchmarking comparisons or the...
