A single, integrated engineering team should collaborate on all software programming and optimization tasks - controls, analytics, and workflow management - during design and construction. The resulting data platform can evolve into a building energy management system that will serve the building’s on-going commissioning needs through its useful life. by Greg Shank, Principal, Altura Associates … Continue reading A New Energy Management System
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Buildings IoT Industry Gives Industrial Internet Consortium Something to Reference
On June 17th the Industrial Internet Consortium, with companies like Cisco, Intel, GE and IBM at the core, formally released its IoT Reference Architecture Document, making it available for complementary download. When I wrote about the first public showcasing of the reference model at the IoT World Forum in Chicago in October, the resulting BuildingContext post was … Continue reading Buildings IoT Industry Gives Industrial Internet Consortium Something to Reference
Vibrant Ecosystem Ups the Value of a Buildings IoT Platform
Note: At the Realcomm/IB-Con conference in San Antonio, an industry insider commented to me "BASSG has really got 'the secret sauce' for Buildings IoT. But, not a lot of people understand all that they do yet." Soon after the conference, I got a call from BASSG's Alper Uzmezier and he filled me in. Now I concur, the gears would … Continue reading Vibrant Ecosystem Ups the Value of a Buildings IoT Platform
Don’t Go It Alone When Retrofitting
by Jim Meacham, PE, Principal, Altura Associates Today, building owners embarking on an energy upgrade have more data and more choice than ever before. Digital data from power meters, HVAC systems, lighting systems, and other building equipment are waiting to be tapped. And there are additional data streams available from the growing number of sensors … Continue reading Don’t Go It Alone When Retrofitting
How DC Does Building Analytics
by Terry Herr, Intellimation In a densely populated metro like the City of Washington DC, heating and cooling buildings consumes the most energy and makes the largest contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG ) emissions. DC’s built environment contributes 75% of all its GHG emissions, which is almost double the national average of 38%. In 2013, … Continue reading How DC Does Building Analytics
Genentech Manages Large Portfolio of Critical Facilities by ‘One Set of Numbers’ Rule
Genentech/Roche has innovation in its DNA, and is now showing all the markers of a leader in data-driven strategies for facilities management and building operations. Genentech/Roche cut the ribbon on its latest building in South San Francisco on May 21st, with California Governor Jerry Brown holding the scissors. The Governor came to call attention to how such private … Continue reading Genentech Manages Large Portfolio of Critical Facilities by ‘One Set of Numbers’ Rule
Davis California Revs Ahead in Utility-Side Data Analytics
The University of California at Davis is where the 'father of the plug-in hybrid & electric vehicle, Professor Andrew Frank, first explained the potential load-leveling synergies between electric cars, the electric grid, and the electricity used at home and work. It was an inspiring vision for the 80's, 90's, and 00's, and it is now actually … Continue reading Davis California Revs Ahead in Utility-Side Data Analytics
OSIsoft Identifies 7 Sins of Facility Energy Management
It's hard to argue with the advice in this whitepaper now available on the OSIsoft learning portal. Author David Doll lays out all the ways good intentions about energy efficiency initiatives can go wrong: Sin of Wrong Accounting: Capital budget financing for needed energy efficiency measures Sin of Fits-and-Starts: Once-and-done commissioning Sin of Flying Blind: Making decisions without tapping … Continue reading OSIsoft Identifies 7 Sins of Facility Energy Management
ASHRAE Perspective on Building Automation Dashboards
Authors Frank Shadpour and Joe Kilcoyne of Shadpour Consulting report on their survey of HVAC and facilities management professionals on the topic of Automation Dashboards and they provide a systemized view of the market in this article.
ASHRAE Journal, May 2015 Edition, Brought to You by Magic-Pack
Some not-to-be-missed articles in May ASHRAE Journal. ASHRAE editors are advancing the conversation on energy and K-12, on keeping critical facilities like science labs in continuous commission, and on automation dashboards. Thank you Magic-Pack for sponsoring this online edition!
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