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
Tag: Facilities Management
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
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
San Leandro High School Students Demonstrate the Power of Data to Transform Facilities Management
Using OSIsoft’s leading real-time operational intelligence software infrastructure and echoMESH’s meters and service, students at San Leandro High School learned how easy it is to make a difference and transform their environment through simple data-driven insights. As part of a hands-on STEM project (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math educational initiative), students analyzed power usage patterns … Continue reading San Leandro High School Students Demonstrate the Power of Data to Transform Facilities Management
Field Report on California’s Pioneering Program to Fund School Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Jim Maclay of Altura Associates has a lot of experience setting up California K-12 Schools and Community Colleges for Connected Building Commissioning (CBCx). California has launched a tax-payer funded program to provide funds to schools to kick-start their energy efficiency upgrade efforts. Prop 39 funds have Measurement& Verification and reporting provisions that schools and local governments across the … Continue reading Field Report on California’s Pioneering Program to Fund School Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Round up the Right Data, Not Usual Suspects
“Round up the usual suspects,” is one of the classic quotes from the 1942 film Casablanca. When this phrase is muttered as the plan of action, you’re far from the truth. The 1995 crime thriller ‘The Usual Suspects’ picked up on that thought and built it into one of the most twisted plots of all … Continue reading Round up the Right Data, Not Usual Suspects
Mobile Chat Apps Aim to Conquer the Enterprise; Buildings O&M May Be Their First Foothold
Last month I wrote generally about how mobile messaging and in-app notifications were eclipsing email as a means of enterprise collaboration, and about how these new modes might be a better match for building operations and facilities staff. I made those observations before the December Sony computer system breach. If you listen to Steven Sinofsky, … Continue reading Mobile Chat Apps Aim to Conquer the Enterprise; Buildings O&M May Be Their First Foothold
Romancing the Rules
Can mastering machine-learning rules for email, messaging, social media feeds and other collaboration tools make us better occupants and operators of intelligent buildings? I didn’t know that using traditional email was so over. But, the following tweet from Ben Evans, capsulizing his reaction to Google Inbox got me thinking: “Lots of people are trying to 'solve' email… Maybe the solution … Continue reading Romancing the Rules
Predictive Analytics in the Ball Park
Many have heard about how Microsoft uses data to save energy and improve facilities operations because Darrell Smith has been such an outstanding spokesperson for the effort. OSIsoft's PI Analytics framework is a part of this ongoing project at Microsoft's Puget Sound campus as well as at Carnegie Melon University. But, did you know that OSIsoft Predictive Analytics are … Continue reading Predictive Analytics in the Ball Park
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