Using Data Analytics for Commercial HVAC Troubleshooting
Today’s commercial buildings account for more than 35 percent of the electricity consumed in the...
Gina Elliott
Though a majority of large commercial buildings deploy a conventional building management system (BMS), they fail to become more energy-efficient owing to the poor control technology of the BMS. The simple logic governing the control technology of a standard BMS also makes it challenging to strike the right balance between ensuring tenant comfort and optimizing energy consumption.
Smart building technology changes that. With the right tools, you gain powerful new capabilities and can easily implement energy conservation tips for commercial buildings.
Top Energy Conservation Tips for Commercial Buildings
Commercial buildings account for much of the world’s energy consumption. Within commercial buildings, that consumption is typically broken down in the following way:
- HVAC: 35%
- Lighting: 11%
- Major appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, water heating, dryers: 18%
- Miscellaneous areas, including electronics: 36%
Both facility managers and occupants can help reduce energy consumption by following a few effective energy conservation tips for commercial buildings:
Many top energy conservation tips for commercial buildings are best implemented through an intelligent building management platform (IBMP).
The Power of an Intelligent Building Management Platform
Smart building technology opens up opportunities to reduce energy consumption throughout building systems. An intelligent building management platform allows you to take an automated approach to implementation of top energy conservation tips for commercial buildings.
onPoint is an innovative IBMP that harnesses the power of building systems data to provide meaningful insights, transform maintenance, and unlock advanced automation capabilities. It gives you more and better ways to achieve energy efficiency across building systems.
In conventional facility management, maintenance is reactive; problems are fixed when an occupant notices an issue and reports it. This means that energy inefficiency is often undetected unless it results in occupant discomfort. Meanwhile, proactive maintenance is often difficult to implement because facility managers are busy responding to existing issues. onPoint changes that.
onPoint’s advanced FDD capabilities identify problems before they impact occupant discomfort. It also continuously monitors real-time sensor data from energy, water, and gas meters to detect inefficiencies as early as possible. It even facilitates smart grid integration and manages load shedding.
With onPoint, stakeholders have the insight and the capabilities necessary to make smart changes and meet efficiency goals.
Buildings IOT offers the state-of-the-art services and products you need to implement energy conservation tips for commercial buildings. Contact our team of experts to learn more about what we can do for you.
