The relationship between energy consumption, energy waste, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a crucial one, particularly in the context of buildings such as commercial, educational, and institutional facilities. According to the International Energy Agency, the building sector is responsible…
ESG: The Risks & Rewards for Real Estate Portfolio Owners
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have become increasingly important to companies and investors in recent years. This is particularly true for companies in the real estate industry, which have a significant impact on the environment through their energy consumption and…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software in the Implementation of M&V Programs
It is always wise to verify that our efforts are having the intended outcomes. Should our efforts be devoted to the fine-tuning of start-up sequences in primary ventilation systems, it makes sense to also devote some time analyzing the new system…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software in [Automated] System Optimization
Optimize Now Has your computer or mobile device ever rebelled at your commands? Acted slow, not responded at all, or rebooted on its own? Maybe the better question is – what have you done after experiencing such misbehaviour? Chances are you…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software in the Pursuit of Healthy Buildings
Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – an epidemic of global proportions – back on March 11th, 2020 [1], discussions around health, healthcare and staying healthy have become the norm. In our domain, the topic of healthy buildings…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software to Help Obtain and Maintain LEED Certification
Green building. When you read or hear those words, what comes to mind? Modern Building? Efficient? Sustainable? Accountable? Clean? Environmentally Friendly? Reduced GHGs? A quick web search with the words green building returns numerous definitions using one or more words…
Application Series on Building Analytics: The Role of Analytics Software in the Implementation of an Energy Management System (EnMS)
We all have systems – established either intentionally or by default. We use them to get ready in the morning, commute to work or school, accomplish our daily tasks, prepare meals and communicate with others. Even unstructured and chaotic ways of…
Application Series on Building Analytics: Making Virtual Metering Real
Welcome to CopperTree’s new Application Series – a collection of articles focused on answering key questions around relevant principles and concepts in our building analytics domain. Our main objective is to offer practical how-to advice, clarifying terminology and highlighting benefits help…
Fundamental Series on Building Analytics: How Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostics Complement Energy Information Systems
After careful analysis and consultation, an energy manager at a large corporation has set an energy reduction target of 190 ekWh/m2 (18 ekWh/ft2) in her regional portfolio, a goal to be achieved within the next four years. Her team has prepared…
Fundamental Series on Building Analytics: How To Evaluate The Different Energy Information Systems Available Today
As explained in our previous blog, an Energy Information Systems (EIS) implementation must be tightly coupled with an effective energy management strategy to be successful. The goal of this blog is to establish a framework to help evaluate Energy Information Systems…