On the whole, facility teams struggle with a lack of resources. Dwindling workforce and budget cuts in parallel with steadily increasing responsibility contribute to a constant feeling of playing catch-up. Making the transition to preventative maintenance can seem, frankly, unattainable –…
How Facility Teams Can Avoid Information Overload (& Get Stuff Done)
Today, we have no lack of data for our buildings. The issue that we need to tackle as our world becomes more and more saturated with data is avoiding information overload and instead curating important data that is actionable in the…
CopperTree Analytics Releases Kaizen Energy, a Powerful New Building and Portfolio Energy Information System
Surrey, B.C., Canada – Jan. 8th, 2019 – CopperTree Analytics Inc., a worldwide leader in building data and energy analytics software, today announced the release of their latest product, Kaizen Energy. Kaizen Energy is an Energy Information System (EIS) platform with…
Where is Facilities Management Headed in 2019?
by Andrew Marsh, Building Automation Expert With 2019 officially here, I thought I’d reflect on the changes I see coming in the industry for the New Year and beyond. The facility management space has been slow to change, but we are seeing…
Flipping the Script on How We Talk About Maintenance
This blog post was originally published in October 2017 as a guest post on The Maintainers blog. The Maintainers is a global, interdisciplinary research network that explores the importance of maintenance and the ways in which it supports and sometimes runs…
Auditing Building Comfort Series: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
In commercial buildings, offices, schools and on university campuses, Commissioning Agents and Facility Managers’ ultimate goal should be to create an environment where their occupants are at their most comfortable, and therefore most productive state, all while keeping energy costs to…
Auditing Building Comfort Series: Thermal Comfort
6 variables drive an occupant’s thermal comfort: air temperature, surface temperature, humidity, clothing level, activity level, and air velocity, but these factors don’t tell the full story behind the maintenance involved in optimizing temperature in office buildings, commercial buildings, K-12 schools,…
CopperTree Golden Standard: Managing Changes in Building Automation Systems
The function of a Building Automation System (BAS) is to control and monitor building services responsible for a wide range of systems including but not limited to heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, security, and access control. Building Automation Systems undergo changes…
What Does it Take to Become Analytic-Driven? – Part 1
Our previous blog gave practical advice on how to maximize the return of your analytics implementation. These are great actionable tips for those with a building analytics platform already in place, with many more to be shared in future blogs. However, many…
Two Simple Tips to Get the Most Out Of Your Building Analytics Implementation
CopperTree Analytics’ Kaizen solution has been implemented on a wide variety of buildings around the world. Among different building types, our portfolio of buildings includes commercial office buildings, hospitals, schools, universities, research facilities, recreational centres, government buildings, and warehouses. If you…