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…
A Case for Virtual Metering
This is a tale of two buildings, Building A and Building B. Both buildings have electrical and natural gas services provided by their local utility companies, with main physical meters sending energy consumption data to their respective Building Automation System (BAS)….
How to Invest In Occupant Comfort (& Get ROI)
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,…
How Analytics Help Facility Teams Transition to Preventative Maintenance
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 –…
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,…