Buildings offer a wealth of data about their performance. Getting information from building data isn’t easy – Pike Research estimate that 80% of FMs only use 20% of the data available in their BMS.
A lack of time and training is certainly one barrier. Another may be that it is difficult to build the business case for the work needed to collect and make sense of all this data. To help with this, we’re assembling a list of good examples of building data analysis for a range of goals. These examples come from vendors of a variety of solutions all over the industry.
Next time you want to have a conversation with your FD about investing in data tools, hopefully this will give you some benchmarks.
Carbon Credentials: optimising BMS controls for VUS Hotels. Forecast to save £20,000 pa in first phase.
A study from University of California of four enterprises and university campuses focussing on attained savings
IES: a project for Glasgow City Council using BMS and metering data that highlighted annual savings of £85,000. A more detailed write up is also available here.
Demand Logic: Potential savings of £390,000 for Kings College
Concept Energy Data: Real time data reduces energy by 7% in four schools
Optimised Buildings: A <6 month ROI from energy savings identified in a Financial Services HQ.
Got a pet project that should be mentioned here? Get in touch! As long as it involves using building data (and ideally has some quantifiable results) we’ll add it to the list.