Dive Summary:
- Experts at the Building Energy Summit in Washington, D.C. noted that the ability to understand energy data and act on it is standing in the way of buildings going smart.
- While a given building's energy efficiency data has available since direct digital controls appeared in the 1980s, the technological capability to understand that data is a more recent development.
- Real-time, easy-to-understand efficiency analytics are starting to help organizations grasp how their buildings consume energy and how to cut down on unnecessary use.
From the article:
"Talk to almost any energy efficiency professional and the conversation will inevitably come back to big data and information management.
The ability to gather information on how buildings consume energy is growing more sophisticated. Companies are now able to collect vast amounts of information in the built environment. On-site, that includes meters, building management systems, individual pieces of equipment, and even occupants themselves. At the market level, that includes energy prices, weather, tariffs and everything else that might impact how a building performs..."