Tag: building analytics
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ASSET ASSESS INFORMATION MODEL
CONSISTENT BUILDING ANALYTICS AT SCALE Last week’s post, Poor Quality Data In ≠ Poor Quality Data Out introduced Asset Assess’ dynamic information model and the approach that makes it the most robust and conclusive in the industry. That’s a bold claim, and this blog backs up our boldness. We’ll dive deep into each component of the information model…
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TRACKING ROOM AIR TEMPERATURE SETPOINT
THE ASSET ASSESS APPROACH One question that comes up very often is: Can you describe how the Asset Assess approach to fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) is different from other vendors? This is best explained with an example. Let’s look at the most commonly flagged diagnostic in our system (aside from sensor errors): Room Air…
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“DO YOU DO A.I.?” WHAT ACTUALLY POWERS BUILDING ANALYTICS.
When we explain the Asset Assess FDD analytics platform to prospective clients and partners, one curious question is popping up more and more: Do you do A.I.? Since artificial intelligence (A.I.) has gathered lots of buzz and transformed other industries in recent years, these types of questions are understandable. And our answer? It’s an emphatic YES……
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YOU CAN’T ADDRESS INDOOR AIR QUALITY WITHOUT FDD
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) was important before the COVID-19 pandemic, but now it has become mission-critical to keeping occupants safe as more people return to the workplace. Building owners are looking for easy ways to improve IAQ performance and instead are met with a proliferation of new IAQ technologies – most with big promises and…
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POOR QUALITY DATA IN ≠ POOR QUALITY DATA OUT
When building owners invest in Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) Software, they expect results. But those results don’t come if the FDD rules produce false faults due to messy data. Real data from real buildings is imperfect at best. Data points are missing, mislabelled, or unlabelled. Data points that mean one thing on one piece…
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ACCURATE MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION WITH FDD
Fault detection and Diagnostics (FDD) software is becoming increasingly accepted as an essential tool in the modern energy management process. FDD software not only helps energy managers identify energy conservation measures (ECMs), but it can also automatically notify facility operations and maintenance (O&M) teams when energy waste occurs. And it can do that long before the next utility bill…
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WHY HVAC DIAGNOSTICS MATTER FOR OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TEAMS
AIRAH DA19 describes the minimum acceptable level of maintenance for commercial building HVAC systems. The manual prescribes all kinds of tasks that would keep the equipment and systems running at top performance. For example, these are a sample of some tasks from DA19 for a centrifugal compressor: Operations and maintenance teams can use the AIRAH…
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THE CRITICAL ROLE OF O&M IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND DECARBONISATION
There are many facilities organisations wrestling with multi-decade plans to achieve net-zero and decarbonisation targets. Often, these energy management goals are driven by significant capital project evaluations. How are we going to decarbonise our gas consumption on campus? How can we shift our electrical loads to renewable generation? While, of course, these large-scale capital projects…
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FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICS (FDD) FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
When donations come into healthcare organizations, what happens next? Typically, the money goes to a new emergency wing or MRI machine—with a shiny plaque proudly displayed for all to see. These donations drive our healthcare systems forward—funding innovative equipment and expanding access to more community members. But there is an important, albeit less flashy, place…
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