FRIDAY FUN FACT: “Over half of commercial building power bills come from heating, ventilation and cooling usage.” Gathering the previous 13 months of power bills to see the energy consumption is a critical step to analyzing the commercial and industrial #buildingperformance. For buildings that qualify, we provide a financial analysis studying the building’s actual energy usage as it relates to the square footage. How does that compare when benchmarked against other similar buildings in similar situations?
Prominent building performance aspects are: energy efficiency, thermal comfort, indoor air quality and daylighting. What is “Building Performance”? Categories of building performance are:
1) Quality: How well the building fulfils its functions
2) Resource Saving: How much resource is needed to fulfil its function
3) Workload Capacity: How much the building can do
To read more, check out Wikipedia on Building Performance. Find a link in the comments.