EMIS
Applications
Showcase
Highlighting Applications of
Energy Management and Information
Systems (EMIS)
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY &
URBAN SYSTEMS DIVISION
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
By Eliot Crowe, Hannah Kramer, Jessica Granderson
October 2020
Introduction 2
Getting Started 4
Best Practices 8
Innovation 12
Campaign Toolkit 15
Smart Energy Analytics
Campaign Recognition 16
Contents
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CONTENTS
Introduction
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https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/smart-energy-analytics-campaign-toolkit
Data
Warehouse
Data
Sources
EMIS
Capabilities
Utility
Bills
Monthly Data Analytics
Fault Detection and Diagnostics
Automated System Optimization
Energy Information System
•
Interval Meter Data Analytics
•
Advanced M&V
(Measurement and Verification)
Interval
Meters
Weather
Stations
Building
Automation
System (BAS)
IoT
Devices
Distributed
Energy
Resources
Data Inputs and Key Capabilities of Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS)
T
he 2016–2020 Smart Energy Analytics Campaign was a public-
private sector partnership program focused on supporting
commercially available Energy Management and Information
Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx)
practices for commercial buildings. The Campaign was conceived as
an opportunity to assess the costs, benefits, and common practices
of EMIS when deployed at scale across a wide array of building types
and sizes.
This EMIS Applications Showcase highlights examples from many
of the organizations recognized by the Smart Energy Analytics
Campaign, providing snapshots of how to get the most out of an
EMIS (for more details on recognized organizations, along with a
host of other useful resources, check out the Campaign Toolkit
1
).
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INTRODUCTION
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Kramer, H., Lin, G., Curtin, C., Crowe, E., and Granderson, J. Proving the Business Case for Building Analytics. Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, October 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20357/B7G022.
This Showcase is not intended to be a data-heavy
research report, nor is it a “how-to” guide. The
Showcase highlights the range of strategies being
deployed today by leading organizations across
multiple market segments as they capitalize on the
promise of building analytics, and it demonstrates that
there is no single way to successfully apply EMIS.
After four years in operation, the Smart Energy
Analytics Campaign has gathered data from
104 organizations across the United States,
encompassing 6,500 buildings and over half a
billion square feet of floor area, making this the
most comprehensive dataset available on analytics
installation and use. The Campaign participants’
data were analyzed to provide a characterization of
EMIS costs and benefits, MBCx services, and the
current state of the building analytics market, based
on the proven practices demonstrated by these
organizations.
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Campaign data covered the two most
prevalent types of EMIS capabilities:
Energy Information Systems (EIS) help
find energy waste using smart meter data.
Fault Detection and Diagnostic Tools (FDD)
detect and prioritize HVAC system faults.
The Campaign provided technical assistance to
participating organizations and opportunities for their
outstanding application of EMIS tools to be recognized.
Cost/benefit metrics based on Smart Energy Analytics Campaign data
PROJECTED ANNUAL SAVINGS
for all organizations
$95 million
3% 9%
ANNUAL SAVINGS for the median
portfolio (15 million sq ft)
$3 million
INVESTMENT PAYBACK:
2 years
FIRST-YEAR INSTALLATION AND
SOFTWARE COSTS:
ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS WITH EMIS:
$0.08/sq ft$0.02/sq ft
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In total, 32 organizations received recognition, across
several categories. EMIS are ‘enabling’ technologies,
and maximizing their benefits is dependent upon
how they are integrated with organizational practices.
The organizations recognized by the Campaign
demonstrated leadership in effectively installing
new EMIS, establishing an array of best practice
management approaches, and moving beyond well-
established uses toward greater innovation.
Taken as a whole, the Campaign data and the
stories in this Showcase illustrate a maturing market
for EMIS, with a wide range of tools being deployed
successfully at scale. Over the past decade EMIS have
moved from being a niche tool with great potential
to being an essential energy management tool for
leading organizations to improve building performance,
enhance occupant comfort, and achieve aggressive
carbon reduction goals.
The examples in this Showcase are presented under
three main headings:
Getting Started with EMIS
Best Practices
Innovation
More details on the Campaign Toolkit and a full list
of all organizations recognized by the Campaign can be
found on pages 15–17 in this Showcase.
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INTRODUCTION
Getting Started
O
nce you’ve decided that you want to access
the energy and cost savings achievable by
installing an EMIS, it can be daunting to decide
on the right tool and get your organization up and
running. This section summarizes helpful insights from
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign participants as they
installed their EMIS:
Start with good data
Kick o with a pilot to avoid overload
Combine with other eorts like commissioning
Consider EMIS as enhancing sta capabilities
Start with a specific goal in mind
Consider using third parties to manage risk
Start with good data
Everything starts with good data. All the owners in the
Campaign installed an EMIS to bring greater visibility
to their building operations. In particular, Carleton
College, like many large campuses, focused on
“taming the data beast” as their first step: electricity
(a combination of interval and monthly meters),
natural gas, fuel oil, wind turbine generation, solar
PV generation, steam production, condensate return,
After EIS review, the Energy Team follows up by
studying equipment operation using the building
automation system or querying building occupants to
identify causes of anomalies.
In addition to the regular EIS review cycles, Carleton’s
Energy Team (which includes 2–3 student team
members, the Maintenance Manager, and the Energy
Manager) periodically leverages measurement and
verification capabilities in the EIS to track return on
investment for projects.
From Insights to Action
The most critical element of any EIS is the action taken
in response to the analytics. Carleton’s early phase of
EIS installation focused on meter audits and picking off
the “low hanging fruit” energy conservation measures
that can bring considerable savings:
■ Carleton uses its EIS to support existing building
commissioning at 3–6 buildings per year — a best
practice that typically saves 5%–15% of whole
building energy use.
■ Lighting timers, LED fixtures, and occupancy sensors
have been the most common upgrades, followed by
the addition of variable frequency drives, demand
control ventilation, and duct static pressure resets.
One additional benefit beyond direct energy savings is
the use of energy data in college classes as a hands-on
way to help engage students with building system
performance and energy efficiency.
Since implementing its EIS workflow process in 2016,
Carleton has taken practical steps to see that its EIS is a
core element of energy management practices. As a
result, it has started reaping the rewards through better
operations management.
We engage students in our energy management
team, giving them real-world experience analyzing
data and identifying opportunities.
- Martha Larson, Manager of Campus Energy and
Sustainability
The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public-private sector partnership program focused on commercially
available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning practices.
The Campaign couples technical assistance with qualitative and quantitative data collection to inform research,
development, and field study priorities. Partnering participants are encouraged to share their progress and may
receive national recognition for implementations that achieve significant energy savings.
Carleton uses EIS time series charts to identify unusual nighttime patterns, oscillations, spikes,
and other signs of suboptimal building system performance.
Carleton uses EIS time series charts to identify unusual nighttime patterns, oscillations, spikes,
and other signs of suboptimal building system performance.
After EIS review, the Energy Team follows up by
studying equipment operation using the building
automation system or querying building occupants to
identify causes of anomalies.
In addition to the regular EIS review cycles, Carleton’s
Energy Team (which includes 2–3 student team
members, the Maintenance Manager, and the Energy
Manager) periodically leverages measurement and
verification capabilities in the EIS to track return on
investment for projects.
From Insights to Action
The most critical element of any EIS is the action taken
in response to the analytics. Carleton’s early phase of
EIS installation focused on meter audits and picking off
the “low hanging fruit” energy conservation measures
that can bring considerable savings:
■ Carleton uses its EIS to support existing building
commissioning at 3–6 buildings per year — a best
practice that typically saves 5%–15% of whole
building energy use.
■ Lighting timers, LED fixtures, and occupancy sensors
have been the most common upgrades, followed by
the addition of variable frequency drives, demand
control ventilation, and duct static pressure resets.
One additional benefit beyond direct energy savings is
the use of energy data in college classes as a hands-on
way to help engage students with building system
performance and energy efficiency.
Since implementing its EIS workflow process in 2016,
Carleton has taken practical steps to see that its EIS is a
core element of energy management practices. As a
result, it has started reaping the rewards through better
operations management.
We engage students in our energy management
team, giving them real-world experience analyzing
data and identifying opportunities.
- Martha Larson, Manager of Campus Energy and
Sustainability
The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public-private sector partnership program focused on commercially
available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning practices.
The Campaign couples technical assistance with qualitative and quantitative data collection to inform research,
development, and field study priorities. Partnering participants are encouraged to share their progress and may
receive national recognition for implementations that achieve significant energy savings.
Carleton uses EIS time series charts to identify unusual nighttime patterns, oscillations, spikes,
and other signs of suboptimal building system performance.
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GETTING STARTED
and domestic water were all targeted for Carleton’s
EIS program. Considerable effort and time were
invested in pulling all these data (135 meters and
120 utility accounts) into a reliable database that
could feed into an energy information system (EIS).
Once they had data they could trust, they were able
to leverage a range of analytics to support their
energy management team’s daily, weekly, and annual
operations and maintenance (O&M) practices.
Kick o with a pilot to avoid overload
A large portfolio generates millions of data points on
system performance and energy consumption. Given
the risk of data overload when getting started with
EMIS, it’s strongly recommended to begin the process
with a pilot. If you own or manage a large portfolio,
this may mean starting with a single building; if you
own a single building, it may mean initially focusing on
specific systems with known performance issues.
University of Utah Health started out with a single-
building fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) pilot in
2018. With the support of a third-party engineering
firm, they were able to hone their internal energy
management processes to take advantage of the FDD
analytics capabilities and reduce energy consumption
University of Utah Health uses FDD visualization to identify excessive energy use [1], monitor the necessary operational
improvements [2], and verify and maintain the optimized performance [3]
1. Excessive energy use identified 2. Control improvements implemented
3. Optimized operation
by 10% in just one year. Building on that success,
University of Utah Health is now embarking on an
expansion of their FDD installation to more than a
dozen buildings.
Combine with other eorts like commissioning
Combining EMIS installation with an existing building
commissioning (EBCx) project is another way to
support a successful initial implementation of EMIS.
In 2018 the facilities staff at Kerry’s Technology and
Innovation Center in Beloit, Wisconsin, decided they
needed a better view into how heating, ventilation,
and air conditioning (HVAC) systems were operating at
their 320,000 sq. ft. office/laboratory/manufacturing
facility. Installing FDD software appealed to Kerry as a
way to make it easier for their small facilities team to
address building automation system (BAS) data review
challenges. With the help of FDD software they found
systems that weren’t well-controlled, were wasting
energy, or were in need of repair. The facilities team
was planning an EBCx project as they began learning
about FDD. They worked with their commissioning
provider to combine those efforts and achieve energy
savings, and then use their EMIS to dig for even
deeper savings in the long term.
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Consider EMIS as enhancing sta capabilities
Kerry’s experiences reinforce the notion that EMIS is
a tool for boosting the capabilities of your staff rather
than replacing them. The same staff, equipped with
analytics, can shift their efforts toward value-adding
activities like energy reduction, proactive maintenance,
and addressing operational issues before they show
up as occupant comfort complaints.
Start with a specific goal in mind
With such a broad range of functionality available
it can very helpful to start out with a specific goal
in mind when considering installing an EMIS. When
Clise Properties, Inc. discovered that peak electric
Clise Properties, Inc.’s EIS dashboard helps operations staff identify and track energy-saving actions
Optimal Start
Clise Properties’ EIS includes a ‘heat map’ that displays
energy intensity at the whole building level over
multiple weeks (figure below). It shows a substantial
reduction in power consumption beginning when
schedules were reconfigured to include optimal start
programming, which delayed start time by two hours.
Weather-normalized Savings
Measuring Energy Savings
While Clise Properties corrects system issues and tests
new controls strategies, they are using their EIS to
measure savings and determine the impact of the new
strategies. In the first quarter of 2018, they realized
$17,000 in energy cost savings.
With the regression model generated by the EIS to
normalize for weather variations, operations staff can
observe electric energy consumption changes per day
against the baseline energy use. No longer does the
operations team wait a month or more for the utility
bills; they now have access to real-time feedback on
changes or adjustments that have been made to the
systems.
Building on their initial success, Clise is constantly
looking for ways to improve. Whether looking to reduce
demand charges and energy use or improve tenant
comfort, Clise has a suite of tools to help them see what
was previously invisible.
Clise Properties’ EIS dashboard helps operations staff track the results of energy-saving actions
The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public-private sector partnership program focused on commercially
available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning practices.
The campaign couples technical assistance with qualitative and quantitative data collection to inform research,
development, and field study priorities. Partnering participants are encouraged to share their progress and may
receive national recognition for implementations that demonstrate exemplary practices.
Delayed start
demand charges had almost doubled in the space
of a few years, they saw a strong need for a tool to
manage and reduce those costs. Using their EIS they
were able to identify exactly when they were reaching
their demand peak each day, and with some controls
modifications have been able to reduce their peak
demand during morning warm-up. The EIS enabled
the size and time of the peak, as well as total energy
usage, to be closely tracked and analyzed. Once Clise
was familiar with their tool and had reaped significant
early benefits ($17,000 savings in the first quarter
after implementing their EIS), they started to explore
the additional benefits that could be achieved using
their tool’s FDD functionality.
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Consider using third parties to manage risk
Despite a rapidly growing body of research
demonstrating the benefits and cost-effectiveness
of EMIS, it can still be challenging for an energy
manager to convince senior management to invest in
analytics when there are many competing priorities
for building owners’ annual budgets. Swedish Medical
Center and Universal Health Services are examples
of organizations that took a creative approach to
managing EMIS investment risks. They procured their
FDD through third-party service providers who helped
implement improvements and provided assurance of
savings. This type of arrangement is well-established
for major capital investment projects, but is a
relatively new development for EMIS/MBCx. Both
Swedish Medical and Universal Health Services have
since expanded their FDD installations to additional
buildings, built on their initial success with the
service provider-led use of their FDD software.
The idea that the faults can be pushed
to us instead of us needing to search
for them convinced us to move forward
with installing an FDD tool. We have a
small team on site and the faster we can
find issues, the more quickly we can get
them solved.
– James Swarthout, Facility Manager, Kerry
In 2018, the facilities staff at Kerry, Inc. decided that
they needed a better view into how their HVAC systems
were operating at their 320,000 sq ft facility. Installing
fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) software appealed
to Kerry since their facilities team is small and there’s
not much time to review data in their building
automation system (BAS). When they had time to
review the BAS, they found systems that weren’t in
control and wasting energy or in need of repair.
The facilities team was planning to retrocommission
(RCx) their building as they began learning about FDD
and building analytics. They worked with their
commissioning provider to roll those efforts together to
achieve energy savings and get better data in the
process. The team learned that installing FDD would
help them find and correct these issues more efficiently
than the manual methods they had been using.
Kerry, Inc. decided to install cloud-based FDD software
to detect faults in their air handlers, chilled water and
boiler systems, and VAV boxes. Additionally, they are
adding whole building energy and water metering as
well as twelve submeters so they can better understand
where energy is consumed. Adding the FDD software
was key to extracting usable information from their
data and moving the organization towards a
monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) process.
y
Kerry, Inc.
What is FDD?
Fault Detection and Diagnostic (FDD) software
identifies buildings with suboptimal performance
by analyzing building automation system (BAS)
data. FDD is one type of energy management and
information system (EMIS).
Quick Facts
Location: Beloit, Wisconsin
Building type: Office, lab, manufacturing
Floor area with EMIS: 320,000 sq ft
Commissioning provider: Environmental Systems
Design, Inc.
EMIS Tool: BuildPulse
FDD Use: During retrocommissioning and ongoing
The idea that the faults can be pushed to us
instead of us needing to search for them
convinced us to move forward with installing an
FDD tool.
- James Swarthout, Facility Manager
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign: Recognition for New Installation of FDD
Kerry, Inc. was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Dept. of Energy at the Building
Commissioning Association Conference in October 2018 for their work to bring FDD into their operations.
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Best Practices
L
ong-term success with EMIS requires integration of
the technology with an organization’s operational
practices. EMIS is a tool, and like any other
tool, it needs to be well used to get the best results.
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign participants have
shown that EMIS, applied consistently, helps evolve
an organization’s operations from reactive to proactive
mode. This section highlights the following examples
of EMIS management best practices demonstrated by
Campaign participants:
Monitoring-based commissioning
Link EMIS to a work order system
Integrate EMIS with regular meetings
Leverage EMIS to maintain management
support
Use EMIS analytics to make energy waste visible
Use EMIS in newly-construction buildings
Create public dashboards to raise energy
awareness
Monitoring-based commissioning
Monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) provides
a structured approach to identifying, resolving, and
verifying operational improvements. It is a powerful way
to ensure that identified opportunities are acted upon,
and is an example of a best practice process that
takes full advantage of EMIS functionality. Whether
using a third-party commissioning firm or managing the
process in-house, MBCx supports operator training,
improved documentation, enhanced comfort, and
direct cost savings. Further, it’s not simply a case of
fixing problems and then maintaining what you have
achieved. California State University Dominguez Hills
reaped annual energy cost savings of $100,000 in
the first wave of their MBCx program, then six months
later they went deeper and uncovered opportunities for
another $100,000 in savings. FDD has been critical in
achieving and maintaining those savings.
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BEST PRACTICES
In 2017, the University of Iowa (UI) implemented fault
detection and diagnostics (FDD) software at 20
buildings to help them move from reactive to planned
and predictive facility operations. UI’s efforts have
shown impressive results this past year, with 9%
average energy savings since the installation of the FDD
tool mid-year. Additionally, the four buildings with the
most focused efforts achieved 13%-24% savings since
implementing the FDD response process.
University of Iowa’s facilities team has complex and
unique building systems across campus, so they wanted
a flexible FDD solution that would allow for
customization. They also wanted to focus their in-house
resources on what they do best: maintenance,
engineering, and troubleshooting of their mechanical
systems. UI leveraged a service provider to set up the
FDD software analytics and map data point connections
within their building automation systems (BAS). The
FDD installation went smoothly, taking 3 months to get
analytics running with relatively little involvement from
campus staff.
UI’s Analytic Response Group meets each morning to
prioritize, plan, and coordinate the response to the FDD
software’s recommendations. Their efforts have
focused on making good maintenance decisions based
on data rather than institutional knowledge and
responding to emergencies.
Building Analytics S
uccess Story
University of Iowa
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign: Recognition for Best Practices in the Use of FDD
The University of Iowa was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Dept. of Energy in
May 2018 for their exemplary work to save energy through the use of FDD.
What is FDD?
Fault Detection and Diagnostic (FDD) software
identifies buildings with suboptimal performance
by analyzing building automation system (BAS)
data. FDD is one type of energy management and
information system (EMIS).
Quick Facts
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Building type: University Campus
Floor area with EMIS: 2,700,000 sq ft
Total buildings with EMIS: 20
Energy savings: 9% annual savings at 14 buildings
that had FDD installed for 7 months
Service provider: KGS Clockworks
EMIS Tools: KGS Clockworks Building Analytics
(and OSISoft Pi for EIS)
We saved $780,000 in energy cost in the first year
and had 24% of work orders generated by FDD—
helping us transition the organization from
reactive to proactive mode.
- Katie Rossmann
Manager, Data Analytics and Commissioning
Faults Leads to Insights
UI’s FDD software analyzes 49,000 points at 5-minute
intervals, pulling data from four different BAS. With
support from vendors, UI has also done an exemplary
job integrating their FDD system outputs with their
computerized maintenance management system
(CMMS). Through this process, they track work orders
generated by the FDD and monitor fault resolution.
Rather than view faults as a failure of their maintenance
process, UI has the mindset that faults will always arise,
and they plan to catch them with aid of their FDD tool.
Faults detected through FDD are generally not the type
needing immediate attention, but rather, issues that
allow for planned and scheduled maintenance.
Pilot Helps to Hone Strategy
Prior to implementing FDD at 20 buildings, UI tested
their approach through a one-building pilot. This
approach created a specialized learning environment
that helped the team avoid potential pitfalls in a
broader roll out. UI was able to leverage these lessons
learned to generate an RFP and select an FDD partner
who could help them accomplish their newly refined
goals.
The University of Iowa incorporated lessons learned
from their pilot into their larger FDD implementation:
■ BAS point tagging and FDD rules development was
time consuming during the pilot, so UI added these
activities to the vendor scope of work
■ Prioritization based on cost, comfort and
maintenance impact is critical to avoid information
overload
■ Work order system integration was key to embedding
FDD into UI’s organizational process
University of Iowa’s planning and patience is now
reaping significant rewards - and growing as they
onboard 29 more buildings with FDD in 2018.
The Analytic Response Group meets daily to
review FDD results and troubleshoot issues
together – this has been key to our success
- Tom Moore, Senior Manager, Building
Operations & Maintenance
University of Iowa’s integration of FDD with their work order software has been crucial to success
The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public
-
private sector partnership program focused on commercially
available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning practices.
The campaign couples technical assistance with qualitative and quantitative data collection to inform research,
development, and field study priorities. Partnering participants are encouraged to share their progress and may
receive national recognition for implementations that demonstrate exemplary practices.
1. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
University of Iowa’s work order summary dashboard supports proactive O&M practices
We saved $780,000 in energy
cost in the first year and
had 24% of work orders
generated by FDD — helping
us transition the organization
from reactive to proactive
mode.
– Katie Rossmann, Manager,
Building Analytics and Ongoing
Commissioning, University of Iowa
Link EMIS to a work order system
Linking an EMIS to a computerized maintenance
management system (CMMS) is a reliable way to
support fault resolution that is fully integrated with
daily maintenance practices. The University of Iowa
(UI) is one organization that has embraced this
integration approach with their FDD tool, and saw
$780,000 in energy cost savings within 12 months. In
addition to helping resolve critical issues, UI uses their
FDD tool’s CMMS integration to help with resource
planning; work orders for urgent operational issues
must be addressed immediately, but the FDD tool also
identifies less critical issues that can be added to
longer term planned maintenance schedules.
Integrate EMIS with regular meetings
UI’s Analytics Response Group meets each morning
to prioritize, plan, and coordinate the response
to their FDD software’s recommendations. Their
efforts have led to data-driven decision-making
rather than decisions based on gut feel or response
to emergencies. Results from the Smart Energy
Analytics Campaign show that integrating analytics
with ongoing operational processes through regular
meetings is a significant enabler for successful
outcomes from analytics. Whether it’s daily, weekly,
or monthly meetings, a regular schedule helps to
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BEST PRACTICES
Kaiser Permanente’s Impact Report summarizes analytics results (developed in Microsoft Power BI utilizing FDD data)
Top-down support and
corporate-level energy
goals have been critical
to the success of our FDD
deployment.
– Gary Mullaney, Senior Energy
Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
integrate analytics into an organization as opposed to
considering it an occasional add-on tool for projects or
when time is available.
Leverage EMIS to maintain management support
Moving from the mechanical room to the board
room, getting financial commitment from upper
management can be key to any energy efficiency
investment, and EMIS is no exception. Beyond the
initial EMIS investment, ongoing resources are
needed to resolve the issues uncovered, manage
building analytics, and cover software subscription
costs. A well-crafted portfolio-level dashboard can
be a powerful management communication tool
for reporting progress on an EMIS roll-out, ongoing
energy and cost impacts, site-level engagement, and
other metrics. Many EMIS have portfolio dashboard
options, and organizations can also choose to pull
EMIS data into custom-built reporting platforms, as
Kaiser Permanente has done. Kaiser Permanente’s
Impact Report dashboard provides the right level of
information to decision-makers in a simple graphical
format, which supports continuous improvement as
they roll-out FDD across their portfolio.
Monitoring-Based Commissioning Process
With at least one champion per medical center campus,
Kaiser Permanente uses a distributed team approach to
implement monitoring-based commissioning. Although
hospitals operate independently, the hospital-level
champions meet monthly to coordinate FDD
implementation. The champion is the lead for
reviewing faults on a weekly basis through the following
process:
■ Starting with faults with highest estimated impact,
the champion reviews the data and equipment to
confirm the diagnosis, then creates a work order to fix
the issue.
■ In some cases, this process uncovers a false positive.
The FDD vendor is contacted to discuss how the
diagnostic can be fine-tuned. In this way, the team
continuously improves the fault identification process.
■ The champion tracks task status, resolution, and sums
the avoided energy cost from the FDD program to
provide visibility on results for the executive level.
FDD for New Investments
Since new buildings don’t always meet their modeled
energy performance, Kaiser Permanente now requires
at least a year of FDD implementation in all new
building construction projects and plant maintenance
projects with significant building controls related work.
They use the FDD software to ensure that their capital
investments are being properly commissioned and
integrated into existing facilities. In the long term,
Kaiser Permanente plans to equip their entire portfolio
(over 600 facilities spanning 50 million square feet) with
FDD software.
Our small national team is helping establish the
rules and tools for energy management – we
started with centralized monitoring of utilities,
and now we are supporting a roll-out of FDD.
- Dave Lockhart, Support Services Administrator
Kaiser Permanente’s impact report summarizes results (developed in Microsoft Power BI utilizing FDD data)
The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public-private sector partnership program focused on commercially
available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning practices.
The campaign couples technical assistance with qualitative and quantitative data collection to inform research,
development, and field study priorities. Partnering participants are encouraged to share their progress and may
receive national recognition for implementations that demonstrate exemplary practices.
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2. METHODOLOGY
Use EMIS analytics to make energy waste visible
Modern commercial buildings are becoming ever-
more complex, and EMIS can be a valuable tool for
managing that complexity. For example, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise (in partnership with ISS Facilities
Services) had several buildings with water-side
economizers installed, but operation had been so
challenging and unreliable that the equipment wasn’t
being used. FDD software was useful for estimating
the energy impact of resolving the water-side
economizer issue (based on actual chilled water plant
data), and the continuous FDD analytics capability
gave operators more confidence that they could
maintain the economizers once they were restored to
operation. This process convinced the O&M teams
that it was worth the effort to get the systems up and
running. Some of the chilled water systems had an
estimated $35,000 per year in energy savings from
integrating their water-side economizers.
Use EMIS in newly-construction buildings
All the examples cited so far have involved applications
of EMIS for buildings that have been in operation
for many years. However, EMIS can offer significant
benefits even for newly constructed facilities. Salt
Lake City designed their Public Safety Building to
achieve net-zero energy performance, but after a
year of operation the building wasn’t performing to
its maximum capability. Systems were operating to
original design specifications, but actual electricity and
natural gas usage was higher than expected for the
net-zero design. To reach performance targets, the Salt
Lake City energy team initiated an MBCx project using
FDD. Optimizing control of the air handlers, chilled
beams, and radiant floors contributed to an overall
57% reduction in natural gas consumption from the
MBCx project, and demonstrated the benefits of EMIS
for newly-constructed buildings.
Create public dashboards to raise energy
awareness
Another best practice when deploying EMIS is to
leverage the analytics in sharing relevant data with
occupants and the public. This keeps occupants
aware of energy-saving initiatives, demonstrates
an organization’s commitment to transparency and
improved building performance, and drives greater
accountability for continuous improvement. The
Commonwealth of Kentucky has developed a
public dashboard built upon their portfolio-wide
EMIS platform. Users can check consumption and
energy savings for 860 buildings across the state
using the Energy Savings Dashboard. With statewide
energy savings of almost 10% the Commonwealth
of Kentucky is well on the way to meeting its
aggressive long-term goals.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Energy Savings Dashboard is a valuable tool for promoting energy awareness among
building occupants and the general public.
Key Management Practices
Kentucky uses the CEMCS to drive three key approaches
to energy management:
■ Routine data review: CEMCS analytics are reviewed
weekly, with the MBCx service provider supplying
recommendations for improvements.
■ Work order management: Connection of the CEMCS
to the state’s work order management system
supports follow-up and implementation of findings.
■ Savings tracking: Implemented projects are displayed
in the CEMCS to correlate completion with savings.
Beyond the internal management approach, Kentucky
also provides a comprehensive public dashboard
displaying energy consumption, costs, and savings.
Systems-Based Approach
Kentucky’s analytics approach is to monitor system
summary metrics, then drill down to equipment details
as problems are uncovered. This approach helps avoid
the overload that can happen when tracking multiple
fault types across all systems in over a thousand
buildings. While some buildings will need new
equipment, the first goal is to optimize existing
equipment and controls by improving sequences of
operation and automation, and upgrading equipment
when retrofits are cost-effective.
Bringing CEMCS to New Construction
Kentucky brings new construction projects into the
CEMCS as early as possible, to get detailed information
on how the building is running so corrective actions can
be taken during the warranty period. They have also
established a standard for data collection for all new
BAS installation work to ensure that CEMCS data input
needs are met. The standard addresses BAS points that
must be trended, point naming conventions, and data
collection frequency. The goal is to have a better
specification leading to streamlined controls delivery,
recognizing the first year of operation will shake out the
problems which are identified quickly using the CEMCS.
Developing a comprehensive EMIS incorporating BAS
trends, meter data, a public dashboard, and connection
to a work order system is a significant achievement.
Now that the 2016 expansion is fully operational,
Kentucky is planning further expansion of the CEMCS.
Kentucky’s EIS dashboard is used to engage the public, compare building benchmarks, and track energy and cost savings.
The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public-private sector partnership program focused on commercially
available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and monitoring-based commissioning practices.
The campaign couples technical assistance with qualitative and quantitative data collection to inform research,
development, and field study priorities. Partnering participants are encouraged to share their progress and may
receive national recognition for implementations that demonstrate exemplary practices.
The entire CEMCS effort has changed how
Kentucky handles construction and controls
implementation.
-Andrew Carter, CEMCS Program Manager
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BEST PRACTICES
E
mploying foundational best practices when using
EMIS has been shown to generate significant
long-term savings. From that foundation, leading
organizations are striving to reach higher through innovative
uses of the data and platforms they have established.
This section discusses examples from organizations who
have demonstrated innovative uses of EMIS, including:
Integration of an occupant engagement platform
with EMIS
Use of EMIS to support energy savings
competitions
Development of custom energy performance
metrics
Leveraging internal resources for EMIS
development
Monitoring Wi-Fi connections as a proxy for
building occupancy
Application of EMIS to manufacturing processes
Integration of an occupant engagement
platform with EMIS
Using EMIS to actively engage building occupants is
an innovative approach to help owners reach those
often elusive occupant-driven savings. The energy
management team at the University of California, Davis,
Innovation
UC Davis “TherMOOstat” occupant engagement platform
Berkeley Lab | EMIS Applications Showcase
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INNOVATION
built an occupant engagement tool to complement their
campus-wide EIS. The online platform, “TherMOOstat,”
enables occupants to “vote” in real time on building
temperature conditions, and compiles all feedback into
a color-coded campus map that highlights temperature
control issues. With so much data and analytics
available through the EMIS, this type of engagement
tool can help users prioritize areas for action; UC
Davis’ energy management team can review the
occupant feedback and use their EIS to analyze energy
consumption trends for problem buildings (and FDD
where installed).
Higher education, comprising over 30% of Campaign
participants, is a market sector taking a strong lead
with EMIS. Stanford University Residential & Dining
Enterprises took their occupant engagement to the
next level using an EIS. A student energy-saving
competition targeting the low-occupancy period
over winter break achieved a 17% energy reduction
by driving energy-saving behavior and sharing the
results tallied by their EIS. They also addressed a
common challenge with dining facilities: while many
buildings’ energy consumption can be normalized
by readily available weather data or building area,
dining facilities’ energy consumption is driven by meal
production volume. To address this issue, Stanford’s
EIS is configured to monitor an innovative metric —
“energy cost per meal” — to further raise awareness
of consumption. As a result of these and other EMIS
initiatives, Stanford has gone from “just paying the
bills” to proactively monitoring consumption and
motivating occupants to drive energy-saving actions.
When Macalester College decided to introduce
an EIS, they took an innovative approach to the
development process. After installing submeters
across the campus, a computer science student was
tasked with developing a user-friendly real-time EIS
dashboard in partnership with campus stakeholders.
Macalester’s EIS is helping them identify energy
savings opportunities and track progress toward long-
term goals, while also engaging students actively in the
process. Early data showed 5% electric savings across
26 buildings equipped with Macalester’s EIS. Many
Building Analytics Success Story
Stanford University Residential & Dining Enterprises
Just a few years ago, Stanford University’s Residential
and Dining Enterprises could not track utility
consumption in a meaningful way. With 2,000 utility
accounts across three different utility providers and no
software to monitor consumption, it was a challenge to
manage. Stanford was ‘just paying the bills,’ a scenario
that is all too common. This changed when they added
hundreds of meters and an energy information system
(EIS) to track utilities and locate savings opportunities.
To get their EIS up and running, Stanford connected all
energy, water, and waste data - 963 meters, including
375 electric interval meters. Through this process, they
focused on data quality so the meter data could be
trusted. Stanford uses their EIS in the following ways:
■ Review daily, monthly and annual energy, waste and
water use trends and targets for groups of similar
buildings such as dining halls, undergraduate dorms and
apartment style residences.
■ Track the performance of efficiency projects and
behavioral change programs with students.
■ Use ‘heat map’ charts to identify periods of
unnecessary operation sing the heat map function
By creating a systematic way to review key performance
indicators and analytics in the EIS, the university has
saved $450,000 across their portfolio.
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign: Recognition for New Installation of EIS in a Portfolio
Stanford Residence and Dining Enterprises was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S.
Dept. of Energy during the Building Commissioning Association conference in October 2018 for their exemplary
work to save energy using an EIS.
What is an EIS?
An EIS is a combination of software, data
acquisition, and communication systems used to
store, analyze, and display building energy meter
data on an hourly or more frequent basis. EIS is
one type of energy management and information
system (EMIS).
Quick Facts
Location: Stanford, CA
Building type: University residences and dining
Floor area with EMIS: 4.9 million sq ft, 315
facilities
Energy savings: 4% chilled water, 5% electric, 9%
hot water, 10% gas for $451k in cost savings in the
first year.
EIS Software: Lucid BuildingOS
We have over 50 individuals responsible for
building management that had never seen any
consumption information. With EIS, now we can
all be utility managers.
Kristin Parineh
Sustainability & Utilities Manager
We have over 50 individuals
responsible for building
management that had never
seen any consumption
information. With EIS,
now we can all be utility
managers.
– Kristin Parineh, Sustainability &
Utilities Manager, Stanford University
higher education institutions (and some high schools)
often have “living lab” connections between operations
and research/engineering faculty; EMIS provides a
solid foundation to capitalize on those connections.
Another educational institution, Pomona College,
is pushing the boundaries of EMIS in a different way.
Building occupancy levels can have a significant
impact on energy use and are also key to optimizing
system control strategies. Real-time data on buildings’
occupancy, however, is very rare, and can raise valid
concerns around protecting individuals’ personal data.
Pomona College is exploring the use of Wi-Fi data as
a proxy for building occupancy; tracking and analyzing
the number of Wi-Fi connections can be used to infer
occupancy levels, without needing to collect any
information on who is connected or the data that are
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INNOVATION
being transferred over the network. Importing real-
time Wi-Fi connection data into the EMIS can support
improved control sequences and more accurate
measurement and verification of energy savings.
Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company, saw
the benefits of adding FDD to their operations
management processes beyond the typical facility
types in which FDD is deployed. After successfully
launching their FDD efforts on office and lab facilities,
Amgen decided to expand to their manufacturing
facilities. Installing FDD for manufacturing is relatively
rare, but Amgen is successfully using analytics to
track key performance indicators (KPIs) in wastewater
treatment plant operations. The use of FDD is a key
element of Amgen’s long-term strategy for meeting
carbon reduction goals.
With ambitious 2020 carbon reduction targets, Amgen
has been driven to transform its energy management
practices and become more data-centric and holistic. As
a key element of its Smart and Integrated Facilities
(SAIF) program, Amgen started using fault detection &
diagnostics (FDD) software in 2016. While application of
FDD for office and lab facilities is becoming more
common, Amgen looked to push the envelope by also
deploying FDD for their manufacturing facilities.
Amgen’s FDD software pulls data in near-real time from
their most energy-intensive systems:
■ Central chilled water systems
■ Cooling towers
■ Central steam boilers and distribution systems
■ HVAC Systems
■ Heating hot water systems
■ Air handlers
■ Central compressed air systems
■ Water treatment system
Once operational data is imported into the FDD
software, Amgen has access to automated analytics and
lists of improvement opportunities prioritized based on
cost, comfort and maintenance impacts. Since Amgen
started implementing FDD they have been honing their
data management and internal processes to maximize
the benefits and, critically, ensure that the data
analytics drives follow up action.
Building Analytics Success Story
Amgen
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign: Recognition for Innovation in the Use of FDD
Amgen was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Dept. of Energy in May 2019 for
their exemplary work to save energy using a fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) system.
What is FDD?
Fault Detection and Diagnostic (FDD) software
identifies buildings with suboptimal performance
by analyzing building automation system (BAS)
data. FDD is one type of energy management and
information system (EMIS).
You cannot improve what is not measured.
Continuous improvement comes from continuous
monitoring. These are the pillars used to develop
Amgen’s SAIF platform.
- Aditi Joshi, Sr Energy Engineer, Amgen
Quick Facts
Location: Portfolio across 3 US states, Ireland,
Singapore, and Puerto Rico
Building type: Office, lab, and manufacturing
Floor area with EMIS: 6.5 million sq ft
Total buildings with EMIS: 6 campuses
Energy savings: 5% whole facility energy savings
(based on 3 locations reporting)
EMIS Tool: KGS Clockworks
MBCx Service Provider: KGS Buildings
Standardizing the
visualization of global
site utility data facilitates
decision-making and is key
to measuring Amgen’s global
carbon reduction.
– Tom Spooner, Director, Amgen, Inc.
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INNOVATION
Campaign Toolkit
Examples of resources available from the Campaign Toolkit:
Proving the Business Case for
Building Analytics
EMIS Specification and
Procurement Support Materials
Monitoring-Based Commissioning
(MBCx) Plan Template
Success stories for 24 organizations recognized by the Campaign
Proving the
Business
Case for
Building
Analytics
Results from scaled implementation
of Energy Management and Information
Systems, as documented by the
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY &
URBAN SYSTEMS DIVISION
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PREPARED BY:
Hannah Kramer, Guanjing Lin, Claire Curtin,
Eliot Crowe, and Jessica Granderson
PREPARED FOR:
Amy Jiron and Cedar Blazek, U.S. Depar tment of Energy
October 2020
Five years ago, Kaiser Permanente set a new vision for
how they use energy at their facilities nationwide – to
achieve carbon neutrality in 2020. The cornerstone of
their plan is to reduce their facility energy use as much
as possible by implementing data analytics. Then they
install fuel cells and solar photovoltaics to get ever
closer to achievi ng their carbon neutral goal.
In 2015, Kaiser Permanente implemented a 4-site pilot
of fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) software to test
their building optimization approach. The FDD analysis
identified energy savings that would repay the cost of
the pilot in less than six months. Since then, Kaiser
Permanente expanded their FDD implementation to 69
buildings covering 7 million sq ft. Over 100,000 building
automation system points across the sites are being
monitored by their FDD software; including over 10,000
zones, 1,200 fans, 450 air handlers and 60 chillers.
Prior to deploying FDD, Kaiser Permanente has
monitored monthly energy bills through an energy
information sy stem (EIS) and benchmarked their
facilities through ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.
The team led a program to review energy use, perform
ASHRAE Level 1 audi ts, and capture savings to reinvest
and build momentum towards FDD. Their FDD software
analyzes building automation system data to determine
energy performance, maintenance, and comfort issues
and automaticall y quantifies the cost of energy waste.
Building Analytics Success Story
Kaiser Permanente
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign: Energy Performance using FDD in a Portfolio
Kaiser Permanente was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Dept. of Energy in May
2019 for their exemplary work to save energy through the use of EMIS.
What is FDD?
Fault Detection and Diagnostic (FDD) software
identifies buildings with suboptimal performance
by analyzing building automation system (BAS)
data. FDD is one type of energy management and
information sy stem (EMIS).
Quick Facts
Location: National Portfolio
Building type: Healthcare
Floor area with EMIS: 7 million sq ft
Total buildings with EMIS: 69 buildings
Energy savings: 12% average energy savings at
seven locations
FDD Tool: KGS Clockworks
MBCx Service Provider: KGS Buildings
EIS Tool: ENGIE Insight (monthly data)
Top-down support and corporate-level energy
goals have been critical to the success of our FDD
deployment.
- Gary Mullaney, Senior Energy Consultant
In 2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) embarked on
a fault detection an d diagnostics (FDD) pilot
implemented by their facilities management provider,
ISS Facilities Services (ISS). The team learned a lot from
the pilot program and received the the green light to
expand FDD in the portfolio. The primary goal was
energy savings and getting a good return on
investment, however additional benefits emerged. FDD
led to reduced hot/cold calls and improved
maintenance efficiencies as the team went deeper into
using FDD in an ongoing, monitoring-based
commissioning (MBCx) process.
ISS chose an FDD vendor that worked with them to map
most of the BAS points at each of HPE’s sites so they
could run diagnostics on most HVAC equipment at 5
minute intervals. The vendor installed the FDD
software according to HPE’s system configuration and
controls strategies to diagnose dozens of HVAC issues.
Using FDD, the team discovered issues such as
scheduling air handlers off when zones were
unoccupied, minimizing simultaneous heating and
cooling, and identifying broken valves and sensors. But
FDD is not only keeping tabs on things that aren’t
working, the software also recommended operational
improvements. For example, the need to add VFDs and
implement temperature and pressure reset control
strategies. Prioritizing the work based on estimated
energy cost for each fault has been key.
Building Analytics Success Story
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign Recognition: Best Practice using FDD in a Portfolio
Hewlett Packard Enterprise in partnership wi th ISS Facility Solutions was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and the U.S. Dept. of Energy in May 2019 for their exemplary work to save energy using EMIS.
What is FDD?
Fault Detection and Diagnostic (FDD) software
identifies buildings with suboptimal performance
by analyzing building automation system (BAS)
data. FDD is one type of energy management and
information system (EMIS).
Quick Facts
EMIS locations: Colorado, Massachusetts,
Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico
Building type: Office, lab, data center
Floor area with EMIS: 2 million sq ft
Total buildings with EMIS: 15 buildings at 5 sites
Energy savings: 9% energy savings at 1 site
reporting
FDD Tool: KGS Clockworks
MBCx Service Provid er: ISS Facilities Services
EIS Tool: ENGIE Insight (monthly data)
FDD is a great opportunity for facilities
management companies. In the future it will be part
of the standard service package - you will need to
have an FDD solution.
- Jeremy Macdonald, Director, ISS Facilities Services
in partnership with
Energy Management
Information Systems
(EMIS) Specification and
Procurement Support
Materials
OCTOBER 2020
Monitoring-Based Commissioning
(MBCx) Plan Template
Hannah Kramer
Eliot Crowe
Jessica Granderson
Building Technology and Urban Systems Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Prepared for Amy Jiron
DOE Building Technologies Office
June 2017
W
hether you are looking to get started on your EMIS journey, integrate more best practices for your
existing EMIS, or explore innovative ways of getting more from building analytics, the U.S. Department
of Energy’s Better Buildings Solution Center has a comprehensive Campaign Toolkit where you can find
guidance, templates, success stories, research reports, and many other resources.
Building Analytics Success Story
Stanford University Residential & Dining Enterprises
Just a few years ago, Stanford University’s Residential
and Dining Enterprises could not track utility
consumption in a meaningful way. With 2,000 utility
accounts across three different utility providers and no
software to monitor consumption, it was a challenge to
manage. Stanford was ‘just paying the bills,’ a scenario
that is all too common. This changed when they added
hundreds of meters and an energy information system
(EIS) to track utilities and locate savings opportunities.
To get their EIS up and running, Stanford connected all
energy, water, and waste data - 963 meters, including
375 electric interval meters. Through this process, they
focused on data quality so the meter data could be
trusted. Stanford uses their EIS in the following ways:
■ Review daily, monthly and annual energy, waste and
water use trends and targets for groups of similar
buildings such as dining halls, undergraduate dorms and
apartment style residences.
■ Track the performance of efficiency projects and
behavioral change programs with students.
■ Use ‘heat map’ charts to identify periods of
unnecessary operation sing the heat map function
By creating a systematic way to review key performance
indicators and analytics in the EIS, the university has
saved $450,000 across their portfolio.
Smart Energy Analytics Campaign: Recognition for New Installation of EIS in a Portfolio
Stanford Residence and Dining Enterprises was recognized by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S.
Dept. of Energy during the Building Commissioning Association conference in October 2018 for their exemplary
work to save energy using an EIS.
What is an EIS?
An EIS is a combination of software, data
acquisition, and communication systems used to
store, analyze, and display building energy meter
data on an hourly or more frequent basis. EIS is
one type of energy management and information
system (EMIS).
Quick Facts
Location: Stanford, CA
Building type: University residences and dining
Floor area with EMIS: 4.9 million sq ft, 315
facilities
Energy savings: 4% chilled water, 5% electric, 9%
hot water, 10% gas for $451k in cost savings in the
first year.
EIS Software: Lucid BuildingOS
We have over 50 individuals responsible for
building management that had never seen any
consumption information. With EIS, now we can
all be utility managers.
Kristin Parineh
Sustainability & Utilities Manager
Berkeley Lab | EMIS Applications Showcase
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CAMPAIGN TOOLKIT
3. FINDINGS
Smart Energy Analytics
Campaign Recognition
Organization
Property Type
with EMIS
Year Recognition Category
Sprint Headquarters Office 2017 Best Practice (FDD)
The Franklin
Office
2018 Energy Performance in a Single Site
(EIS / FDD)
Clise Properties, Inc. Office 2018 New Installation of EIS in a Single Site
Jamestown
Office
2019 Energy Performance Using an EIS in a
Portfolio
Hewlett Packard Enterprises in association
with ISS Facility Services
Office
2019 Best Practice using FDD in a Portfolio
LBA Realty Office 2019 New Installation (EIS / FDD / ASO)
Commonwealth Partners Office 2020 Best Practice using an EMIS
Kerry Office/Laboratory/
Manufacturing
2018 New Installation of FDD in a Single Site
Amgen, Inc. Office/Manufacturing 2019 Innovation in the Use of FDD
Benchmark Electronics Office/Manufacturing 2019 Energy Performance for a Single Site
(EIS)
Commonwealth of Kentucky Office, Food Service,
Higher Education,
Healthcare
2017 Expansion of EMIS (EIS / FDD)
District of Columbia Department of
General Services
Office, K-12 School 2018 Largest Portfolio Using EMIS
(EIS/FDD/ASO)
General Services Administration (GSA) Office, Other 2018 Energy Performance in a Portfolio (FDD)
Commonwealth of MA - DCAMM Office, Healthcare,
Higher Education,
Public Safety
2019 Largest Portfolio Using an EMIS (EIS)
Emory University Higher Education 2017 Energy Performance in Portfolio (FDD)
University of California, Davis Higher Education 2017 Innovation (EIS / FDD)
Carleton College Higher Education 2017 New Installation of EIS
Central Piedmont Community College Higher Education 2017 New Installation of FDD
Stanford University Residence and Dining
Enterprises
Higher Education
2018 New Installation of EIS in a Portfolio
University of Iowa Higher Education 2018 Best Practice in the Use of FDD
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SMART ENERGY ANALYTICS CAMPAIGN RECOGNITION
Organization
Property Type
with EMIS
Year Recognition Category
California State University, Dominguez Hills Higher Education 2018 Innovation in the Use of EMIS (FDD)
Vanderbilt University Higher Education 2019 New Installation (FDD)
Macalester College Higher Education 2019 Innovation Using EIS for a Portfolio
Stony Brook University Higher Education 2020 Largest Portfolio (EIS)
Pomona College Higher Education 2020 Innovation using an EMIS
Universal Health Services, in association
with Grumman Butkus Associates
Healthcare
2019 New Installation (FDD)
Swedish Medical Center, in association
with MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Healthcare
2019 New Installation (FDD)
Kaiser Permanente
Healthcare
2019 Energy Performance Using FDD in a
Portfolio
University of Utah Health Healthcare 2020 New Installation (FDD)
Salt Lake City Public Safety Building Public Safety 2017 Energy Performance in a Single Site
(FDD)
Aurora Public Schools K-12 School 2017 New Installation of EIS
MGM Resorts International Hospitality 2017 Largest Portfolio using an EMIS (FDD)
Berkeley Lab | EMIS Applications Showcase
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SMART ENERGY ANALYTICS CAMPAIGN RECOGNITION
Design: Laura Myers Design