Optimal Metrics for BAS

摘要

If you aren't measuring energy consumption, you aren't managing it. Most FMs don't need to learn that fact. But how exactly to measure it and what metrics to use? The ongoing tactic and long-term strategy must involve performance tracking. The rub is that building automation systems (BAS) can generate such deep and fast-moving rivers of data that it is hard for operators to pan the gold nuggets that lead to profitable outcomes. It can also be so time consuming that few can stick to it. The solution is to track key metrics, not data points. A metric merges data from multiple points into a measurement that provides ready-to-act-on insight. Older automation systems may not offer slick dashboards, but operators can still create and display data to glean money-saving information.