Rapid Building Assessment Project
Abstract
In recent years, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has launched several initiatives to reduce its fossil fuel use by improving energy efficiency, i.e., reducing wasted energy. Reducing the amount of energy used and wasted across the DoD s portfolio of buildings is a significant opportunity and key to reducing emissions and energy consumption across the United States (U.S.). However, identifying and profiling the energy savings potential of individual buildings presents significant challenges for the DoD s large and diverse building portfolio. FirstFuel Software is a Boston-based commercial energy analytics company that provides a breakthrough solution with the potential to address this large-scale challenge. The company s Remote Building Analytics (RBA) platform is an analytics-driven energy information service designed to help large government agencies and utilities to rapidly and cost-effectively target, prioritize, quantify, enable, and track energy savings in heterogeneous building portfolios, at scale. The platform utilizes advanced, proprietary statistical methods and data mining techniques to deliver an end-to-end efficiency solution that is being deployed at over 15 government agencies and utilities across North America and Europe. Requiring only hourly utility electric meter data, the building type, and address, FirstFuel can produce a remote set of building-specific performance insights and customized recommendations at an end-use consumption level. These recommendations can be utilized by agencies, such as the DoD, at the management, site, and/or building level to identify opportunities, plan and execute efficiency projects. In addition, FirstFuel s analytics can track the efficiency measures enacted by building managers/operators and quantify their effectiveness over time. All of these services are performed remotely, and require no on-site visits or additional metering device installations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA606244
Entities
Organizations
- Environmental Security Technology Certification Program