SPARK16 Presentation: Five Steps to Improving Performance and Efficiency Using Building Data

Five Steps to Improving Performance and Efficiency Using Building Data

Jean LupinacciChief

ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial Branch

Spark16Five Steps to Improving Performance and Efficiency

Using Building Data

Jean LupinacciUS Environmental Protection Agency

September 15, 2016

Financial Health

Environmental Health

WHY ENERGY DATA?

Energy Data:Set of specific objective facts or observations

Energy Information:Data endowed with relevance and purpose

Knowledge:Information that has been synthesized and contextualized to provide value

DATA SHOULD LEAD TO ACTION

Audience? Current level of information?

Actions?

CEO

CFO Employee

Investor

Building engineer

Student

Align Information to Match Audience and Desired Action

Why Personal Fitness Tracking?• People want to do something to improve fitness and health• People like public symbols of fitness• People need something easy and fun to get moving

• Steps = Movement= GOOD• Goals, rewards and benchmarks• Competition fuels continual improvement

• People will move beyond basic after they make a habit

Similar to Energy Management?• People want to improve the environment and their business health• People need something easy (and fun) to get moving

• Tracking on a regular basis = Good management • Understand energy usage• Benchmark, set goals and measure achievement• Competition and social media fuels continual improvement

• People like public symbols of achievement• People will move beyond basic after they make a habit

Think of EPA’s ENERGY STAR as the Fitbit of energy management

ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management

Understandable benchmarks and metricsBadge of success for top performanceMotivation for improvement Community for energy management

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Widely UsedAccessible and low cost entryEasy, objective informationRecognition for achievement

Consumer Awareness 85%

Join at energystar.gov.join

6,000+ Partners Commit to Portfolio-Wide Improvement

Fitbit Challenge Group

Motivation encompasses all types and activity levels

200+ Energy Service Providers Also Use Web Services to Help Clients Benchmark with Portfolio Manager

• Energy, Billing, Sustainability, Property/Tenant, Audit/Design, Business Enterprise, End-users

Learn more at https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/service-providers

5 Ways to use Data to Improve Performance

Gain a portfolio perspectiveBenchmark performance for contextShare your performance information Communicate your accomplishments to communityStrive for culture change, not one time improvements

Turn Data into Information, Knowledge and Action