The intent of this program is to help the town assess the progress of your energy management activities and find ways to reduce energy use and improve building maintenance through a system of setting and revising energy performance targets. Additional benefits include:
1) Provide alerts through the form of text or email to building maintenance personnel about imminent problems like excessive energy use or freezing water pipes. The provides savings in the form of avoided maintenance.
2) Provide savings from Excess Unoccupied Electricity Use and Unoccupied Setback. As identified in the targeted energy audit for the Midnight Sun Recreation Complex, Library and Town Office, one of the recommended energy management opportunities (EMOs) is addressing unoccupied use.
3) Single Interface – Access from any web-connected computer
4) Energy Costs – Monitor real-time energy flows, determine the energy costs of specific systems and identify cost-saving opportunities
5) Data Graphing – Explore multiple options to display data; including graphs, spreadsheets, scatter plots, and more
6) Monitoring Dashboard – Give access to multiple operators with different capabilities to monitor the visual dashboard
7) The BMON application presents a simple user interface for viewing data but includes informative charts such as Histograms and Hourly Profile charts for analyzing the data.
8) Informing proper equipment sizing – the oversizing of various building equipment happens regularly in commercial buildings. Through the monitoring system, we are able to properly match equipment with building usage.
9) Besides monitoring energy performance, the software can track the effects of climate change at facilities.
10) Compare building performance against other similar facilities, which will give you an indication of opportunities for improvement.