Utility monitoring

Utility monitoring involves collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on utility usage for a property. The report provides insights on energy consumption patterns and anomalies and helps optimizing the usage of electricity, gas and water for each building.

Relevance of utility monitoring

1. Energy performance

• Sustainability goals: Highlights opportunities for energy-saving initiatives.

• Regulatory compliance: Ensures compliance with energy consumption and efficiency regulations.

1. Operational efficiency

   • Preventive maintenance: Detect anomalies and data gaps for an early prevention of issues in the buildings.

   • Optimized operations: Allows for adjustments based on comprehensive utility data.

2. Value enhancement

   • Property value: Efficient utility management can increase property value.

   • Marketability: Attracts environmentally conscious tenants and buyers.

Access utility monitoring:

1. Select the Report icon in the left menu.
   

2. Select Utility monitoring.

Access the building view of Utility monitoring:

1. Go to Data management tab.

2. Select the desired building.

3. Select the Report icon in the left menu.

4. Select Utility monitoring.

Distinct views in Utility monitoring

BuildingMinds' Utility monitoring feature offers three distinct data views: above building level, building level and rental unit level. Each view provides unique insights into utility consumption patterns.

Above building level view

The above building level view allows users to analyze utility consumption data across multiple buildings within a selected level, such as a site, geographical group, or custom group. This holistic approach offers a comprehensive overview of energy usage patterns and trends across the portfolio.

Key parameters influencing analysis:

• A chosen group of assets: By selecting assets in the filter portfolio section, users can focus their analysis on specific groups of buildings.

• Applied filters: Users can refine the analysis by adjusting parameters such as time period, and building characteristics.

• User permissions: Each user sees the utility data of the buildings he/she has permission to view. All other buildings are excluded.

Building level view

The building level view provides a detailed analysis of utility consumption data for a single building selected by the user. This focused approach allows for examining the energy usage patterns of individual buildings.

Key parameters influencing analysis:

• Selected building: The analysis focuses solely on the consumption data of the selected building.

• User permissions: Permissions ensure that only authorized individuals can access and analyze utility consumption data at the building level.

Rental unit level view

This view displays the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the consumption of each available utility associated with the selected rental unit. It provides insights into usage patterns, helping users analyze and better understand the consumption trends for each utility.

By reviewing this information, users can make informed decisions and identify potential areas for optimization or further investigation.

Commonalities between both views:

Differences between both views:

Data anomalies

Users can see the list of buildings where data anomalies have been identified for the selected utility and time period. They can navigate to the report for each building or to the list of meters impacted.

The calculations are based on the time period selected (eg.: Jan 2024 to March 2024 and the structure level selected. eg.: Germany).

• Days with anomalies = number of days per building where data anomalies have been identified for the [selected utility type] and the [selected time period].

• Meter impacted = number of meters in each building where data anomalies have been identified for the [selected utility type] and the [selected time period].