Small- and Medium-Sized Commercial Building Monitoring and Controls Needs: A Scoping Study
Srinivas Katipamula, Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Ronald M. Underhill, James Goddard, Danny J. Taasevigen, Mary Ann Piette, Jessica Granderson, Rich Brown, Steven Lanzisera, Teja P. Kuruganti · 2012
Buildings consume over 40% of the total energy consumption in the U.S. A significant portion of the energy consumed in buildings is wasted because of the lack of controls or the inability to use existing building automation systems (BASs) properly. Much of the waste occurs because of our inability to manage and controls buildings efficiently. Over 90% of the buildings are either small-size (100,000 sf). Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) were asked by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Building Technologies Program (BTP) to identify monitoring and control needs for small- and medium-sized commercial buildings and recommend possible solutions. This study documents the needs and solutions for small- and medium-sized buildings.