Commercial Buildings Research and Development

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Energy Information Systems

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Motivation / Problem Statement

Operators have poor information regarding building performance, especially energy.

Activities / Approach

Conducted assessment of existing systems and case studies of EIS costs and benefits.

Accomplishments / Outcomes

Wide spread use of EIS guide, case study led to $10 million California Monitoring Based Commissioning.

Future / Follow-on

Performance Monitoring Specifications

Relationship to Other Projects

Auto diagnostics, Auto DR. Initial 1995 work on Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System DOE and CIEE.

Principal Investigator

  • Mary Ann Piette
  • (510) 486-6286