Building Energy Awareness
Buildings consume about 40% of energy and contribute up to 30% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. Many building owners, managers and occupants currently lack meaningful information about how energy is delivered, used and produced in the buildings they occupy. They also often lack information about the sustainability measures implemented in these buildings. This often leads to missed opportunities to make better decisions, reduce overall energy consumption and encourage sustainable decisions and behaviours in buildings.
The Opportunity
The Building Energy Awareness Living Lab focuses on utilizing energy data – for example, through energy monitoring tools, smart meters, visualization tools and more – to encourage more informed decisions and to inspire sustainable behaviour.
This project will assess how an energy monitoring device, which provides building owners, managers and occupants with compelling and meaningful feedback about energy and sustainability, can:
- Improve awareness about energy use and sustainability measures within the building
- Foster better decision making about energy and sustainability projects within buildings
- Encourage sustainable behaviours and an overall reduction in energy use in buildings
The project will be conducted in 12 buildings, representing a range of uses (hospitality, residential, retail, office). This range of buildings will enable us to provide lessons for implementation for a variety of asset types.
What We'll Measure
As part of this living lab we will measure how an energy monitoring device, which provides building owners, managers and occupants with compelling and meaningful feedback about energy and sustainability, can:
- Improve awareness about energy use and sustainability measures within the building
- Foster better decision making about energy and sustainability projects within buildings
- Encourage sustainable behaviours and an overall reduction in energy use in buildings
About the Innovation
Hello Energy
As part of this project, we will implement hello energy – a system that displays energy and sustainability information in a compelling and meaningful way – including a web-based dashboard, tablet and TV screens. The hello energy system sets out to:
- Provide building owners, sustainability managers and asset managers with insights into energy use, renewable energy production and sustainability initiatives within the buildings being evaluated
- Inform building occupants of relevant energy and sustainability news and energy-saving tips
Read more about hello energy at www.hello-energy.com.
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