TY - Generic T1 - Development of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring Systems for Commercial Buildings T2 - 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings Y1 - 2006 A1 - Philip Haves A1 - Robert J. Hitchcock A1 - Kenneth L. Gillespie A1 - Martha Brook A1 - Christine Shockman A1 - Joseph J Deringer A1 - Kristopher L. Kinney JF - 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings CY - Pacific Grove, CA, USA ER - TY - Generic T1 - Development of a Model Specification for Performance Monitoring Systems for Commercial Buildings T2 - 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings Y1 - 2006 A1 - Philip Haves A1 - Robert J. Hitchcock A1 - Kenneth L. Gillespie A1 - Martha Brook A1 - Christine Shockman A1 - Joseph J Deringer A1 - Kristopher L. Kinney AB -

The paper describes the development of a model specification for performance monitoring systems for commercial buildings. The specification focuses on four key aspects of performance monitoring: performance metrics measurement system requirements data acquisition and archiving data visualization and reporting The aim is to assist building owners in specifying the extensions to their control systems that are required to provide building operators with the information needed to operate their buildings more efficiently and to provide automated diagnostic tools with the information required to detect and diagnose faults and problems that degrade energy performance. The paper reviews the potential benefits of performance monitoring, describes the specification guide and discusses briefly the ways in which it could be implemented. A prototype advanced visualization tool is also described, along with its application to performance monitoring. The paper concludes with a description of the ways in which the specification and the visualization tool are being disseminated and deployed.

JF - 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings CY - Asilomar, California, USA UR - http://www.aceee.org/proceedings-paper/ss06/panel03/paper10 ER - TY - Generic T1 - A Guide for Specifying Performance Monitoring Systems in Commercial and Institutional Buildings T2 - 14th National Conference on Building Commissioning Y1 - 2006 A1 - Kenneth L. Gillespie A1 - Philip Haves A1 - Robert J. Hitchcock A1 - Joseph J Deringer A1 - Kristopher L. Kinney AB -

This paper describes a guide for specifying performance monitoring systems that was developed as part of jointly funded CEC PIER-DOE project intended to assist commercial and institutional building owners in specifying what is required to obtain the information necessary to initiate and sustain an ongoing commissioning activity. The project's goal was to facilitate the delivery of specific performance related information to the benefit of both commissioning providers and building operators. A number of large-building owners were engaged in order to help create 'market pull' for performance monitoring while producing a specification that met their needs. The specification guide and example specification language addresses four key aspects of performance monitoring:

The paper describes key aspects of the guide including how measurement accuracy requirements relate to the performance metrics that are used in both troubleshooting and routine reporting. Guide development activities and related tech-transfer efforts are also presented.

JF - 14th National Conference on Building Commissioning CY - San Francisco, CA ER -