In order to ensure owners are receiving the full value
from their green building, Enermodal offers a building performance monitoring service.
LEED® encourages the optimization of
building energy performance by providing a credit for Measurement
& Verification (M&V). This credit ensures that the energy
saving measures implemented by the design and construction
team are operating correctly and result in the expected
energy savings. The building owner receives a M&V report
with detailed water and energy performance information.
This report can also detail recommended building improvements
and modifications.
In order to measure and analyze building performance at
a detailed level, Enermodal’s M&V team installs sufficient
metering infrastructure in the building. These meters remain
in the building, and this allows the building operator to
monitor energy and water performance throughout the life
of the building.
Enermodal compiles and examines the data from the first
year of building operation on a quarterly basis. The data
includes the amount of energy and water consumed for each
end-use and for the total building. A summary of this information
and important trends is prepared monthly. The monitored
data is compared to Enermodal’s initial building energy
models to detect problems and unnecessary energy uses as
soon as possible in the M&V process. Corrective measures
are identified and provided so that improvements to building
performance can result in reduced operating costs. There
are several advantages of undertaking an M&V program:
- predicted energy and water performance can be
achieved more readily if there is quantified performance
information
- the meters installed during the M&V process
will remain for the life of the building and can
be used by building staff to ensure long-term energy
accountability
- corrective actions can be undertaken to correct
excess energy or water usage
- an additional LEED point
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