Energy Information Handbook: Applications for Energy-Efficient Building Operations

There is a wealth of methods and tools to monitor and measure building energy use (both over the long haul and in real time) and to identify where best to focus your energy-efficiency efforts. But with so many options, where do you start? This handbook will give you the information you need to plan an energy-management strategy that works for your building, making it more energy efficient. The primary audience for this handbook is commercial building owners, energy and facility managers, financial managers, and operators with little to no experience in data analysis and performance monitoring. The secondary audience is software developers and energy service providers in the commercial building industry, as well as more experienced owners and managers who wish to improve how they visualize, analyze, and manage their building's energy use. The handbook's analysis methods represent the most critical set of analyses that can be integrated into a site or portfolio energy management program.