This October 2020 report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory presents the results of the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign. From 2016-2020, the public-private sector partnership assessed the costs, benefits, and common practices of Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS). With support for 104 organizations and 6,500 buildings covering over a half a billion square feet of combined floor space, the initiative produced the largest-ever dataset on EMIS costs and benefits and revealed a 2-year simple payback. Key outcomes included median annual energy savings of 3% (energy information systems) and 9% (fault detection and diagnosis). The report discusses, among other aspects, monitoring-based commissioning practices (MBCx) that use EMIS tools.
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