When my kids were younger, the question “why” was both never-ending and very important. It was important as it helped my kids learn and it fueled their ever-inquisitive minds. As we get older, we tend to ask why less and… Read More »Why is Data important?
Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) is the process of uncovering errors in physical systems while attempting to identify the source of the problem. For most building owners, fault detection requires making judgment calls based on incomplete data. In a good… Read More »Uncovering Building Systems Problems and Root Cause Analysis
If a tenant hires a contractor to make improvements to a property, but the tenant doesn’t pay the contractor in full, can the contractor sue the landlord for the difference? It sounds unlikely, but it happened in one case recently.… Read More »Tenant Improvements – A Cautionary Tale
A commercial building energy audit process is an overall analysis of the ways that a building consumes energy. Once the energy audit is conducted on the ways and where energy is consumed, the analysis focuses on identifying ways to decrease… Read More »One-off Energy Audits Are Not Enough