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July 10, 2008

Saving energy in small buildings

Category: Energy Monitoring – evan – 5:20 pm

A recent article in Building Operating Management Magazine discusses the tremendous energy savings opportunities that exist in small buildings (less than 100,000 square feet). In particular, it mentions HVAC and lighting as the two areas that comprise the majority of energy use and represent the biggest opportunities for energy savings.

Here at Onset, we’re using our own energy monitoring products to monitor electricity consumption and other parameters in our 40,000 square foot facility on Cape Cod. In particular, we’re tracking kilowatt hours and air temperature in various sections of the buildings, and in a very short period of time we’ve learned a tremendous amount about our own energy usage patterns.

Live data from one of the monitoring systems can be accessed here.

2 Comments »

  1. what software are you using to graph the Onset building environment? Doesn’t look like HOBOware Pro.

    Nick Pappas
    Lizzy’s Ice Cream

    Comment by Nick Pappas — October 28, 2008 @ 6:46 pm

  2. We’re using our U30 Remote Monitoring System and HOBOlink, our new web-based monitoring and system management platform.

    Comment by Onset Blog Admin — October 29, 2008 @ 8:02 am

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