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January 22, 2013

Scan. Fix. Save. Using QR codes to improve tenant service.

The use of QR codes strategically placed in the building allows tenants to easily report a problem for that location. For instance, a QR code can […]
January 18, 2013

Demand response changes building management software requirements

Pike Research estimates that 1.5 million buildings will be enrolled in utility demand response programs by 2018, up from 600,000 buildings today. In these programs utilities […]
January 11, 2013

Retrofits alone won’t get us to our energy efficiency goals

Governments in the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe have set aggressive energy goals to reduce consumption by 20-30 percent. Let’s do the math. According to the […]
January 5, 2013

Maintenance matters: The energy cost of HVAC air filters.

Every day your building loses energy efficiency, with occasional improvement as equipment is serviced. The “drift”, if left unchecked, could be as much as 30 percent […]
January 4, 2013

Future Building Management Systems (FBMS)

In a recent article entitled Future Building Management Systems author Jim Sinopoli PE described his vision for a building management system of the future. We think […]
January 3, 2013

Ontario shows the way forward in decreasing electricity demand

January 1, 2013

Cheap oil is needed for economic growth, and we are simply running out of the good, cheap crude.

Energy and economic prosperity go hand in hand. In his post EROI, Insidious Feedbacks, and the End of Economic Growth David Murphy argues that “Cheap oil […]
December 28, 2012

Eliminate work orders to improve building operational efficiency

How many people handle each work order in your organization?   Work orders were designed to help you control costs, but today the work order process […]
December 21, 2012

Let’s have a Merry & Sustainable Christmas!

The best Christmas gift is a better planet for our children.
December 19, 2012

Building sustainability management – a new class of software

BuiltSpace set out to make buildings more sustainable, and discovered that we were creating an entirely new class of software. Sustainability addresses the social, environmental and […]
December 18, 2012

Data visibility drives behavior

December 18, 2012

People working together will allow us to create more sustainable buildings.

January 23, 2013

Scan. Fix. Save. Managing Assets and service histories using QR codes

Strategically placed QR codes permanently placed on equipment can simplify asset management, especially when operations and maintenance responsibility for assets are shared by facility staff and […]