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Internet-based Building Performance Analysis Provided as a Low-Cost Commercial Service
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Date
2001
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Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Abstract
Internet-based monitoring services can play a very important role in reducing the energy consumed in
commercial buildings. They can provide the information needed to identify improvements that should be made in
the operation of particular buildings or pieces of equipment, and to justify the expenditures needed to make those
improvements. This type of information has typically been very difficult to obtain from a facility manager's
position. There is a need for services such as these in the marketplace, although some of the considerations that must
be made in designing, marketing, and providing a cost-effective and reliable service are not always apparent to
buildings researchers. This paper describes some of those considerations, and shows an example of how one service
already in the market has addressed them.