More on the Challenges of M&V

Thank you for your excellent article on measurement and verification [M&V; see EBN Vol. 15, No. 6]. My experience is that getting this data and actually using it is really difficult to accomplish. The NRG Systems building the article mentions is such an unusual case. The building owners are leaders in their sector of the renewable energy business and 101% committed to leading-edge energy performance. The company is staffed with highly competent and motivated engineers who understand controls better than the controls contractors, and their time has been committed to building optimization; also, the owner has a long-term relationship with the capable and extremely detail-oriented energy consultant and is willing to pay the consultant for ongoing services to get the building optimized.
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