BUILDING ENERGY - Fall 2016 - 42
A modern BAS serves as the central nervous system of a building, and can easily integrate with IoTenabled devices. Measuring, tracking, and regular reporting of the results from these strategies is critical to ensure continued support and success. Fine tune tools and programs and encourage their continued use: In order to ensure the continued success of these initiatives, it is critical to develop a certain cadence that turns into a routine for occupants and management, and also has enough variety to keep participants interested. When energyconscious decisions, supported by data and analysis, become part of the daily operating culture of an organization, we will begin to realize great benefits. As owners, building managers, engineers and vendors, we all share a responsibility to engage the occupants who use and depend on our buildings; it is critical that they are involved and feel a need to lessen the energy burden of their building through a sense of ownership and shared responsibility. If we can save even 10 percent of our daily energy spend through increased occupant engagement, we will make a significant and measurable impact on our nation's energy landscape. This should be an inclusive effort, and today's technology has given us the ability to engage all users of a building easily and cost effectively. 42822280_Foard.indd * BUILDINGENERGY VOL. 35 NO. 2 | FALL 2016 1 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Saheel Chandrani was recently appointed to the NESEA board of directors. While he is a senior account executive at Johnson Controls, Inc., this article reflects his personal interest, to better understand a user's impact on a building. Saheel has built his experience and expertise in HVAC services and products, marketing strategy, and engineering and architectural services, working for companies like Siemens, Cisco, and Neilsoft. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Business, both from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Don't miss Saheel's session, "The Missing Piece: Engaging Tenants in Buildingwide Strategies Toward Efficiency," at the BuildingEnergy NYC Conference + Trade Show, Nov. 3, MEMBER 2016 at the TKP Center in Manhattan. ABOUT THE PEER REVIEWER Susan Mazur-Stommen is a cultural anthropologist who has researched culture, behavior and sustainability for over 20 years. Her work has included such high points as testifying before Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. Any given work day might find her: hanging out in a metal fabrication shop in Chicago listening for air pump leaks; taking pictures of people's underwear drawers and asking about laundry pain points in suburban SoCal; eating goat burgers on a farm in rural Alabama; or trying a 'slug' burger at Borroum's, the oldest drugstore in Mississippi. 26/07/16 12:42 am
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