How do you plan a smart-building program?
The short answer
Select one building problem, identify an accountable operator and document the baseline before choosing technology. Inventory existing controls and data sources, then pilot a limited solution with defined success criteria. Review data quality and operator workload as well as the proposed benefit. Expand only after the pilot demonstrates a useful outcome and the team can maintain the installed system.
Answered by Jim Mazzarella, CEO & Managing Partner
Keep the first experiment bounded
A pilot might examine a selected area, equipment group or operating schedule. State the observation period, what data will be collected and what would justify continuing, changing or stopping the work. Account for weather, occupancy or schedule changes where they could affect the comparison rather than attributing every change to the technology.
Agree on the path from data to action
- Verify access to existing systems and permission to collect required data
- Identify missing measurements and check the proposed sensor locations
- Assign responsibility for alerts, investigations and approved adjustments
- Have qualified specialists review changes affecting building controls
- Document pilot results, support effort and the decision on wider deployment
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